What is the worst/dumbest thing anyone has ever said to you about parenting stuff? II - Page 74

[Mandynee22]

Originally Posted by big-mama

Someone told DH "let the baby cry, its good for his lungs". He won't tell me who said it though. I think he is afraid I will chew out whoever said it and embarrass him. Its nauseating that some people believe this garbage.

A friend of mine (and her husband) would tell me that ALL THE TIME when Andrew was a baby. I tried to explain that that's just stupid and doesn't even make sense but it fell on deaf ears every time. They're also big fans of "if you keep co sleeping, he'll never leave your bed"... both their kids were in their bed until after 10 years because they kept trying to kick them out. My DD was out a little after three because she wanted to and DS will be ready when he's ready too.

[amberskyfire]

Just letting everyone know I started a new non-server-killing thread to replace this one here:

http://www.mothering.com/discussions....php?t=1093966

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[Wolfcat]

Originally Posted by angelamariebee

Haha, this reminds me. When bringing DD home from the hospital, I wanted to take her out of the carseat and carry her into the house. We lived on the 16th floor of this huge apartment building. Anyway, DH said, "What if there are kids playing in the lobby and one runs into you? I think you shouldn't take her out of the carseat."

Whaa?? lol. Apparently it's not safe to carry newborns in your arms.

This reminds me of what happened about two years ago. We had a freeze and the ground was covered with ice. I was carrying DS so he wouldn't slip.

I got to the handicap ramp at the street and slid all the way down it. I ended up landing really hard but I never let go of DS and he was fine (just a bit frightened).

I think that just proves that mother's arms can be the safest place for a child (barring high speed vehicular impact, of course )

[InMediasRes]

Sorry, tired and dorky here, posting to the wrong thread.

[Wolfcat]

Originally Posted by Agatha_Ann

I met a woman recently at one of my kids activities. I was nursing DS3 and she was giving her two week old a bottle. She started to tell me that she couldn't breastfeed. Apparently she did with her first baby, but 6 weeks in, she woke up totally soaked in milk and she never made any more

Yesterday, I was in the grocery store and I had my baby in the sling. A lady stopped me and told me that she has a baby too, but its in the car : I must have given her a strange look because then she said, "But my baby is a goat" I guess she is going to make a sling for her goat now It was funny.

I seriously would have asked "you gave birth to a goat!?!?"

[Wolfcat]

Originally Posted by Kappa

The preservatives and sodium alone make it inappropriate food. If you are going to give your kids mac and cheese at that age, buy some macaroni and cheddar, milk, and butter, and make mac and cheese! It's not that hard. Or at least buy the organic boxed kind not that scary neon orange powder stuff. They will get plenty of it when they get older, no need to push it on them so young.

Last night I decided bug (DS - 3 1/2) had had enough stuff thrown at him this week, so we had a "picnic". Our picnics are a towel on the living room floor, bug's movie (educational songs), and food of his choice. He wanted hot dogs and mac'n'cheese. Not the best choice, but not the worst. So we went to the grocery store to get the stuff. It's been raining, sleeting and snowing for almost 36 hours. Bug told the checkout lady we were having a picnic and she said "I hope you aren't going outside to eat!"

Um, duh?
I can't entirely blame her though; some people in this town might be stupid enough to do just that.