Help I'm a teen mum-show

Denikka - posted on 12/08/2011

Twist TV is a channel :P just like Treehouse is a kids channel or Space is for sci-fi or the Food Network is for cooking shows, etc :P It's just the name of a (really weird to be honest) channel.
Sometimes it's there, sometimes it's not. It seems to have a lot of shows about raising kids;
The Baby Borrowers
Supernanny,
Nanny 911
House of Tiny Tearaways
Young, Dumb and Living off Mum
Some are definitely better than others.

It really bothers me that there's this show out there promoting that, basically, mothers shouldn't trust what they feel with their child.
It's a vicious cycle. You put your child on a strict schedule and essentially tell them that they don't know what they want or need. That means that you don't really learn what their cries mean and so your mom instincts aren't allowed to develop because you're told they're wrong and you ignore them. You AND baby are taught that neither one of you knows what you're doing, so how the heck are you supposed to be confident about parenting? Or what if you think something may be wrong with your child? You've been told NOT to trust your gut, so why would you have it checked?

As I said, I'm not against schedules (even though I don't really use one, just a general plan for each day), but strict schedules just baffle me. And I mean strict like baby eats every 4 hours, whether they're hungry before that or not hungry then. Or baby is ONLY allowed to sleep at certain times whether they need more or less sleep. I've known people who resorted to pinching their child (not hard enough to cause bruising or whatever, but still) to keep the child awake because it wasn't *time* for them to sleep. Going to that kind of extreme is just crazy in my mind.

Tah - posted on 12/08/2011

i have not seen it, not een sure what twist tv is..lol...but thats what i always say, every child is different, thats why different feeding routines, discipline etc are necessary. it is also a little off-putting because they aren't allowing the girls to follow their own instincts. I had my son at 16 and though i lived at home, i decided when and how to feed him, raise him etc and my family just supported my choices and answered any questions i had, so just because they made a bad choice at getting pregnant so young, it doesn mean they can't be good parents and make the choices..

Denikka - posted on 12/07/2011

It was a pretty random find. Tonight is the first time I've ever heard of it. Just flicking through the channels (thank you insomnia XP) and came across it.

For whoever wants to watch an episode, it's on Twist TV and it'll be on again (I'm not sure if it's a rerun or a new episode) on next Tuesday at 12 noon, again at 7pm and at 11pm (Saskatchewan time).

Just another parenting show that makes me *facepalm*

Aniesha - posted on 12/07/2011

I've never seen this show Denikka, but I completely agree with you! That sounds ridiculous! I feel sorry for those girls.

Kimberly - posted on 12/06/2011

I've never seen this show but have seen people who are like minded to this. When we were admitted to a feeding clinic cause my daughter wouldnt eat solids they set out the rules, how we should have set times for meal, only feed in her chair, has to eat with a spoon, not allowed to play games to get her to eat, limit it to 30 min max. Well these rules would have worked for maybe another child but after a few meeting they pretty much said to give her food however I could get it into her!!! Routines are great and make a great base for the long run but sometimes you have to go with what works and work on routine later