What is the worst/dumbest thing anyone has ever said to you about parenting stuff? - Page 238

[amberskyfire]

Originally Posted by honeybeedreams

intact or circ-ed only a condom will protect you. and not using IV drugs.

and hey, whatever you want to say to believe your reasons for cutting off part of your son's reproductive organs. you can't convince me.

I never understood how people could believe the whole AIDS thing. I think next time a woman says something like that I would ask her if she believes that cutting off her own sex organs would keep her safe from AIDS. If it works for baby boys, why not baby girls?

[Lady Lilya]

Originally Posted by amberskyfire

I never understood how people could believe the whole AIDS thing. I think next time a woman says something like that I would ask her if she believes that cutting off her own sex organs would keep her safe from AIDS. If it works for baby boys, why not baby girls?

Because scientists said so. NO, there couldn't possibly be any scientists who lie or are mistaken! Every single one of them is better than a normal human. Perfect in their knowledge and their goodness.

[Kateana]

I don't quite get the HIV part, but I can see how it would be better for hygiene or minor infections/issues... In the same way that cutting off your feet would prevent athlete's foot.

Back to the good stuff...

[Anna1979]

Cute rather then mean

I'm the oldest of 4 girls and most people assume that my dad really wanted a son, which is completely intrue.

Well after my younest sister was born we went to church and afterwards one of the little old ladies come to see the baby and asked my mom what she had. So my mom says "a girl. What else" and the little lady looks at my dad and goes "well if you've got a mold for bricks you shouldn't try making shingles"

We still laugh about it.

Most babies in my family are girls.

[Arwyn]

I like that one. Welcome, Anna!

[Anna1979]

Originally Posted by ERSsmom

Here's one.

I was talking to an old friend about her dd that just turned one. Her dd doesn't go to daycare and I was complimenting her on it because she is really mainstream. She replied, "but I should put her in daycare because it is good for socialization. DD has no socialization skills." WTH? She's one!!

My mom had to go back to work when I was 4 months old and her mom watched both me and my sister and we are both well sociolized.

[didkisa]

This isn't exactly parenting stuff, but it is a pretty silly thing to say...and it's been said twice to me now.

I'm out with a friend and her baby, who is a few months younger than DD, which at this age is a big difference. We are each wearing our DDs (well, the first time it happened my friend had her DD in a stroller). We were asked if they are twins...wth?!? What makes someone even think to ask that? Oh, and in the first scenario the baby was half Chinese!

[Twinklefae]

Originally Posted by didkisa

This isn't exactly parenting stuff, but it is a pretty silly thing to say...and it's been said twice to me now.

I'm out with a friend and her baby, who is a few months younger than DD, which at this age is a big difference. We are each wearing our DDs (well, the first time it happened my friend had her DD in a stroller). We were asked if they are twins...wth?!? What makes someone even think to ask that? Oh, and in the first scenario the baby was half Chinese!

Along this vein... when I used to work in daycare, I was in a room of toddlers with another girl, and we'd go for walks in the big four man strollers. EVERY TIME we went out, some one would ask "are they all yours?" quite seriously.

Yes, I had four children all of the same age, different sizes and races. And so did my friend here. :

[MollyD]

Not really sure if this fits here or not but..I'll try anyway

When my B/G twins were about 7 months old we went out shopping. Now keep in mind DS was dressed in a blue outfit, had a cute little baseball cap and a blue head rest on his carseat. DD on the other hand had a pink outfit, hair bow, pierced ears, and a pink head rest on her carseat.

I had one lady ask me if they were identical? I said no, one was a boy and one was a girl so they couldn't be identical. She kept asking and asked me (are you ready for this) "are you sure they are identical?" Like I wasn't sure what my own kids were. I assured her that is what the doctor said. Again she kept saying they look so much alike. I finally said well they maybe identical except his penis and her labia.

Shut the woman up. You would think I would know what my kids are.

Molly

[MGibeault]

Oh my Lord! The Homosexual nursing thing is hilarious, never heard that one before. Some people!

