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Older generation thinking kills me

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MIL  always says, "I'm still here" when I say they have found something not safe anymore. For instance cereal in a bottle or feeding solids before 6 months & allergies. I usually don't say anything when she says that but I couldn't keep my mouth shut on this next one.

 FIL commented on when DD would be in a walker. DH said, oh those aren't considered safe anymore. MIL said, "oh please. probably one child  got hurt or injured & now it's unsafe." Ummmmm tell that to the parent of that child. Or the parent of the child that died of SIDS because people smoked around them or the child that died from choking on their cereal in a bottle. Seriously if it saves ONE childs life than it's worth listening to if you ask me.

She hasn't made that comment to me since. I don't think she will again either. Idiots I swear.
 

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Re: Older generation thinking kills me

  • rjbear21rjbear21 member
    omg i can't stand the whole "you should be putting cereal in her bottle" thing.  um, no.  my baby doesn't need cereal in a bottle. and she certainly doesn't need it to sleep at night!  she sleeps 10-12 hours every night without waking and started doing that at 8 weeks. um,  no she doesn't need it.
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  • HappyNovHappyNov
    I agree, my MIL annoys me with things like that all the time.  But what I really wanted to say is how cute your little turtle is! ;)
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  • mrsnin07mrsnin07
    I HATE that too!! I think that is the worst argument ever... "well we survived." My mom just tried to give me a hard time because I won't put DD's car seat in DHs two door tacoma w/ airbags. "It must be a miracle you survived. I did everything wrong" she says. Ugh.
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  • OUMedBrideOUMedBride
    How can you guys not understand this?  Every time we tell them we won't be doing something because it's not safe or not recommended, it's an affront to their parenting.  We are directly telling them that something they did, which they thought was in our best interest, is wrong.  I'm not saying we shouldn't do that; obviously we should follow the most current guidelines.  But how can you be annoyed at them for being somewhat offended that we're telling them raising our kids the way they raised us is wrong and we won't do it?  I think 90% of us will feel the exact same way when our kids tell us "Um, mom, why would I put her to sleep on her back?  She'll get SIDS!" or whatever the research says in 20 years.  Every mother thinks she knows what's best, and our mothers and MILs are no exception.
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