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March 2013 Moms
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a few of my favorite things.... NOT
CBomback
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1. People on the subway who sit in the reserved-for-those-who-need-to-sit and pretend to be asleep despite being shaken by the shoulder and told an 8-mo pregnant woman needs to sit down or she is going to pass out, but magically awaken the second the doors open for their stop.
2. People who have NO children but feel that they know better than you what you can and can't do with an infant, and are very vocal about it. For instance: being told by my little sister who has zero experience with children that we could not do any outdoor activities on my first mother's day because 2 month old babies can't go outside. Really?
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Re: a few of my favorite things.... NOT
1. Breastfeeding women can not drink alcohol EVER. (as told to me by my meddling MIL)
2. Pregnant women can not paint without dying. (again, as told to me by my meddling MIL)
This one drives me insane!! I lost count of how many people have scolded me for painting in the past 7-8 months! I am not irresponsible! I asked my doctor about it and have a lot of ventilation while I'm painting. Ugggghhh!!!
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My nosey, judgmental, Mrs. Kravitz-esque (see episodes of Bewitched) telling me:
1. Children under the age of 2 cannot watch ANY television and that includes having it on the background. I haven't even had my baby yet. She just thought I needed to know this because I was watching Wicked Tuna when she dropped by unannounced.
2. We HAVE to move into a 2 BR before the baby turns 1. I found this particularly odd because she stayed in her 1 BR until her son was almost 2.
I'm trying so hard to be nice and not hurt her feelings, but it's getting really hard.
People who preach to me about the exact number of children I should have, and how I should space them out. I get it, you have strong opinions about this, but seriously... let me focus on getting this little guy out. And even then, it is none of your business. One person goes as far as criticizing their cousin for only having one child when the poor woman had two stillbirths at almost full term. The criticizer goes on to say that she was irresponsible for not trying a few more times to have a kid, or at the very least "adopt because its easy". I'm offended by her pushiness, especially if her cousin experienced a heartbreaking loss not once, but twice! I"m also adopted and resent being labeled as an easy way to get a kid.
1. "Wow you really have dropped, your going to have that baby any day now!" Um excuse me I'm 33 weeks I still have lots of time to cook this baby!!!! And your a man how the heck do you know?
2. "You are for sure having a boy, and its going to be big" I don't know what I'm having and you don't either so stop saying that to me!!!
1. People who constantly comment on your pregnancy size. You know "wow you're huge!" "are you sure there aren't twins in there?" Particularly as you watch them shove donuts or other crap into their mouth.
2. The people who feel the need to tell you "you'll never sleep again".
1. People clucking their tongues when they find out I'm having a boy after 2 girls and making it seem like raising my girls has been a walk in the park and I'm in for "real parenting trouble" now, "just you wait".
2. The hair stylist lecturing me about proper hair care because I don't have the glorious pregnancy hair. I got the opposite this time around. I had split ends 3 days after my last trim. I snorted when she lectured me about how hair dye can ruin hair, while I've got 2+ inches of roots showing right now. I almost considered not tipping her.
Oooo, good post!!
A few of my favorite things:
Love this.................
1. People saying, "WHY NOT?" when we tell them that we don't want to know the baby's sex!!!!
2. Being told that by making our own baby food is gonna make our baby sick because the store bought stuff is much better. OK REALLY!!!!! A fresh apple has worked just fine for lots of folks for many years!
Ugh, the breastfeeding/alcohol thing REALLY annoys me too as it is such a prevalent misconception. I was having a Guinness in the airport with my husband and 7 month old son once and overheard some male, college aged twat telling his parents loudly about how " you know the baby's going to be drinking all that alcohol when she feeds it" and his mother's weak defense was that 'maybe I bottle-feed'. Honestly, it's just one more thing that makes it more difficult for women to breastfeed. https://thebadmomsclub.com/2011/05/cheers-mariah-bad-moms-alcohol-and-breastfeeding.html
Fun post!
1. My MIL told me yesterday that she started feeding my husband (her 2nd child) rice cereal after 3 days of being home??? Not sure what I was supposed to get out of that. I explained the dr. said to start introducing foods at 4-6 months now, I think she stopped listening to me.
2. I totally see a disconnect between being a FTM and STM, a lot of times they dont give the STM props for being pregnant, ask as many questions, or act interested. Kinda sad
1. "I didn't do that /have that with my children and they turned out fine" in reference to a myriad of choices. And no lady your kids are not JUST fine.. One is a drug addict, the other is an alcoholic, and the other has hypotension, anxiety, and depression. These are obviously adult children.
2. "I ate/drank/took that while I was pregnant and my kids turned out fine. Again... Your kids are not JUST fine. Same kids as above. Just because you drank your entire pregnancy doesn't mean I'm gonna just chance it on your word.
Wow... I had a lot of pent up aggression that I was unaware of lol.
Today at work:
"You've got to be ready to pop any day now!" Nope. Thanks. 6 more weeks. By the way you look fat too.
A good friend of mine told me that I wouldn't be able to take the baby outside for "three to six months". She also has no experience with kids under the age of five and I asked her where she heard that and she said, "Um, everyone knows it." DUH. Ha ha. Why didn't I think about that? I guess that's why the baby book doesn't have any place for me to write information about doctor's appointments or first trips out of the house until after 6 months... oh wait.
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