And to think... she herself stated on her website "I no longer study Kabbalah, my baby is my religion"... well she’s failing the subject!... AND she has another on the way!!
All I have to finish with is... 1st we had to teach her she NEEDED to put him in a car seat.. NOW we have to teach her how to use it?? *sigh*
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He appears to be strapped in correctly, he's just fallen asleep. Babies have no controll over how their bodies fall when they sleep, its really more of an unconcious state than a sleeping state. Some baby seats do have a recline function so baby doesn't flop forward. And for his age and weight he should be facing forward, not backwards. As for babies in convertables, I don't know what the laws say, surely you can drive with the top down? And sun protection, well, he could be wearing sunscreen, its invisible so you can't tell.
But yeah, she aint the smartest mum out there. Hopefully her parenting skills will improve with time.
I do believe that this subject could of been incorporated into this: http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/eblah/b-celebrities/m-1146710780/s-new/ thread. Please don't make multiple threads about the same subject ie: Britney Spears. If you had read the thread that is linked above you would have realised that the news and pics on Britney and baby would of fitted into that thread quite well. All points that you have made lurveit are completely correct. Rear facing and age appropriate that baby seat is NOT! I do think it is in the centre of the back seat of what can only be described as a singles sports car. BTW... she is a self absorbed mother... how much 'wind' would that poor little one have from riding in an open car let alone sun-damage. Some people just shouldn't breed!
The wind and sunburn are due to the fact that both she and Sean were apparently driving around L.A most the morning ducking on and off the highways... speeds get quite fast and a baby’s skin is not anywhere as thick as that of a toddler to handle those elements etc. It would have been common sense to adjust the car to cater for the baby then her own body temperature needs. Poor thing.
Well, according to Britney, the baby is over 20 pounds, so he has no need to be facing backwards. Even if he wasn't 20 pounds, all that Californian law says is it prefers baby to face backwards, its not required by law.
i'm going off what the hunderds of americans have said about it on another site. and all agree shes acting stupidly and breaking the law. maybe he is over 20 pounds ... she shuvs a lot of cheetos in that poor kids mouth... yes and he is ONLY 8 months.
It looks like it is either a very new law or it is not a law but is a bill that has not yet been voted on yet.
search the page for "backward" for a short summary. It looks like it's just a politicains site in this case bragging about proposing the bill so the wording of 1 year and 20 lbs. may mean 1 year or 20 lbs. on the actual paper but I'm betting it is "1 year and", however I'm guessing that in the immaculate California environment, the web page would have been updated to brag about the law as a personal accomplishment and if not then for the sake of crossing all the t's and dotting the i's but that's of course an assumption on my part. I couldn't be bothered to keep searching for the law itself. http://democrats.assembly.ca.gov/members/a07/InternetOutreach/A07News2006-03.htm
My link is also not at all perfect, but clearly from our posts, including mine, a message forum is not a good place to find facts but opinions and often a lot of propoganda to support it which can be misinformation, accidentaly or intentionaly on the part of the people posting it... bit like Bill Gates giving away his fortune.
I'm guessing just the 20 pounds, not the age, is what matters here. Babies grow at different rates - I know of someone with a baby who at 9 months of age was the size of an 18 month old!. So to try and cram that poor baby into a rear facing seat would be dangerous.
So it sounds like America need to get their act together with their babyseat laws, so they can protect these little babies from their sometimes stupid mothers!
On TV last night they showed the safety issue with Brit's baby. A rear facing seat can be layed back further therefore giving the baby more support for their necks and heads. The same seat as he was in can be turned around to be 'rear facing'. Paediatricians have weighed into the debate and a baby's neck and head can be severely damaged from 'lolling' around unsupported like his was. I know all about children not conforming to weight/height for age. My son and daughter were both around 10 pounds (4 and a half kilos) and 23 inches (almost 60cm) long, at birth. 21 years ago my son did not even fit into a baby capsule at 2 weeks of age and was straight into a baby seat that reclined. All his life he was in the 99 percentile for his age with his height and weight. At age five he was in size 10yr old clothes but in a booster seat in the back seat of the car.
a baby's neck and head can be severely damaged from 'lolling' around unsupported like his was.
exactly right suzi. what I don't get is how her brain didn't somehow foresee that as a future risk (motherly instincts... anything!?!) when placing him in the seat?? he's only 8 months!
I did see her on dave letterman... (i think it was) and she REALLY didn’t seem to have a lot up there! I know it should've been expected but I just thought (possibly hoped) she would have had some kind of IQ to come up with more than the few words she seemed to mutter … oh, and to take the gum out of her mouth when going on a worldwide tv program.
I did see her on dave letterman... (i think it was) and she REALLY didn’t seem to have a lot up there! I know it should've been expected but I just thought (possibly hoped) she would have had some kind of IQ to come up with more than the few words she seemed to mutter …
Yes well, she is pregnant after all, and what pregnant woman doesn't loose her brain function during the gestation period?
Meanwhile...
http://www.imdb.com/news/wenn/2006-05-19/ Pop star Britney Spears is embroiled in more parental controversy, after nearly dropping her baby as she was leaving a New York City hotel on Thursday. The latest mishap occurred as the singer emerged from the Ritz Carlton hotel, holding a drink in one hand and her baby in the other. Spears tried to maneuver through a crowd of onlookers when she tripped suddenly, causing her son's head to snap backwards and sending his hat flying off. The singer regained her balance and the baby didn't seem to suffer any serious injuries, according to website Tmz.com. Immediately after the incident an agitated Spears said, "This is why I need a gun," seemingly referring to having to battle her way through the crowd. The incident is the latest in a series of mishaps for Spears. She caused concern earlier this week when she was snapped driving her Mini Cooper convertible with her son in his car seat facing the wrong way.
Yeah Britney, a baby in one hand, a gun in the other. Really responsible...
POP mum Britney Spears will be enshrined in US law, after California politicians introduced a bill forcing parents to face child car seats backwards if they are less than one year old, contactmusic reports. Brit started another car-seat row this week when she was snapped with her eight-month-old son, Sean Preston, slumped in a forward-facing seat. Lawmakers hope the new legislation will clear up any confusion. The new Bill would be called Britney's Law, in honour of the pop star, if passed. Tom Cruise also inspired politicians this month, with a bill introduced to ban selling ultrasound machines to anyone but licensed medical professionals, after he bought one for fiance Katie Holmes.
I dont really know how I feel about her now next worldwide media "issue"
she posted some poem on her website about the media... took it off soon after because everyone thought it was about kevin. lol (if u want to see what it read - http://www.pinkisthenewblog.com)
anyway, nevertheless its easy to say, the girl is simply not ready for parenting. I saw the justin timberlake film clip cry me a river today and really, if she had not chosen a lot of what she has chosen (a lot of bad choices - cheating, kevin..) i'm more than sure her life could have been sooo much better. oh well, I heard an interview with justin n he just stated he only has sympathy for her.
so yeah, its hard to say what actually happened. some say it was her jeans being too long, some say her ankle twisted in the trailer trash wedges, others say media pushing, and some say the glass of "water" i do admit.. if it was not a suspicious substance why not just drop the glass... and i mean.. why carry a glass of anything and a child in the other hand when facing a media/crowd that large?? i dont know.. the girl does have some serious problems.
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