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August 2011 Moms
NotSharknado
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If I get called a mean mom one more time
NotSharknado
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I will scream! Once again we were at a party on DH's side and Sophia is sick and teething. She's a mess. At one point she got really fussy and DH's niece said "why don't you give her a bottle?" Me: "she doesn't get one until bed time because she's already had her other two for the day." niece: "You are such a mean mommy! I give my one year old one through out the day". Me: "Well she uses a paci for comfort so I don't really push the bottle also." then I walk away with a major eye roll. This is also the same person who said I was mean for not putting Sophia to bed with a bottle in her crib. So if niece hasn't bugged me enough for the day, she tells me that Sophia is jealous because niece is having a girl(due in October). That's why she doesn't like her. I couldn't even say anything because all I could think was this chick is wacky. She's one of those who thinks the more kids she she pops out the more she knows about babies. Oh, also I was talking with her and jokingly said "Do me a favor, have the baby before Halloween because I want to see her in a costume." she says "we will see but I don't believe in induction because I think it's not right that babies aren't born on their actual birthdays ". Um, okay. Didn't realize that was a "belief" but whatever. Here's what I thought to say after I was already in the car going home, " Well, if I'm mean than you must be Satan because it's kind of terrible that you smoke while pregnant." or, "I don't believe in shutting me kid up by feeding her chocolate milk bottles all day long". Sorry, but the sh!t head pissed me off! Vent over. Drinks all around.
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Re: If I get called a mean mom one more time
Pffffft if anyone who tries to give advice about children but yet smokes while they are pregnant...really needs to take a look at themselves in the mirror.
Some people.
BTW I think you are a great Mama
This exactly!
BTW - if she is a Mom too, than she should know that comments like that really rub people (probably herself included!)
How annoying.
My 5 year old told me I'm "meaner than an old chicken" the other day. ;-)
Honestly, though, I think that people who say things like this are usually trying to reassure themselves about the decisions they are making.
Annelise 3.22.2007 Norah 10.24.2009 Amelia 8.7.2011
Ugh! Know what's funny? I'll actually give a pass to people who don't have kids and then say things like "why don't you just...(insert stupid suggestion)" because they don't know any better. I'm sure that I probably said lots of stupid things to people before I had a kid and I didn't realize what I was saying.
To me, it's so much worse when it's another parent saying the stupid thing. I just try to tell myself that the person is probably really insecure about her own parenting and trying to make herself feel better. Kudos to you for not telling her to mind her own business, how annoying!
Did you ever hear the saying "I was a perfect parent until I had kids"? That was me.
Hahaha! That's awesome. About three months after I had DD, I found myself feeling the need to apologize to my friends that had had kids before me, just on the off chance I had ever offended them. There are so many things that I just didn't "get" until I had one of my own!