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 Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2022 4:54 am
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Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2022 7:52 pm
I heard about that, I can't believe the crap these companies put into their formula. I started buying from a brand in Germany, their standards are a bit higher I guess. But it's so expensive. Similac made my baby really gassy too, I think. I hated the way it didn't dissolve well into the water. There's a disgusting amount of toxic things being added to many foods and other items we ingest or use, and for some reason it's legal to do, so even though companies know it's dangerous, they choose to do it because it's cheaper--even with any lawsuits they may receive. The entire system is wacked out.
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Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2022 5:30 pm
Mazikeen Smith I heard about that, I can't believe the crap these companies put into their formula. I started buying from a brand in Germany, their standards are a bit higher I guess. But it's so expensive. Similac made my baby really gassy too, I think. I hated the way it didn't dissolve well into the water. There's a disgusting amount of toxic things being added to many foods and other items we ingest or use, and for some reason it's legal to do, so even though companies know it's dangerous, they choose to do it because it's cheaper--even with any lawsuits they may receive. The entire system is wacked out. It really was a sad thing to see. sad I heard about this quite a while ago, but recently noticed there was a class action. To know the risks and still give children things that are knowingly harmful is criminal...it's almost unbelievable. I think all the babies in this case were premature so breastfeeding can be difficult for them. It freaked me out when my first daughter was born and all though she was full-term, she wasn't wanting to breastfeed at all. The hospital I was in didn't have a breastfeeding consultant - they had experienced mom's that were nurse's, but I wasn't happy with the whole learning curve. I had to look up most of the helpful hints online. Since my first was born with low blood sugar, they gave her formula. Didn't have a choice, really. She went from fully formula fed to exclusively breast fed when she hit 4 months. She started thinning out a lot more when she wasn't on the formula - later on in her life we found out she has issues with soy and stuff, which is in a lot of formulas and it made sense because she would break out so badly on her face and the pediatricians figured it was simply baby acne, but it looked awful and she'd try to scratch it so I wondered if it was the formula because that went away when we stopped formula, too. I was happy for the transition, but it was a lot of hard work and tears to get there. Plus, the cost of formula even the commercial stuff...expensive! I always wondered what I would use as a healthier alternative if I encountered that sort of situation again. I bet an imported one would be more expensive, but hopefully worth it. It is sickening what they add to products for the sake of making a profit. Reminds me of all the lead and arsenic they were finding in the baby food that comes in jars. It was a startling thing when they were releasing that. My oldest had a few of those, but not all that many because for the sake of price we bought our own baby food hand crank grinder so we could do a lot of steam veggies and stuff. It was an interesting gadget. With my second, I was finally able to get an immersion blender so it was easy to make a lot of soft foods and it helped so much during weaning that I could make like a soft, creamy soup.
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Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2022 9:01 pm
I think your children are older, but have you heard about the toxic absorbent stuff in disposable diapers? surprised I had noticed an odd/bad smell from the diapers, and I was wondering what it was, because that goes on my baby's skin, y'know? I looked into it and found out about it...I wonder why it hasn't been addressed.
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Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2022 9:58 pm
Mazikeen Smith I think your children are older, but have you heard about the toxic absorbent stuff in disposable diapers? surprised I had noticed an odd/bad smell from the diapers, and I was wondering what it was, because that goes on my baby's skin, y'know? I looked into it and found out about it...I wonder why it hasn't been addressed. I remember doing a lot of that research years ago. Toxins are in everything, basically. It's usually a scary gamble with our kids and disposable diapers. I remember my oldest getting this horrible chemical burn from one of the brand's we tried. We noticed that when she got a bit older and we went to pull ups (she was fine in them, no issues, until she didn't make it to the bathroom). Something about the chemicals in that diaper with the urine gave her horrid rashes so we basically were rushing to potty train this kid. She didn't fit in any of the baby diapers and the only pull ups we could get a hold of were bothersome. A frustrating experience. There's a lot of corn, wheat, etc. in diapers, too and later on we found out my daughter has issues with both wheat and corn so perhaps that was a big factor along with the other nasty things in diapers. With our second, I tried cloth diapers because someone was so nice to give us their stash for free, but it wore on my sanity. There was no way we could've even afforded the reusable diapers on our own. It felt like I was doing like 4-5 loads a day just to keep up. Not to mention, when baby didn't sleep too good because they aren't all that absorbent. Cloth diapers at night are a nightmare. I can change a baby's diaper half asleep - no problem. Try all those fun snaps half asleep xd It's probably because the product is popular, it seems because baby's need something to cover them up, our busy and tired culture wants convenience, they're so heavily advertised, and companies want to use the cheapest ingredients possible to make their buck. It's rather sad, though. I wish the market would do better and if they're going to make disposables to find a better way that doesn't have all the nastiest stuff in the world compacted into one diaper sad and on top of that, make them affordable. There's got to be a better way...
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Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2022 11:56 am
Aquatic_blue There was no way we could've even afforded the reusable diapers on our own. It felt like I was doing like 4-5 loads a day just to keep up. Not to mention, when baby didn't sleep too good because they aren't all that absorbent. Cloth diapers at night are a nightmare. I can change a baby's diaper half asleep - no problem. Try all those fun snaps half asleep xd This is why ive been reluctant on those as well. I personally haven't ever seen any skin issues with my daughter, so i'm struggling to make a decision about it. i realized how expensive the cloth diapers are, and then you need more than 2 or else you're going to have a really hard time...then i was reading into the additions to the cloth diapers you need, like hemp liners and stuff for absorbency ..my daughter has a HUGE bladder and night changes are really important lol. ( this girl STILL isn't sleeping through the night, and gets so uncomfortable easily. ) Luckily she doesn't have any allergies that i can tell yet, i suppose. It's looking like i will definitely be potty training asap
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Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2022 10:30 pm
Mazikeen Smith Aquatic_blue There was no way we could've even afforded the reusable diapers on our own. It felt like I was doing like 4-5 loads a day just to keep up. Not to mention, when baby didn't sleep too good because they aren't all that absorbent. Cloth diapers at night are a nightmare. I can change a baby's diaper half asleep - no problem. Try all those fun snaps half asleep xd This is why ive been reluctant on those as well. I personally haven't ever seen any skin issues with my daughter, so i'm struggling to make a decision about it. i realized how expensive the cloth diapers are, and then you need more than 2 or else you're going to have a really hard time...then i was reading into the additions to the cloth diapers you need, like hemp liners and stuff for absorbency ..my daughter has a HUGE bladder and night changes are really important lol. ( this girl STILL isn't sleeping through the night, and gets so uncomfortable easily. ) Luckily she doesn't have any allergies that i can tell yet, i suppose. It's looking like i will definitely be potty training asap For sure, cloth diapers are like this bundle gonk like you said, it's not just the cover, it's the inserts, and all this other stuff. It gets rough to keep up with it all. I'm thankful diapers are generally a small stage of their life. I was relieved when my oldest was potty trained because her skin healed up nicely and she hasn't had many problems (unless it was from a yucky laundry soap/fabric softener - it seems like those thrift stores use a whole bottle of fabric softener or something, the fragrance is awful and it takes me like 3+ times to wash it all out). The first child seems to take the longest to potty train and my mom agrees that I was a difficult one lol. My second one had herself practically trained by the time she was 2. She would see older sis go and she decided she wanted to do that. It wasn't even intentional, just kinda happened...barely any effort on my part - I wasn't going to rush her out of diapers. Life is silly that way, I guess xd
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