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Topic: Annoying comments
Posted By: baalamb
Subject: Annoying comments
Date Posted: 04 December 2006 at 8:36am
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Does anyone have any annoying comments that were made to them either when they were pregnant or even now that the baby's here? I have a couple and I just can't seem to shake them! They're permanently running through my head, they're just so stupid/insane/naive etc etc.
The first one goes something like this. It's a week after Ashlee's born, about the 4th day home from the hospital. CS area still tender and sore, and still waddling like a duck. Emotional, sleep deprived, in pyjamas all day and you all know the rest. Friend (has no children) is visiting, boyfriend comes to pick her up, we're all in the lounge, baby sleeping (finally!!).Then: Boyfriend: (to my friend) Have you had dinner yet? Friend: nope, haven't had anything. Kirsten hasn't offered me anything. Not even a cup of tea. I didn't show it at the time but I felt like  and I still can't get it out of my head.
Other comments from friends with no kids go something like this: Friend A: so how does a C-section work? Friend B: oh I think they just cut her open and pull the baby out. (SURE! It's as simple as that!) Friend A: so does it hurt? (um DUH!) Friend B: um I don't know. This wasn't said in front of me though but when I was told that it was said, I just had to laugh. SO naive! I wish babies on them just so they can see what we go through and that it's not as easy as they think. I was also expected to organise and host a huge party when Ashlee was a week old (again, suggested by a friend with no kids). And not to mention, the numerous comments when I was pregnant about 'anything could happen'  thank you, but I'm already paranoid enough about such potential events!
Anyone else wish to contribute?! 
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 04 December 2006 at 8:41am
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The most annoying thing I had was messages on my cell phone and through email on my due date, wishing me luck. I laughed at the time and felt a bit exasperated, but as the days dragged on, it bugged me more and more!
And re: all the other stuff that you got - I made it VERY clear that I wasn't budging from the couch, and if my friends wanted something, they could damn well get it themselves 
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 04 December 2006 at 8:54am
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My cousin came to visit me when the twins were 9 days old and said "gee you look really tired". Umm, I wonder why? -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
 (02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 04 December 2006 at 8:56am
| I was being BUGGED non stop by a friend who kept calling and texting EVERYDAY asking if i had the baby yet. For crying out loud im pretty sure i would have said if i had!!! |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 04 December 2006 at 9:01am
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My grandfather rang up and when Dad told him Jake was playing in the pool, he said "well, i hope Elizabeth is watching him properly". Grrr
AND whenever he gives Jake or taine money, he writes a note telling me that I'm to spend the money on books. Insinuating that my children don't have enough. Given that we have run out of room in their bookcase (their six shelved bookcase) - i think they have enough reading material thank you. My favourite comment from my childless friend was "you shouldn't have Jake in a stroller (he was 1) because he won't enjoy walking. when you go to town, let him walk around instead" I love what experts people without children are. |
Posted By: pepsi
Date Posted: 04 December 2006 at 9:01am
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I constantly got told my belly wasn't big enough for the amount of time I was pregnant...they made me feel like I was so abnormal. Sometimes they asked if I was really sure about my due date!
Also I agree about some of my niggles coming from child-free friends... Being told by my childless friends things that I already know can be annoying. Particularly if I mention something about what Alyssa is doing right now and being asked if I have tried obvious things. i.e. she is teething, "have you tried bonjela"... I mean, give me some credit for knowing about that stuff.. Also, childless friends feeling neglected because I'm not ringing them often enough. One day they will understand!! |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 04 December 2006 at 9:04am
A random shop assistant asked me when I was due and I said October (it was July) and she said "my goodness, are you sure you're not having twins?"  ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 04 December 2006 at 9:14am
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lmao Emma ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 04 December 2006 at 9:18am
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I get really annoyed by strangers who ask if I am breastfeeding. I am, but I don't really want to hear all their opinions one way or the other!
