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mrsf123
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So sick already of baby "knowledge" from women who are over 60!
mrsf123
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We were over at MIL's house and some of her friends were there.
I was explaining to them that we'll probably drive to visit my parents (who live about 2 hours away) at night so the baby doesn't scream in the car. All of them bombarded me with "ALL BABIES LOVE CARS". On and on they went, each one telling me a story about how their kid loved the car.
OK, well my niece hated being in the car. She wasn't stimulated back there, didn't like that she couldn't see her parents and screamed bloody murder half the time. I've heard a lot of stories like this. So guess what?! All babies DON'T love cars. When I tried to tell them this, they said that I must have misunderstood and I was wrong. OK I was in the car ppl!
Similarly, I was saying how was had some heavy sleepers in case the baby hates being swaddled and was told "ALL BABIES LOVE BEING SWADDLED".
Argh. Do all adults like chocolate? If adults have different tastes, why wouldn't babies?
Vent over!
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Re: So sick already of baby "knowledge" from women who are over 60!
I wish I had a list of good comebacks for nosy-ass people who can't keep their advice to themselves.
I was told by my grandmother that I HATED car seats. I would scream and cry the whole time and it made her feel horrible. So obviously it is not true.
I feel like I need some chocolate now though, because I AM an adult that likes chocolate
Yup! I'm sure that made a huge difference!
kinda off subj but ive been getting alot of when i had my baby my labor was like this.... and we did this.... hello your "baby" is now 30!! ugh
Nobody is all knowing, no matter how much they think they are. My DD tries to break out of her swaddling blanket all the time!
IMO there are plenty of people with good intentions, and maybe even some good advice, but especially the older people bug the crap out of me because so much has changed since they had kids.
THIS! I am thankful that my MIL is on board with alot of the ways we want to raise LO, but sometimes her well-meaning info from the 60's drives me nuts. Somehow, I doubt that patting one child on the stomach all the time and not doing so to the other one made him 'softer and that's why he was bullied'.
Life with Blog
Ugh THIS! DH's grandmother tried to convince me that I should begin feeding LO cereal at 3 days old because everyone did it back then and her kids grew up fine and they all had cereal that early.
Times change woman! They have discovered significant reasoning on WHY it should be done differently now. I will raise MY baby how I want to. If I want your damn advice I will ask for it!
Not to mention she's mad at me for not using the crib DH's grandpa had as a baby. A crib that is 90 years old. She doesn't understand why I refuse to use it. *sigh*