I am concerned about how my friend and her family care for a young baby.
Social services were involved before with other children, but they seemed to have got by without any change. The baby has been to hospital a few times so shouldn't that raise alerts?
The things that make me concerned are lack of care when making up the bottles - they aren't cleaned, sterilized or measured correctly, not changing dirty, smelly nappies for ages when the baby has bad nappy rash and being rough with the baby. They don't support the baby's head much and the baby has nearly fallen off the mother's lap several times when I've visited. It's constant shoving a dummy in the mouth to shut the baby up when it cries and the baby is left to cry to sleep.
When they rock the baby, it seems really fast and too vigorous. The mother seems to palm the baby off on people all the time, so whilst you want a cuddle, you end up babysitting for over an hour when you've popped in for 5 minutes.
Money isn't budgeted so generally there will be new clothes for the baby yet no powdered milk and no nappies. It is hard to refuse to lend/give money if it means the baby goes without.
I've been told to stay out of it and not get involved by my family.
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When someone is looking after a young baby, what things ring alarm bells?
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whyisthishappening · 26/03/2014 17:27
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