Why Finnish babies sleep in cardboard boxes (2013)

Re:Why Finnish babies sleep in cardboard boxes (2013) by david-given on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @01:51PM (#12550549)

I don't have children, thank god, but my brother does, and watching him deal with my nephews was instructive:

Baby #1: aaaargh he's quiet we haven't looked at him for five minutes is he still breathing???

Baby #2: meh, let him play with knives on the kitchen table. If he falls off he'll bounce.

I do think the baby box is a fantastic idea, and I agree with you about the reasons. The reassurance of knowing that that's all you need must make things so much easier.

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Re:Why Finnish babies sleep in cardboard boxes (2013) by dsfyu404ed on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @02:10PM (#12550741)

>Parent #1: aaaargh he's quiet we haven't looked at him for five minutes is he still breathing???

>Parent #2: meh, let him play with knives on the kitchen table. If he falls off he'll bounce.

Is a far bigger problem

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Re:Why Finnish babies sleep in cardboard boxes (2013) by stevekemp on Thursday September 22, 2016 @07:38AM (#12556082)

My wife is an A&E doctor, and when she used to work in the children's ward she'd see the same thing.

First time parents were notorious for bringing in children because they'd "sneezed funny", "wouldn't stop crying", and similar things that were entirely normal.

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Re:Why Finnish babies sleep in cardboard boxes (2013) by serge2k on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @02:28PM (#12550897)

Never hear of hyperbole?

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Re:Why Finnish babies sleep in cardboard boxes (2013) by JeremyBanks on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @02:41PM (#12551025)

Perhaps you missed his modification to the speakers in his quote.

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Re:Why Finnish babies sleep in cardboard boxes (2013) by serge2k on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @04:28PM (#12551917)

ahahaha

I did. :)

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