A childless friend who visited about a week after Benjy was born asked 'So have you had sex yet?' She got really pissed off when I wouldn't tell her! ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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Posted By: KH25
Date Posted: 04 December 2006 at 9:40am
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Yeah I hate the way strangers seem to think they have the right to ask if you are breastfeeding!! I"m not and when I was asked a few weeks back by some random woman that I didn't know "Are you feeding her" even though I knew what she meant, I was so going to say "No I don't feed her, she is starving, can't you tell???" Grrr silly people!!!
It is annoying when my childless friends come round, for example the other day, hubby was away and it was witching time (when I was trying to cook dinner) we always wrap Ash and put her in her bouncer and rock her to sleep otherwise she would just scream and scream, so I had done that and had to get up to check on dinner and my friend walks over to Ash and unwraps her saying "you don't like being all tied up do you?" then picks her up for a cuddle and of course she starts screaming! Grrr I had to start all over again to settle her They'll understand once they have kids I guess!------------- Kelly, mum to DD, 19Jun06 (26wks 1lb15oz) DS1, 24Oct10 (32wks 4lb11oz) and DS2, 31Dec11 (32wks, 4lb11) http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: emmaohara
Date Posted: 04 December 2006 at 9:53am
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Grrrrrrrrrrr i was in town with bubba in his stroller last week it was hot and I had the sun shade over him, I randon lady came up and said I think hes too hot you should take that screen off, I was like erm hello its a sun shade it keeps him out of the sun...! and who are you????
Also had the mother in law here all weekend and any time bubba grizled she was "oh hes hungry, yup hes defintately thirsty", erm no hes over tired from you not letting him have a nap all day and throwing him around
People should just leave you be and have confidence that you are the parent and know best ( most of the time!!) 
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 04 December 2006 at 10:08am
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The one thing I am hating at the moment is "oh so you shouldn't have that long to go now, xmas baby is it?" Then when I say "Nope due in Feb" they look at me and say "are you sure your dates are right?" or "Have you had a scan to see if you are having twins?" Or the "Your very young to have a toddler and be pregnant" Hello i'm 25 not 15 and what business is it of yours how old I am. And not so much as a comment but I loved it when me and my friend took our children into town during the day. Some old ladies looked at us with a look on the face to say "Single mum got herself knocked up now we have to pay for everything for them." My friend turned to one lady one time and said "Well we a re both actually engaged, own our own homes and work at night so their father has them in the evening." And a few childless friends who didn't quite understand why I was in hospital for so long before I had Andrew. Explaining pre eclampsia to someone that has know idea is so so hard. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: thunderwolves
Date Posted: 04 December 2006 at 10:13am
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My most annoying comment was
"you know things will never be the same" really, its like no s**t, i am going to have a baby, and yes i know that i will have it for the rest of my life, i probably got this comment at least once a week, by the end of my pregnancy if some one said it to me they got a very snarky comment back. |
Posted By: baalamb
Date Posted: 04 December 2006 at 10:21am
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OMG I got the 'are you feeding her?' too!!! Well, of course I am, she can't feed herself! I would've said that had it been a stranger and not someone I knew (and jumped on the 'fornula feeding is perfectly ok' bandwagon!)
