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Did u really just ask me that?? VENT
Ok, so today was the first time and Dh and I have been out. We are getting ready to sit down when a woman sees the car seat and asks how old the baby is.... I tell her that he is 10 weeks..... She says,"Oh my goodness.... Does your mom know that you are out? It is too early for you to be out with that baby!"
Now keep in mind that I have been in the house since I've had him (Only leaving to go to the dr. and run errands, but nowhere special) and I am very excited to be out. SHe made me feel really stupid, because I was caught off guard......I couldn't think of anything to say except for, "Yes, my mom knows I'm out!" Then Dh says oh, I guess she thinks we're young.
WTF? Has anybody else had someone to ask you why you're out so early? How early is too early? I thought it was 2011..... IDK you were supposed to stay in the house.....
Vent over!
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Re: Did u really just ask me that?? VENT
Nobody ever said anything to me when I started taking my LO out around 3 weeks... I don't know how you managed to stay in for TEN!! Just ignore all those crazy people. Be confident that YOU know what is best for your LO, not a bunch of nosy senior citizens.
BFP 11/29 - m/c @ 5w
Piper's been going out since she was born. I don't get these people who question why we have our LO's out of the house at such young ages. What did mother's do in the "olden days" when they were outside all the time all year round doing things around the farms or other places? lol
Next time someone questions why you have LO out so young tell them you know someone who's grandmother survived being buried in snow while sleeping at a week old. True story - my DH's grandmother was a week old and lived on a homestead in Saskatchewan and the straw roof caved in during a blizzard and she was buried under the snow and straw that fell in; she was sleeping in a dresser drawer (pulled out, of course lol) because her parent's didn't have money for a sleeping basket. This was back in 1932. She was obviously ok since she went on to have 3 children of her own, 4 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren (so far) and lived into her 70's.
Or, just smile say, "Thanks for the concern, but he/she is my child and I'll do as I see fit." Then walk away.
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I am so glad I'm not the only one who has gotten the "LO is to young to be out" lecture from a complete stranger!!
10 weeks is alot better than me though! I NEEDED to get out of the house when DD was 3 weeks old. I didn't want to go to far though, just in case she started to fuss. So we decided to just go to the restaurant right down the street, no biggie!! Well apparently the owner of this restaurant thought otherwise... It was this little old greek lady, who had the balls to come over to our table in the middle of our dinner and ask how first off if it is a he or she (#1 comment that p*ssed me off.. "ummmm hello she is in pink and her BundleMe car seat cover is HOT PINK".. are you serious??!!! Whatever.. so then she decides to ask how old she is.. my DH says she is 3 weeks old today. This D-bag went into a lecture on how she is waaay to young to be out and there is no medicine for a baby this young and then proceeded to tell us how kids these days do not follow the rules of religion (kids? we are 27 & 28), she asked us if we were Catholic, which DH is and I just converted before we were married 2 years ago... Well if your Catholic supposedly your are not supposed to bring a baby out until they are 40 days old and you have to have your priest bless the child beforehand. By this time other patrons at the tables are around us are starting to look over. Now I am passed shocked to completely ticked off. My DH just shook his head and put his down, as to tell me "don't even listen to her" I was shocked that the owner of a restaurant comes over to a couple that are paying customer and basically insulted our parenting and intelligence, not ot mention disturb our dinner. All I could say was.. so was I supposed to stay in the hospital for 40 days before I brought her home??!!! She just gave me a look then pulled the blankets up over my DD and pulled the hooded canopy part of her car seat down over her and walked away. We asked for the check immediately after that and have not been back since. I was so angry that I b*tched about it for close to an hour when we got home. I called a friend who works there and she said she has done this on several occasions, and even when the children "are old enough" in her mind, she will actually go ver and take them out of there seat and carry them around the restaurant. I was like WHAT?!!! I felt better knowing this lady is just a flippin' nutcase!!! This 2011 people... it is a known fact that if you keep your baby sheltered they are more suseptible to germs later on... and get sick more often!! I still can't believe to this day that she did that, but I guess it is just old school like when the husbands used to drop off their wife in labor leave them there alone to do the "job" and then come back when they were ready to be picked up and brought home!!! Amazing!!! No thanks, I'd rather be with the times!! SO trust me, I feel ya on this one!!!
Yeah me to.