Comments on: Charlotte Church Says Ruby's Tantrums Lead to Fainting Spells http://celebritybabies.people.com/2009/10/23/charlotte-church-says-rubys-tantrums-lead-to-fainting-spells/ Sun, 27 May 2012 21:38:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Moms & Babies - People.comhttp://img2.timeinc.net/people/static/i/v4home/peoplelogo.pnghttp://celebritybabies.people.com20485 By: Judy Firestone http://celebritybabies.people.com/2009/10/23/charlotte-church-says-rubys-tantrums-lead-to-fainting-spells/#comment-240655 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:13:24 +0000 http://celebrity-babies.com/?p=70489#comment-240655 My Daughter Used To Do That. But Now In Her 30′s She Doesn’t Do That Any More. She Out Grew It. Around He Pre Teens She Stopped Doing That. I Hope Little Ruby Will Out Grow That Like My Little Girl Did. Charlotte And Gav, Hang In There. She’ll Be Just Fine. God Bless And Take Care.

]]> By: Teefah http://celebritybabies.people.com/2009/10/23/charlotte-church-says-rubys-tantrums-lead-to-fainting-spells/#comment-240654 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:57:19 +0000 http://celebrity-babies.com/?p=70489#comment-240654 when my daughter was about one years old, she got really upset and began to cry. she breathed out and i never herd her breath in so i grabbed her and she was stiff and not breathing. my father in law started to bounce her up and down and then she started to breath and passed out. i was horrified but she was fine when she came to. the second time it happened i was so upset that i took her to the hospital. they did a cat scan and found nothing and said it was a breath holding spell. my daughter is 6 yrs old now and it never happened again, but i strongly believe breath holding spell was not the case. i have a one month old son and i am a little scared he will do the same…..

]]> By: Beatrice http://celebritybabies.people.com/2009/10/23/charlotte-church-says-rubys-tantrums-lead-to-fainting-spells/#comment-240653 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:08:22 +0000 http://celebrity-babies.com/?p=70489#comment-240653 Re: Sara (October 23rd, 2009 at 4:39 pm), Comment #15.

Please re-read my original comment (#8). You have missed the mark on my comments.

The phrase I used was “temperament and parenting style.” I made no mention of parenting SKILL, as you attest. I am not casting aspersions on your parenting SKILL.

I simply don’t agree with Church’s attitude of appeasing/cloistering the child so to avoid fainting spells. This was my mother tactic, WHEN I HAD THESE SPELLS. Yes, I do have FIRST HAND experience with this: I did this as a toddler, and my child did this as a toddler. This was also in my initial comment.

Re: Amber Joy Says (October 23rd, 2009 at 8:46 pm), Comment #26

Duuuuuude. Your doctor was an ass. Glad you got a diagnosis for your child.

Re: maryanne (October 24th, 2009 at 6:26 pm), Comment #34:

Great comment! I was wondering about that.

]]> By: CelebBabyLover http://celebritybabies.people.com/2009/10/23/charlotte-church-says-rubys-tantrums-lead-to-fainting-spells/#comment-240652 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:51:56 +0000 http://celebrity-babies.com/?p=70489#comment-240652 Lala- Cold water won’t work if the BHS (Breath holding spells) are involuntary. As other posters have said, that does sometimes happen. That is when BHS is an actual medical condition. :)

]]> By: Lala http://celebritybabies.people.com/2009/10/23/charlotte-church-says-rubys-tantrums-lead-to-fainting-spells/#comment-240651 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:27:31 +0000 http://celebrity-babies.com/?p=70489#comment-240651 I know this may sound bad but I bet if you threw cold water or just water on a child that is beginning to do this they would probably not do it again. They would associate that each time they did this water would be thrown on them. Since they wouldn’t like that they probably wouldn’t do it anymore.
I like Shan’s story…very funny. Water won’t hurt a child.
A friend of mine used to let her little girl sleep with her at night. She would kick her all night long. One day she gently kicked her back enough to wake her. Her little girl complained and my friend explained how she had been kicking her and it didn’t feel nice did it.
They was the last time she did it to my friend. haha
Kids are smart!

]]> By: Stacy http://celebritybabies.people.com/2009/10/23/charlotte-church-says-rubys-tantrums-lead-to-fainting-spells/#comment-240650 Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:18:05 +0000 http://celebrity-babies.com/?p=70489#comment-240650 With the whole brain cell dying thing, when my son passed out it was usually due to pain. He wouldn’t breath during a cry, which only lasts a few seconds. Once they are out, they start to breath again. So they are only deprived of oxygen for seconds. It seems longer when it is happening. Non-issue.

]]> By: maryanne http://celebritybabies.people.com/2009/10/23/charlotte-church-says-rubys-tantrums-lead-to-fainting-spells/#comment-240649 Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:26:20 +0000 http://celebrity-babies.com/?p=70489#comment-240649 Actually eternalcanadian, brain cell loss doesn’t begin until a brain has been deprived of oxygen for about 3-6 minutes, depending on the individual. In First Aid/CPR training you are taught that after about 7- 10 minutes of not breathing, brain damage has likely occurred. Why are you trying to needlessly scare parents? BHS does NOT cause brain damage.

]]> By: Katie http://celebritybabies.people.com/2009/10/23/charlotte-church-says-rubys-tantrums-lead-to-fainting-spells/#comment-240648 Sat, 24 Oct 2009 11:38:34 +0000 http://celebrity-babies.com/?p=70489#comment-240648 It is NOT rare for a child to pass out and lose consciousness from breath holding. Its actually very common and extremely scary for the parents or anyone around. No, it is not harmful, but that still does not take away from the fear a parent has when their child passes out. Its SCARY. Whether it be the 1st time or the 100th time. Thats your child, your baby, your love. I’m sad this young mom is being judged so harshly when obviously she just has a concern for her child. Its so easy to judge until you are in that situation.

]]> By: eternalcanadian http://celebritybabies.people.com/2009/10/23/charlotte-church-says-rubys-tantrums-lead-to-fainting-spells/#comment-240647 Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:53:48 +0000 http://celebrity-babies.com/?p=70489#comment-240647 Oh dear, that sounds horrible. After just one minute of not breathing brain cells begin to die. When 3 minutes of not breathing has been reached serious brain damage is likely. So if a child is holding their breath for even just one minutes until they pass out, brain cell damage has already started. I would squirt the kid’s face immediatately wiht that spray water bottle to get them breathing and well before they pass out.

]]> By: Sarah M. http://celebritybabies.people.com/2009/10/23/charlotte-church-says-rubys-tantrums-lead-to-fainting-spells/#comment-240646 Sat, 24 Oct 2009 07:20:31 +0000 http://celebrity-babies.com/?p=70489#comment-240646 There was a little boy who did this at the day care I used to work. His father warned all of the teachers who would ever have a chance of working with him that he did this and not to worry. That he was fine and to either blow on his face or splash water on it and that he would probably want to sit on our laps for a few minutes afterward.

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