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Dear SIL (vent)

TwinkzTwinkz
in March 2011 Moms

Dear SIL,

When DH mentioned that DS is already able to hold his weight on his feet (he's been doing that for several weeks now) and he pretty much has full head control and working on back control and you told him that we need to start writing down when he does these things because if he's lagging in other areas it signifies a problem. Ummm excuse me SIL but you have no pyschology education besides intro to pysch, which is a joke of a class consisting of the breakdown of psychology and the very, very basic aspects. My college intro psych class was less informative than my high school intro psych which was why I took more psych after intro. Yes you did go to college to be an elementary school teacher but have never used your degree, and you have no children. The only child you are really around is your cousin who is 7 yrs old, 115lbs and has very delayed speech and reading skills. None of which you have helped or attempted to address. You constantly mention that you should probably go over and work on reading with him or take him to the park to do something, yet you never do. So while I appreciate your unsolicited advice, keep it to yourself. We aren't going to write down what day he starts doing each skill to make certain he doesn't have some developmental delays. We aren't fools. We know our child and will know if something gets off and if we don't, that's what the doctor is for. At DS's 1 month appointment the doctor checked to see if he was tracking and shockingly he already was. The doctor joked that he shouldn't be to that point yet but told us all that means is that he's likely to be a handful and get over stimulated a little easier because he's advanced. Keep your "opinion" on our child's development to yourself unless you become an expect, or hell even educated on the matter.

Thanks,

Your SIL that's never liked you since the day I met you.

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  • eturpeturp member
    imageTwinkz:

    Your SIL that's never liked you since the day I met you.

    Bahaha! Sorry, don't you just love everyone sticking their nose where it doesn't belong!

     

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  • myst33myst33
    She sounds like a real peach.
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  • sweetpea2718sweetpea2718
    I don't understand what issues your DS could even have if he's meeting milestones? WTH is she even talking about? 
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  • TwinkzTwinkz
    I have no idea sweetpea!! From the way I understand, she believes there is a correlation between meeting milestones early and having slower development in other areas. She's an idiot who has always had a very superior, holier than though attitude. DH said she's always been that way though.
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  • sweetpea2718sweetpea2718

    imageTwinkz:
    From the way I understand, she believes there is a correlation between meeting milestones early and having slower development in other areas.

    There is an "average" time that milesstones are met for a reason...some babies meet them earlier & some later, hence the "average".  That's why everything you read about milestones has the disclaimer that "all babies are different and meet these at different times".  What a moron... I would pick my battles with her though, doesn't seem worth it.  

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  • skioskio member

    lol, I love this. Isn't unsolicited advice the best?

    My SIL is also awesome with the comments. She loves to compare DD to all her friends' babies.

    "Jane's baby isn't on a schedule, she just eats and sleeps when she wants." Thanks. C is on a loose schedule and sleeps 10 hours at night, so we'll stick with what we're doing.

    "Sarah's baby smiles all the time." So does C. She just doesn't smile at YOU all the time because she doesn't know you. Not to mention, Sarah's baby is three months older.

    "Mary doesn't give her baby a bath every night because she says it's bad for their skin." Mary should do some research and she'll find that a bath and lotion before bedtime is clinically proven to help baby sleep better at night. We use a super sensitive chemical free baby wash and we don't use it every night, and C sleeps like a champ.

    It's terribly annoying. I'm trying my hardest to ignore!

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