Anyone with a child (especially more than one) will tell you, sometimes you've got to do what you've got to do and it's perfectly safe to hold a baby on your hip while cooking for a short period as long as you're a safe distance away.
With all three of my children, that's how I showed them the stove is hot, and not to touch. They could see it sizzling, feel the steam rising and knew it was dangerous to get too close.
While us folk with more common sense far outweigh the wowsers, it only takes one wowser to spoil a situation - or perfectly fine social media post.
One such wowser approached a friend of mine at the supermarket and had a go at her for buying baby formula.
She started off nicely, pointing to the nappies and tinned milk powder in her trolley and said something like "awww, a baby, how nice." My friend replied with the appropriate polite small talk.
Then the wowser launched in with "it's a real shame you have to give your baby formula though". Some more hurtful and ridiculous comments followed.
The wowser is lucky I wasn't there because my response wouldn't be polite small talk.
Social media is wonderful and I can be glued to my phone with the best of them but sometimes it's just providing a platform for wowsers' comments.
So carry on being a good parent while you cook and teach your children using your common sense around safety.
