In a message dated 1/26/2004 1:55:26 PM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes:

> I sort of feel about swings like I do about many baby gadgets.  Just saw a 4
> mo old with significant head lag (developmentally should be gone by now).
> She spends most of her days in a swing at babysitter's :-(
> So many things
> with baby's get "over done."


Unfortunately, in a nuclear family culture, "plastic parenting" takes the place of extended family members to help as extra arms at times. (In my mind, "plastic parenting" is the overuse/abuse of of plastic baby containers -- seats, strollers, cribs, etc.) A little may help sanity as new parents adapt to the 24/7, but there is a difference between "use" and "overuse/abuse." I would think much of the day in a swing at the sitter's is abuse. What in the world are the parents paying to have someone just plop their baby in a swing for hours on end? It's waaay too much.

KKG

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