I bought heaps of terry nappies when Xander was born, but i used them all as spew rags, and he is nearly 3.5 now... they've all disappeared over the years. I lose everything, im such a dummy
This has all become a bit upsetting. When I saw our mod's comment that baby buddies was not the place for such a discussion I thought "oh but we all get along so well, we can handle this". Then I refreshed the page a few hours later and saw the fall out
Maybe we need to spend a bit more effort considering that, since this is a purely written medium, we need to be very sure that what we have typed is exactly what we mean. (while emoticons were invented in an attempt to reduce this problem, have they made us just a bit lazy?) This is particularly important with such emotionally charged topics such as those convered above. We can (and probably should) be a bit slapdash when discussing the weather or consistency and colour of bubba's poo (hey, its only poo!) but when these sort of topics arise - is it good enough for any of us (homestly no fingers being pointed here girls) to shoot off at the...keyboard in either an opening comment, or response to one (are there too many brackets here? ) without thinking very hard about how it could potentially be misconstrued? We can't see other peoples' expressions, body language, actual tone of voice etc. and just as, or more importantly, nor can they see ours. I suppose it shouldnt be that much of a surprise that this has become a train wreck so quickly.
Mothering (and fathering) is such a deeply personal issue - we are talking about the ones who mean the most to us, the ones we would die for and kill for (and I don't say that lightly - we all would). I have always looked on this forum fondly as a place where I can watch you share the love you all obviously have for your little ones while hearing different viewpoints and knowing this is a place I can come when I need support and reassurance. I truly hope this forum continues in that vein.
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