# JohnBckWLD **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 16, 2005, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnbckwld/285006 "2005-01-16T07:12:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnbckwld/285006/21 "2005-01-17T19:42:19Z")
> [@Quint](#): > > …just read this thread. I think you should go there right now and apologize. Seriously, just do it. I will. I know full well how the emotions of 1st time parents get pulled in many different directions. > [@Quint](#): > > I’m telling the guy that to preserve his human decency he should apologize, not pitting him for your entertainment. I had no way of knowing my advice caused such trouble. > [@Quint](#): > > (H)e’s had three days to check on what he’s posted, but has made no effort. I am still not here for anyone’s entertainment, nor am I here to impress you with my invective. I think an apology is due With the exception of the [, I think your pitting of me is well-meaning, valiant and done with good intentions. Just to clarify, I wasn’t ignoring the thread…I wasn’t around. (I usually post from work and rarely read the board on weekends). If you felt an immediate response from me was due, you perhaps could have emailed me and asked for an explanation in the original IMH **O** thread. **inkleberry, I apologize. If my unorthodox advice icaused you distress in any way, I’m truly sorry. I hope & pray all works out OK for you all** I read the OP and probably the first 1/2 dozen posts, got distracted and posted. Mea Culpa. The only reason I posted to the thread was because I went through a very similar incident with my 2nd daughter a little over 7 years ago. I heard her 5 week old’s screams as they gave her a spinal tap (because they don’t allow parents in the room). I held her hand as they squeezed her between a cold table and some machine with radioactive isotopes. A week later, after the 3 of us were released from the hospital, the specialists and team of Dr.s still had no idea what caused her original symptoms and wrote it off as a virus. That experience went through my head as I did the math: > [@inkleberry](#): > > (22 hours ago), he has gone through 22 diapers, of which 4 had poop. All 22 were filled with urine My unprofessional non-mediacl specialist hunch was: 10 waking hours/22 diapers = Too much liquid (formula) and too many diaper checks/changes. I posted that assuming all parents know if something doesn’t seem right, call the pediatrician - or get thee to an Emergency room. Truth be told, I rarely post to ‘advice treads’ - Even less so [url=http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=230451]following this train wreck]([http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=295744lame](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=295744lame) title[/url). But, the way I see it, some of the advice found in that old pitting holds true today. In general terms (not necessarilly to this thread) I’d seriously recommend any and all message board advice seekers heed the following disclaimer: > [@manhattan](#): > > If one opens an OP soliciting advice, it seems to me that one should expect and be grateful for the occasional unconventional suggestion, even if you subsequently conclude that the suggestion is a poor one in the specific instance ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnbckwld/285006/22 "2005-01-17T19:54:32Z")
> [@Quint](#): > > …just read this thread. I think you should go there right now and apologize. Seriously, just do it. I will. I know full well how the emotions of 1st time parents get pulled in many different directions. > [@Quint](#): > > I’m telling the guy that to preserve his human decency he should apologize, not pitting him for your entertainment. I had no way of knowing my advice caused such trouble. > [@Quint](#): > > (H)e’s had three days to check on what he’s posted, but has made no effort. I am still not here for anyone’s entertainment, nor am I here to impress you with my invective. I think an apology is due I will. I know full well how the emotions of 1st time parents get pulled in many different directions. I had no way of knowing my advice caused such trouble.With the exception of the [lame title](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=295744), I think your pitting of me is well-meaning, valiant and done with good intentions. Just to clarify, I wasn’t ignoring the thread…I wasn’t around. (I usually post from work and rarely read the board on weekends). If you felt an immediate response from me was due, you perhaps could have emailed me and asked for an explanation in the original IMH **O** thread. **inkleberry, I apologize. If my unorthodox advice icaused you distress in any way, I’m truly sorry. I hope & pray all works out OK for you all** I read the OP and probably the first 1/2 dozen posts, got distracted and posted. Mea Culpa. The only reason I posted to the thread was because I went through a very similar incident with my 2nd daughter a little over 7 years ago. I heard her 5 week old’s screams as they gave her a spinal tap (because they don’t allow parents in the room). I held her hand as they squeezed her between a cold table and some machine with radioactive isotopes. A week later, after the 3 of us were released from the hospital, the specialists and team of Dr.s still had no idea what caused her original symptoms and wrote it off as a virus. That experience went through my head as I did the math: > [@inkleberry](#): > > (22 hours ago), he has gone through 22 diapers, of which 4 had poop. All 22 were filled with urine My unprofessional non-medical specialist hunch was: 10 waking hours/22 diapers = Too much liquid (formula) and too many diaper checks/changes. I posted that assuming all parents know if something doesn’t seem right, call the pediatrician - or get thee to an Emergency room. Truth be told, I rarely post to ‘advice treads’ - Even less so [following this train wreck](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=230451). But, the way I see it, some of the advice found in that old pitting holds true today. In general terms (not necessarilly to this thread) I’d seriously recommend any and all message board advice seekers heed the following disclaimer: > [@manhattan](#): > > If one opens an OP soliciting advice, it seems to me that one should expect and be grateful for the occasional unconventional suggestion, even if you subsequently conclude that the suggestion is a poor one in the specific instance Hope everyone has a happy, healthy & prosperous new year. ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnbckwld/285006/23 "2005-01-17T22:58:15Z")
> [@Quint](#): > > You’re the second… Lamest. Human. Ever. [off-topic nitpick] Only one can be lamest. Make up your mind. [/off-topic nitpick] ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnbckwld/285006/24 "2005-01-18T00:48:53Z")
Ohferchrissake, Quint, stop _snivelling_. You’re emoting, not _thinking_, and that does nothing for the Fight Against Ignorance. Honestly, you sound…“as if your head were going to come to a point in the next thirteen seconds.” ---
**Author:** ![Quint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/76d3ee/32.png) [@Quint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quint)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnbckwld/285006/25 "2005-01-18T02:06:03Z")
> [@OxyMoron](#): > > You’re emoting, not _thinking_. I can accept that, that sounds about right. I admire anyone who recognizes when they need to apologize and does so. **JohnBckWLD** , you’re obviously a good guy, as your many defenders would indicate. That should probably wrap up the Lamest. Pitting. Ever. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnbckwld/285006.md?page=1)