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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 04 December 2006 at 10:25am
Hope you pointed her in the direction of the kitchen and placed an order for yourself!! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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baalamb wrote:Posted By: Katherine
Date Posted: 04 December 2006 at 10:33am
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Oooooooh, I love this thread. My most annoying comment was the day after we came home from Birthcare. My husband's auntie, uncle, and three cousins turned up around dinnertime, and I was in my pjyamas, DH was half-asleep, the house was a freaking mess, the takeaway menus were on display. Auntie and Uncle expected cups of tea and biscuits, which I begrudgingly made/offered. Then Auntie, who is a nurse, started asking me about when I'd last bathed Emma. Blank looks from me, and DH, who said, "Well, she had a bath at Birthcare two days ago." Auntie FREAKED OUT, saying, "WHAT?!?! She hasn't had a bath in TWO DAYS?!?! You have to bathe her EVERY DAY!!!" Then went on to mumble about how all of HER kids had baths EVERY DAY when they were babies. She even went into our bathroom, ran bathwater, and said we should give Emma to her and she'd give her a bath for us!!! If I hadn't been so uptight and defensive about first-time motherhood, I might have let her. Somehow we shooed them out of the house, and then, in tears, I called my mother, my doula, and my midwife and asked them all in turn if I was, in fact, harming my baby by not bathing her EVERY SINGLE DAY. |
Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 04 December 2006 at 10:50am
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I rang my Nana for her birthday and my parents were there and they must have told her that Isla had colic. She then preceeded to tell me that its all my fault that she has colic, its from what your eating etc etc. I was sooo upset and felt terrible until mum found out formula fed babies can have colic just as bad.
Also I find it weird/ upsetting that people always ask "Is she a good baby?". If they mean "Is she settled/ does she sleep well/ feed well? " then the answer is no,...but its because of the colic not cos shes being bad/naughty. How can a tiny baby be bad? 
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 04 December 2006 at 11:14am
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Arghhhh I just remembered another one... my best friend and I were out walking in Auckland and I think maybe we saw some woman and a toddler with reigns on. Now, I don't use them yet, mostly because it is more of a drama to put them on than anything else, but I can damn well see the necessity of using them...
Megan said "OMG those reigns are horrible... they are children, not dogs!!!" Boy did I get fired up. The first thing out of my mouth was "Wait until you have a runaway child!" and launched into my tirade of safety over and above anything else. Bet she wishes she'd shut her mouth
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Posted By: Peace
Date Posted: 04 December 2006 at 12:01pm
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The comments that pissed me off the most when I was pregnant:
You had better not let your cat or dog sleep in the baby's bed, they might smother the baby when baby sleeps in it! Err WHAT THE? What flaming nutcase would put their animal in their baby's bed? I got pretty mad at that as it was said by my Stepmum and the Karitane Nurse. I got pretty wound up about it and told both of them off for it. The pathetic reply was: You never know...
Another comment that made me more annoyed than angry was when a friend said to me: You know, you're quite over weight, you need to change your lifestyle or it's going to harm your baby... I can help you if you like! Yeah I was 6 months pregnant.. She wondered why I was offended! 
You don't say crap like that to pregnant chicks. I often wonder what she thinks about it now, as she is at the same stage of her pregnancy that I was when she said it to me. ------------- DD1 May 2006 DD2 March 2011 DD3 August 2012 |
Posted By: Peace
Date Posted: 04 December 2006 at 12:03pm
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Nikki, I saw a family "walking the toddler" in a mall in town the other week and I stopped and enquired where she got it. I used to think they were pretty degratory but now I completely understand the need! Olivia is going to be one of "those" kids! ------------- DD1 May 2006 DD2 March 2011 DD3 August 2012 |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 04 December 2006 at 12:16pm
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Luckily we haven't had to use "the reins" yet. we have a really cute set - with angel wings on the back, and another is a thomas the tank engine backpack - with a leash!
Cause we have the pushchair, Jake is allowed out in shops if he doesn't touch - the minute he does- back in the stroller (although the little bugger can get out now!) Another annoying one )god, I could go all day with this). taine had a really high fever and I had stripped him off trying to get it down. I come bcak in the room and Lewis' nana is buddling him up saying that it was a cold day and I didn't want him to get sicker. I said, "no, but they can cure a cold easily enough. i don't want him overheating and having febrile convulsions. " she muttered something about "in her day..." but I must admit, my step-mum was fabulous. I put Jake to sleep when he was little - on his back and she later said to me "gosh I have to bite my tongue when i saee you put him to bed like that. in my day we had to put them on their tummies, thinking they might choak on their vomit on their backs. Haven't times changed! It's great we know more about what safe for babies nowadays!" |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 04 December 2006 at 12:26pm
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Right after feeding, my MIL always looks over and says "her lips are blue, she's got wind". Yea her (their) lips were blue every single time, it was the colour of the milk on her lips!
