Comments on: Sitting Up and Falling Down http://erikras.com/2009/09/10/sitting-up-and-falling-down/ Thoughts and photos from an American living in Spain. Wed, 23 May 2012 13:35:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Erik R. http://erikras.com/2009/09/10/sitting-up-and-falling-down/#comment-4343 Erik R. Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:17:33 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/?p=3013#comment-4343 The "OMG we have to sterilize everything!" stuff is only for the first few weeks, I think, when the kid is still depending entirely on the mother's immune system. It also seems reasonable that the daycare staff always sterilize the bottles. But for feeding at home, the need has long since passed. The “OMG we have to sterilize everything!” stuff is only for the first few weeks, I think, when the kid is still depending entirely on the mother’s immune system. It also seems reasonable that the daycare staff always sterilize the bottles. But for feeding at home, the need has long since passed.

]]> By: andrea http://erikras.com/2009/09/10/sitting-up-and-falling-down/#comment-4342 andrea Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:15:21 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/?p=3013#comment-4342 "After seeing all the crap she’s put in there, the pomp and circumstance of bottle sterilization seems a little ridiculous." I completely agree. Maybe it makes me us bad parents, but Brad and I stopped sterilizing bottles long ago, with no ill effects (at least so far). “After seeing all the crap she’s put in there, the pomp and circumstance of bottle sterilization seems a little ridiculous.”

I completely agree. Maybe it makes me us bad parents, but Brad and I stopped sterilizing bottles long ago, with no ill effects (at least so far).

]]> By: Betsy http://erikras.com/2009/09/10/sitting-up-and-falling-down/#comment-4341 Betsy Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:10:53 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/?p=3013#comment-4341 Erik, you had this same infection at about 6 months too. "Thrush" is its familiar name. The treatment since you were still breastfeeding was to paint my breasts and the inside of your mouth with gentian violet. This turned both areas a lurid shade of purple. It seemed like an old folk remedy at the time but the pediatrician suggested it and it worked like a charm. Glad Nora's affliction was short-lived. Erik, you had this same infection at about 6 months too. “Thrush” is its familiar name. The treatment since you were still breastfeeding was to paint my breasts and the inside of your mouth with gentian violet. This turned both areas a lurid shade of purple. It seemed like an old folk remedy at the time but the pediatrician suggested it and it worked like a charm. Glad Nora’s affliction was short-lived.

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