[Anna1979]

My sister was born in 1980 in eastern europe and when she was about two months old she asperated and it went into her lungs. By the time the ambulance got there she was blue. The doctors told my parents the she would probably not make it. Well after two months in the hospital at which time my parents only got to see her through the glass window into the NICU they finally got to bring her home.
Well the baby they brought home had a diaper rash so bad her little but was one bi sore,she had pnemonia (sp) adn when some had given her a shot they hit her siatic nerve and one of her legs was total useless. Needless to say my parents and grandparents spend the next three months nursing my sister back to health after the hospital released her as a healthy baby. My dad found an amazing pediatrician who agreed to take my sister on and my mom would take her every two days to get the cast changed on her leg and let me tell you know one took my sister out of my mom's sight after that. Thank god my sister was able to fully recover but to this day she hates hospitals and drs

[EricaRain]

Originally Posted by Socks for Supper

At 3 WEEKS old, my MIL was feeding him orange juice, strained fruits, and strained cereal. At 2 months old he was eating MEAT SOUP. :Puke And he has struggled with his weight his whole life (currently almost 100 lbs overweight for his height).

My MIL told me her Dr, when he decided she wasn't able to breastfeed, "didn't believe in formula" and therefore had her bottlefeed skim milk with a little pablum in it to DH for his entire first year. And then when DH didn't gain weight, they decided he must be hyperactive and prescribed "a depressant" (she said she doesn't remember what it was other then that it was supposed to discourage him from being interested in activity), despite that he was sleeping all day and night and already had to be woken for feedings.

[Anna1979]

Originally Posted by Corvus

I don't get why so many ppl insist that you MUST have at least one of each gender. I do think it's worse for those of us with all girls... most older people seem to value boys more than girls, so I think we hear that crap more than those who have all boys. Just my observation.

I've probably posted it here already, but my father's wife has been pulling this on us ever since we found out DD2 was a girl. She has never birthed a child but thinks she knows everything about pregnancy, birth, and raising children. Yet she is one of the coldest people I've ever known. She has asked me when we're going to "try for a boy." I said, "I don't know. We'll see how we do with 2 kids first." She said, "Oh, you'll want to try for a boy. Believe me. You gotta have a boy."

Huh?

What's worse is that she has said this in front of DD1, who is almost 3yo and understands everything we say. Plus, I am the youngest of 2 girls, and I was told my whole life that I was "supposed to be a boy." So it makes me feel pretty crappy to hear it again as an adult, from someone that I already know hates me.

I just don't want my kids ever alone with her. The stuff she spews is hateful and disgusting.

I won't deny that DH and I would LOVE to have a boy, IN ADDITION TO our 2 girls. We wouldn't change a thing about our beautiful, sweet girls.

ETA: Another gem from my father's wife. At my first labor, I pushed for 3.5 hours. At my second labor, I pushed for 45 minutes, and the baby was half a pound heavier than the first. My father's wife gave what she thought was a compliment: "Wow, only 45 minutes, and the baby was bigger! That's great! You didn't drag it out like last time?"

Yea, I "dragged" it out last time, because I was LOVING the pushing phase so much. I wanted to keep you all at the hospital waiting as late into the night as I could. That was my plan.

My mom is one of three girls and I am the oldest of 5 granddaughters that my maternal grandparents have and my grandpa is thrilled to have all girls.: He's been in love with all his grandgirls since the moment we were born. None of us have ever felt like we were second choice and for that my grandpa is the second most important man in my life after my amazing dad.

When people say things like that they don't realize the love that they will miss out on in the long run because your DD will sense that this woman does not value her and will share that love with someone more deserving.

