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post #3141 of 5048
10/5/06 at 7:03pm
...That BM no longer has nutritional value after a year

WTF?

I responded by, "why would my body just stop putting nutrients into my BM?" They could not answer. I asked around (i think on MDC) and someone told me the book "What to Expect..." states this in one of the chapters. How scary since so many mama's-to-be read this!

I later sent some links to my friend showing that many organizations suggest BF-ing up until two years - i hoped it opened her eyes.

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post #3142 of 5048
10/5/06 at 9:09pm
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Originally Posted by mntnmom View Post
For some reason people always asked if my gender appropriately dressed DD was a boy or girl. Once I replied " we don't know, the Dr. hasn't called with the test results" Another time I said " Oh, a boy...we're raising him to be cross dresser"
It was worth it, just for the looks of confusion!!!
OMG. I'm LMAO! We got that *all* time time when DD was a baby. We took her out to Valentines Day dinner with us when she was about 5 months old. Dressed in a pink dress with rosettes embroidered on it, white tights, red leather shoes, a big pink bunting, the works and at least 2 people at the restaurant referred to her as a boy -- as in "Oh, he's so cute!" Um...thanks but are you BLIND???
post #3143 of 5048
10/5/06 at 11:28pm
The dumbest thing that I keep getting asked: I have an almost-4 yr old and a 10 month old, and a doulbe stroller. People always stare hard at them, then ask me "are they twins?" Uh, yeah.

People even said this to me, when the baby was a newborn and my older son was 3!

Or, if I only have one child with me in the double stroller, people will ask me 'what did you do with the other twin?'
post #3144 of 5048
10/6/06 at 12:30am
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Or, if I only have one child with me in the double stroller, people will ask me 'what did you do with the other twin?'
I used to get that all the time. My older two are 2 yrs 10 days apart, so one was in day school while the other was still a baby baby. I got really good at feigning shock and exasperation and saying "Oh my gosh. They beamed her up to the mothership without me!" and various other smart remarks. But I'm snarky that way sometimes.

Okay, most of the time
post #3145 of 5048
10/9/06 at 1:03am
My son had plagiocephaly (a flattened spot on his head) and wore a helmet for 5 months to correct it. We got LOTS of comments about that. Ones that stick out:

In Costco, the checker looked at him and asked if he had that because I drop him. I said it was for a medical condition and he said, in all seriousness, "Because you drop him?"

The woman in line behind me then chipped in, "My neighbor's baby had one of those. Then he died." : I'm sorry for her neighbor, but MY baby isn't dying! I was too stunned to reply.

Another one: in Target, a woman came up to me and looked very pityingly at DS, said, "It's so GOOD of you to take care of your special needs child!" I was genuinely confused - DS isn't special needs.Then I said, "He's not special needs, and even if he was, what, would I leave him in a field?" She kind of slinked away after that.
post #3146 of 5048
10/9/06 at 1:48pm


I had dh's friend tell me when i was nursing my daughter that "nursing was gonna turn her in to lesbian".

post #3147 of 5048
10/9/06 at 2:02pm
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Originally Posted by momaste View Post
My son had plagiocephaly (a flattened spot on his head) and wore a helmet for 5 months to correct it. We got LOTS of comments about that. Ones that stick out:

In Costco, the checker looked at him and asked if he had that because I drop him. I said it was for a medical condition and he said, in all seriousness, "Because you drop him?"

The woman in line behind me then chipped in, "My neighbor's baby had one of those. Then he died." : I'm sorry for her neighbor, but MY baby isn't dying! I was too stunned to reply.

Another one: in Target, a woman came up to me and looked very pityingly at DS, said, "It's so GOOD of you to take care of your special needs child!" I was genuinely confused - DS isn't special needs.Then I said, "He's not special needs, and even if he was, what, would I leave him in a field?" She kind of slinked away after that.
Re: the 1st comment...OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!

Re: the 2nd comment...Um, wow. :
post #3148 of 5048
10/9/06 at 10:32pm
OMG, I just read all this thread from the beginning. I think I've been sitting here for three days straight.. erm wonder where dd got to?

I can't believe what people say, I also got the "Your milk is no good after 6 months" and "If you let her sleep in bed with you, you'll never get her out".
The other one that makes me wanna scream is "She'll never respect you if you don't give her a good spanking". Like I'd respect someone just because they hit me!!
post #3149 of 5048
10/9/06 at 11:58pm
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Originally Posted by momaste View Post
My son had plagiocephaly (a flattened spot on his head) and wore a helmet for 5 months to correct it. We got LOTS of comments about that. Ones that stick out:

In Costco, the checker looked at him and asked if he had that because I drop him. I said it was for a medical condition and he said, in all seriousness, "Because you drop him?"

