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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My H comes from a family like this one. Old southern $$$, probably mixed with slavery.  Incredible furniture and valuable antiques with guns unlocked in random places in the house. Kids get smacked if they say anything that can be interpreted as cursing. Everyone is dressed up all the time, including the kids. Good china all the time. Formula feeding. Gossip.  OMG, the gossip and backstabbing. I'm European and they are worse than us about gossiping. Racism. Manners are huge, also hypocrisy.  The younger generation drinks way way too much.  Vacation houses in Alys Beach.  UVA and Princeton are the only respectable school choices.  Lots and lots of plastic surgery.  GOP. [/quote]

What happened to Duke?  Emory?[/quote]

I have no clue; we went to Brown, where the devil is in charge with the education lol. They are Baptists, so allegedly alcohol free, and the teens drink heavily while also boating. Have I mentioned the hypocrisy? They all have gorgeous, [b]big houses but with the master on the first floor, so I suspect they do hard core sleep training with the infants.[/b] 
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Oh sh&t. [/quote]

This is so funny b/c "Moms on Call" books/method/FB group is SO popular in the South. I remember (and this was a few years ago) I did a search for the term on DCUM and only got like one hit. (not relevant but the schedules are great!! but I didn't do the CIO at 12 weeks b/c that was a bit much for me...). [/quote]

I find this interesting because I am a southerner and would be considered to have grown up wealthy.  The southern moms I know seem way less bothered or challenged by having children.  Some of it is that they have more help and/or they aren't working.  I have definitely noticed that kids not sleeping isn't much of a thing.  It seems to be a major problem in DC and I'm not convinced it needs to be this way.  I never entertained a baby over 2-3 months not sleeping for a good stretch each night.  Older baby?  Unless there is a weight issue, no overnight feed required. [b] I only get up for sick children and emergencies.[/b]  It's not as if the child not sleeping is good for the child.[/quote]

What do you do when the baby is screaming during the night? [/quote]

Provide comfort.[/quote]

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