[Anna1979]

Originally Posted by Mama8

I have already posted but I have some doozies to add. I have a big range in the age of my seven living dds. My older ones enjoy taking out the little ones when they go somewhere. Usually the older girls will have the little girls take turns going places with them. Well, my 15 yr old had taken my 2 yr old to the store where the 2 yr old had a hissy fit about not being able to keep grabbing things off the the shelves. While the 15 yr old is trying to pick up the writhing child off the floor and put an item back on the shelf a lady came up watched the scene for a moment and said with a sneering look on her face,"Being a teenage mom is hard isn't it. Bet you've learned your lesson now!" My dd felt 2 inches high and couldn't wait to tell the rest of us about it. Then my 17 yr old dd had my 4 yr old on the bus with her. Now my 17 yr old is radical in her dress. Lots of black and dramatic make-up but she is a really good person with a really good head on her shoulders. She was showing the 4 yr old things that were going by and this woman said in my 17 yr olds direction but not directly to her,"Sad there are so many single mothers out there and so young! I feel so sorry for the children!" My 20 yr old took out the 4 yr old too and got the "So young to be a mommy" comment. Our family was kind of for a while because the older girls get these type of comments every so often. Now we have worked on a comeback "Yes, it is hard. Especially with the 3 other children I have at home." Now the reaction of these rude people is: We as a family are
: I am just so happy that my older girls love carrying around their sisters in slings and including them in their activities. I just wish they could get the praise they deserve. What do these people think, that my girls got pregnant at 11 and 12 yrs old? Even it was true that they were out and about doing things with their babies and children wouldn't it be better to be supportive of these mothers and not add to their burdens?

As I've posted before I am the oldest of 4 girls and the is 15 months between me and the next one and then 12 years and almost 14 respectivley.

I was about 17 and took my yougest sister with me to buy some post cards during a family vacation and the clerk was a young guy a few years older then I was and in a very lame (to my 17 year old mind) attempt at a pick up line he looks at my sister and says "you have such a pretty mommy". My sister looks at him and puts her hands on her little hips and goes "that's not my mommy, geeze" let's just say he was left stammering an apology while I was laughin my off. I'm sure he tought twice next time he wanted to to try that line again.

[Twinklefae]

My MIL is too passive-aggressive for some of the other jawdroppers posted here. She prefers to talk to the baby, or the floor.

My LO was born big and strong and has never had trouble holding his head up, or needed it to be held for him like a lot of newborns. I usually carry him over my shoulder, which freaks MIL out. Instead of saying something though, she took him from me and walked away, telling him "No wonder you can hold your head up, because NO ONE will do it for you!"

[Anna1979]

Originally Posted by DustysSweety03

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

I have a lot of lesbian friends and most of them were FF. I can't believe some of the crap people come up with

[amberskyfire]

Originally Posted by Anna1979

I have a lot of lesbian friends and most of them were FF. I can't believe some of the crap people come up with

Hehe. I would have said "good, then I won't have to worry about her getting pregnant at 16 "

[guardandolaluna]

I was at Albertsons to buy some unflavored gelatin because my DD wanted to make homemade marshmallows. The cashier asked me what I made with the gelatin and why not just buy jello. I told her what we were making. She said, why wouldn't you just buy the marshmallows". I told her we enjoy making things from scratch. My DD#2 had crankipants longies on and she said, "did you make her pants too?" I explained they were diaper covers I bought, but yes they were handmade. I explained the CDing/wool cover thing. She said "Boy, you MUST have TOO much time on your hands!!" I told her that with three kids.. i made sure to MAKE the time

[temama]

My mother told my sister to stick her finger up her 3 week old sons bottom to get him to have a bm. Of course as soon as she finished saying this he had no problem letting one go ( my sister did not follow this advice). Anyone else been given this wonderful piece of advice?

[cognito]

Originally Posted by temama

My mother told my sister to stick her finger up her 3 week old sons bottom to get him to have a bm. Of course as soon as she finished saying this he had no problem letting one go ( my sister did not follow this advice). Anyone else been given this wonderful piece of advice?

I've heard this one! My aunt was told by a ped to do it. My stepmom just passed the info to a cousin. There's a big lack of education on that side of the family.

I know there can be a medical condition that makes the rectum too tight, but it is rare... My family members just need to quit using rice cereal so much with newborns.