Weirdest advice

cdeboer619

What is the weirdest pregnancy or parenting advice you have been give by friends or family members? So far I have my mother in law telling me to take a tooth brush to the nipples to desensitize them and my grandma telling me to tug at them with a wash cloth in the shower. Just wondering if anyone else has heard anything crazy also?

Bootswtfur87

One customer told me last week that I should leave work way before my due date unless I want to "gush" at work, omg lady another asked me if I am going to wait until he is 5 to start him in school and not push it at the age of four, that was before we were even 20 weeks pregnant, I was just like we're not sure yet currently working on the nursery

Clairemd

I had someone tell me about toughening up my nipples before my first , I didn't tho , and I was fine , they toughen up by themselves lol

rbtrumpet

My mom told me that if she knew how hard breastfeeding would be, she would have taken Brillo pads to her nipples when pregnant to desensitize them. Washcloth in the shower is a *tad* less extreme.

My MIL told me that I'm not allowed to drink cold water or take a shower for one month after DD is born (Chinese tradition - I'm so goad MIL is not visiting until a month after baby is born! She can't stop me :-p).

Umm...I know I've had some other good ones...

katie.725

A friend told me to drink pickle juice if I have heartburn... thank goodness...no heartburn...

She's a bit off her rocker...

Justnooch

katie.725 said:

A friend told me to drink pickle juice if I have heartburn... thank goodness...no heartburn...

She's a bit off her rocker...

I actually *love* pickle juice. Never used it to combat heartburn but I cannot help take a swig whenever I eat a pickle.
X_X

MsCrispy

My mom told me to tough up my nipples as well. From what I've read, this is horrible advice and actually causes more problems.

babymama619

My mom did tell me to toughen up my nipples. I've tried to explain several times that that is not how they do it anymore.

She also told me to get a gallon if nursery water in case LO gets the hiccups. Ummm, no. I explained that 1. Hiccups aren't a big deal and 2. LO only gets BM for 6 months. No water.

Ninjamama86

I have chloasma, aka 'mask of pregnancy' (darkening of the skin on my face, particularly on my cheeks and upper lip). At work, one of my patients commented on it and said not to worry it will go away after the baby gets here. She then (seriously) recommended that I wash my face in the babies urine, that it would help the skin fade.

...

Umm, thanks but no thanks. :-q

PeachsMama

Ninjamama86 said:

I have chloasma, aka 'mask of pregnancy' (darkening of the skin on my face, particularly on my cheeks and upper lip). At work, one of my patients commented on it and said not to worry it will go away after the baby gets here. She then (seriously) recommended that I wash my face in the babies urine, that it would help the skin fade. ... Umm, thanks but no thanks. :-q

Yea, uh I think you win! Lol.

 

I just get yelled at for lifting my arms above my head because I'll strangle the baby with his/her umbilical cord.. And for vacuuming because it can start labor apparently.

Mytaras

Yeah the arms above your head thing is always said to me too!

Kim22

katie.725 said:

A friend told me to drink pickle juice if I have heartburn... thank goodness...no heartburn...

She's a bit off her rocker...

I think I just got heartburn reading this!

rbtrumpet

katie.725 said:

A friend told me to drink pickle juice if I have heartburn... thank goodness...no heartburn...

She's a bit off her rocker...

this makes me love Pepcid even more!

Ninjamama86 said:

I have chloasma, aka 'mask of pregnancy' (darkening of the skin on my face, particularly on my cheeks and upper lip). At work, one of my patients commented on it and said not to worry it will go away after the baby gets here. She then (seriously) recommended that I wash my face in the babies urine, that it would help the skin fade. ... Umm, thanks but no thanks. :-q

I want to like this because it's probably one of the most bizarre things I've read!

skleyla

I was actually told to use the washcloth on my nipples during this mornings appointment by our Midwife. She said she read it in a book during her pregnancy and tried it and never had any discomfort. Now I need to look into this because if it is worthless I don't want to be abusing my nipples for nothing.

bglovesbabyk

I was moving a light table and a coworker told me that if I lift heavy things, the baby will be born with hernias. Ok...this 20 lb table is going to affect my child's intestines. Interesting.

McJen715

katie.725 said:

A friend told me to drink pickle juice if I have heartburn... thank goodness...no heartburn...

She's a bit off her rocker...

I have a friend who swore by this her last pregnancy also. I hate pickles (TFFC?) so I'll tough if out with my Tums.

cagoldi

Courtesy of my MIL:

- While TTC, she told us we wouldn't be able to get pregnant because I love animals too much (Korean OWT from what I gather). Once we did announce, she said she knew we would have a baby because I treat animals so well that I would be so nice to my own baby.

- Out of the clear blue she asks DH if we're having sex. I was like, we're pregnant so clearly that ship has sailed. She told us that if you have sex while PG your babies will have vision problems (another Korean OWT apparently).  She told me that all her babies had "very clean eyeball" because she didn't do the deed when she was KU. Poor DH was so repulsed.

- She insists the baby is going to be huge because I have continued working.

- There was the time she insisted when you see a fussy baby in public it's the Mom's fault. I'm getting ready for her to tell me the obvious, try to make sure to feed him and he takes his nap before we leave the house, etc. Nope, she said I need to keep candy in my purse or diaper bag and offer it to him whenever he gets restless to keep him quiet. Worst advice ever.

cagoldi

CFox815 said:

@cagoldi I want a reality show about your MIL.

It would be television gold; she's a character.

Her English is pretty broken so some of the words she uses make no sense whatsoever and we're always cracking up when we finally figure out what she's really saying.

She loves the Dodgers and she can't pronounce a lot of their names so she came up with her own. Adrian Gonzales is Lasagna, Matt Kemp is Kimchi, Jose Dominguez she calls Doritos, Carlos Marmol she calls Marshmallow, and when James Loney was on the team he was known as Balogna.