As a childless person... I don't get it.
Is it like a rubber seal that keeps they lid on like in some other things meant to hold liquid or is it some other sippy cup related contraption
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There's a rubber seal inside the lid that stops them leaking. The milk etc can get behind it, where normal washing won't get. It can get funky if you don't clean it out.
Parenting mostly isn't that hard. You just have to keep all the proverbial plates spinning. Unfortunately there are FAR more than you expect, and you never get a break. You will miss some, then beat yourself up for missing something so simple.
I see, thanks for the clarification!
Have you ever used a water bottle? They have a rubber seal in the lid that needs to be removed for cleaning. Same concept with sippy cups.
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My brother had a kid and I always feel like some out of touch old man when we talk about it. Once he told me todlers can only have distilled water and I had to stop myself from going "Back in my day, my parents gave me tap water and I turned out fine!"
I thought distilled water was bad for humans to consume as it leeches nutrients from you?
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What. That can't be true. Maybe there's some advantage, like less fluoride etc. But it's not true they can't drink rap water...
Maybe they live in Flint Michigan 🤷♂️
Well, sure, not all tap water is potable for adults either. But giving special water to toddlers sounds like overzealous parenting. I rather give tap water, which is totally safe here, than water from a plastic bottle.
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Babies, babies can't have tap water.
~6 months you start with cooled boiled water.
~12 months you can move onto tap water.
That also depends on where you live and on the quality of the tap water. Doctor here now recommend you to use tap water also for formula - without boiling it first.
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So why are mothers expected to just figure things out on their own? We humans have women living way past fertile age because they were important for children, and suddenly we decided we don't need grandma's help passing along generational knowledge and helping first time mothers. Grandma/Grandpa are supposed to be free and focus on helping the parents so they learn and don't make mistakes because they don't know anything.
And community too. It's so isolated. Makes me sad, and afraid to have children.
Let's be real, the whole "only mom and dad are supposed to FAFO on their own" is an extremely stupid societal expectation. Humans were never meant to live as isolated animals, always in groups
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All I've learned from this tread is that people have some very strange beliefs...
Maybe talk to your DR instead of trusting what people say online.
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