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Oh my gosh. I would just have had to run with that. "See, I'm terribly clumsy so it's really just safer that anytime he's around me he has this helmet on."
WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE THAT ASK AND SAY THESE THINGS???
post #3150 of 5048
10/10/06 at 12:29am
thats funny.
post #3151 of 5048
10/10/06 at 10:44am
"You baby him too much"...um...he IS a baby. He's not even eight months old yet!
post #3152 of 5048
10/10/06 at 10:54am
so why does everyone say they cant b-feed bc on "no milk". i actually had a friend even while she was preg. to be honest enough to say that she wasnt going to b/f , it made me sad but i can totally respect her for not lying.
post #3153 of 5048
10/10/06 at 10:57am
once when i was 5 mos. preg. my friend told me a story of how her friend had a miscarriage at 5 mos. preg. and that if it happened to me then "it just wasnt meant to be". i dont know what she was thinking! i was a perfectly healthy preg. girl with no worries until i talked to her!
post #3154 of 5048
10/10/06 at 11:04am
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Originally Posted by christinadanielle View Post
so why does everyone say they cant b-feed bc on "no milk". i actually had a friend even while she was preg. to be honest enough to say that she wasnt going to b/f , it made me sad but i can totally respect her for not lying.
oops! i meant for that comment to be on like page 2 of this thread! it is so long...people say some stupid things!
post #3155 of 5048
10/10/06 at 11:06am
: Why, when you're pregnant, does everyone tell you about everyone they've ever known who has miscarried? That REALLY bugged me when I was pregnant.
post #3156 of 5048
10/10/06 at 12:28pm
MIL said to me yesterday that she thinks it's cute when babies cry and the faces they make as they're crying make her laugh. She said this when ds started crying while she was holding him. Then she started laughing at him and telling people to look at his cute crying face. When I took ds back to comfort him, I said I don't think it's cute, when I hear a baby cry, I want to pick them up and comfort them and see what they need. I was told I needed to get over that.

Why is it cute and funny? How would you feel if someone laughed at you and told you that you were cute when you were crying and in need?
post #3157 of 5048
10/10/06 at 12:35pm
one friend (yes, still, he was TRYING to be funny) said upon hearing i was prego: "didn't i tell you puppies were easier"

and

a dear cousin said upon hearing i was cloth diapering: "what do you do with the diapers when they're full? throw them away?" um no....
post #3158 of 5048
10/10/06 at 1:10pm
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MIL said to me yesterday that she thinks it's cute when babies cry and the faces they make as they're crying make her laugh.
I have to admit, I always have trouble keeping a straight face when DS throws a tantrum because his face IS cute to me. I do always cuddle him and I don't laugh, though. Of course, if he's hurt or sick, it doesn't look cute at all.
post #3159 of 5048
10/10/06 at 1:19pm
I've been told a lot of things

Nursing:

I am turning my son gay
I am screwing him up for life.
Formula is just as good.
Boobs are for husbands.
He needs to be on a schedule

Sleeping:
I am spoiling by not cio.
I'm making him overly attached and dependent by co-sleeping
Nursing him to sleep does him a disservice
He needs to be in bed by 7 AM and have a strict sleeping schedule
Put rice cereal in his bottle to help him stay asleep
It'll ruin my sex life.

AP:

I am spoiling him by not spanking.
I am spoiling him by responding to his needs.

Vaxing
I am endangering him by not vaxing.
He will get X and die if I don't vax.

Other:
I will scare the crap out of him if he sees me go through the 'pain of labor.'
That their kid must be smarter and more advanced than ine because mine is a late talker
I need to sterilize everythign he comes into contact with until he's a certain age

Schooling:
Homeschooling will make him unsocialized
Teachers are more qualified to teach than parents
post #3160 of 5048
10/10/06 at 1:20pm
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Originally Posted by minkajane View Post
I have to admit, I always have trouble keeping a straight face when DS throws a tantrum because his face IS cute to me. I do always cuddle him and I don't laugh, though. Of course, if he's hurt or sick, it doesn't look cute at all.
When DD is crying in my arms because she's tired I think it's cute. Her eyes are closed, her chim trembles, and she makes these exhausted "Mwah" sounds. Now hysterical upset crying isn't so cute.
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