I was in the healthy child drop in clinic the other day and as i was waiting to get baby S weighed i was ear-wigging on the conversation another mum was having with the Health Visitor about her 6 month old daughter. It went something like this: –
Flustered Mum “So i leave the room and she just starts crying, so i wait 15 minutes before going back in but she won’t stop crying – should i wait even longer?”
HV “No you can’t leave a baby that young to cry for 15 minutes”
Flustered Mum “But the last Health Visitor i saw told me to leave her for 15 minutes? What do you think i should do then?”
HV “Well to me it sounds like she could be overtired – Have you tried bringing her bedtime forwards?”
Increasingly flustered Mum “No – i was told to try putting her to bed later as perhaps she isn’t tired enough”
HV “Well maybe it’s a hunger thing, maybe you need to up her solids in the day”
Very Irate and flustered Mum “She’s eating loads – everyone keeps telling me different stuff! How am i meant to know who is right?”
