First I just wanted to say I loved this video!
I actually saw it posted on another popular parenting message board before I saw it here!
Oh, and I love the music
But I just wanted to comment on the posts about the bottle. I agree that it is not right to judge people who bottle feed, because you don't know the circumstances etc. Or you never know, it could be a bottle of expressed breastmilk.
But I agree that the picture did bother me a little bit. Not because the baby is being bottlefed, but because I strongly disagree with bottle propping. And I'm going to hazard a guess that that's what bothered the other posters too (instead of the BF vs FF debate)???
Even if you bottlefeed (whether it be formula or EBM) you should always hold the child while you feed them, just like a BFing mother would. You are supposed to alternate sides (for their eye development, and also cognative development) and you are even supposed to lift up your shirt just a little bit so they get some skin to skin contact (which is extremely important to their development) and look into their eyes and talk to them. You are not supposed to prop it in their mouth with a towel, or even hold it for them while they are in a car seat. You aren't supposed to teach them to hold their bottle themselves either.
I know that to some people it sounds ridiculous, but it is extremely important for bottlefed babies to get the same kind of human connection during their feeding that a BF baby would get, for both their developemental and emotional needs.
It is also obvious that the baby is spending time in the car seat while not in the car. I know that we are all gung-ho about our car seats, but they are just that, for the CAR. The AAP recommends the only time that a baby is in their car seat is while they are in the vehicle (and possibly to transport to the next location, but then they should be removed from the seat and held). This is because too much car seat time contributes to positional plagiocephy, and also spinal problems. Not to mention that babies are supposed to be held, not carried around living in a bucket.
But I don't judge a mother when I see it, or look down on them, I just wish it were better known out there that you are always supposed to hold a baby when you feed them.
and that more parents actually
held their babies.
Anyways, I bookmarked that video, and I would love it if the next video was posted when its done! Awesome job again!