I just hate it that *everyone* (except me) is the expert for my baby! And then you get expectations. My parents and PIL live 5 minutes away from each other so if we visit one, we're almost expected (especially by the FIL) to visit both. So you go around there, fight off maybe 8 ppl in one house who all want a cuddle, finally get the babies settled and happy, and then it's time to go - to the next place for the same thing all over again, except this time they're tired?! No thank you!! ------------- |
Posted By: luna
Date Posted: 04 December 2006 at 1:52pm
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You'd think people would THINK before saying pretty much anything to a pregnant, hormonal woman eh.
Here's mine (one has already been mentioned here): Your life will change (who would have thought??) Are you finding out what you're having Well if something happens, just call a taxi (from my MIL when I was near my due date and DH was to go away for work) I'll get her up cos she's awake (umm, yes she is, but she'll probably go back to sleep if you leave her alone!from my Mum) and via email from a MALE friend 1 week after my C-section(who knowing him was being silly, but REALLY!!): You had it easy - not having to push (actually I did push, nothing happened, and baby had to be pushed UP) ------------- Selina http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: baalamb
Date Posted: 04 December 2006 at 2:33pm
| Hehehehehe! I get the 'She's awake! Can I get her up? Can I get her up? Can I get her up?' from DH hahaha |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 04 December 2006 at 2:39pm
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Another thing that annoyed me was just after Andrew was born the in-laws would come over all the time to the point I would lock the door and keep the curtains closed that faced the road, as whenever they were over and Andrew was asleep they would talk so loud just to wake him up. Grrr she had children she knows they need sleep. And on the topic of in-laws. MIL always says Andrew doesn't need his afternoon sleep - he does believe me I know he does. All she goes on about is how her 4 all slept 6pm to 6am, and that Andrew should do the same. And that Andrew doesn't have problems with chocolate its just in our heads. Umm... hello I had problems with chocolate and sugar at his age he has got that from me, but because it has come from me it doesn't matter to her. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 04 December 2006 at 3:23pm
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ooooh ranty rant rant!!!
Do you know what you are having? (yes, a baby, but i'd rather have a puppy) You'll be hoping for a girl this time then? (actually, hell no!) Gosh, 2 under 2! you're keen/ will have your hands full(Really, I hadn't thought of that?) Oooh don't you know what causes it? (uummm I got Jake from under the cabbages?) I hope you're having a natural birth... (as opposed to just magicing baby here?) Without pain relief (so pushing a baby out your vagina isn't natural if you've had drugs?) If your knickers ride up your bum so much, why not wear a g string? (said to me by childless and haemarroid free co worker last week) And my personal fave clangers, dropped by my childless boss.. I won't get morning sickness, it's mind over matter (like the hangovers you never get, aye Kez?) I won't put on any more weight than reccomended if I can help it, its mind over matter (...) AND MY PERSONAL ALL TIME FAVOURITE I won't get cravings, it's all in your head, its mind over matter (lets see if you still think that when it's 3am and you are almost in tears with want for a strawberry thickshake...) ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 04 December 2006 at 4:17pm
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This is a really good thread Some more I have remembered: From a married but childless friend (when pregnant with Andrew) "but your not married you can't have children". Hmm didn't realise you HAD to be married to have children. "Your due Feb, that will be hard being the middle of the summer heat. Ummm hello it is summer now, can't see it being a problem seeings as I already feel full term. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: mamanee
Date Posted: 04 December 2006 at 4:20pm
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Ok, this comment wasn't necessarily annoying, but it was the first one I've had so far.
Went to look at a housebus with DPs parents. We met the couple that owned it and were sitting in the bus just chatting away when one of the womens poodles jumps up on the seat next to me and sniffs me and licks my hands. The lady then said 'Oh, she's being very gentle with you because she knows you're pregnant'. I know animals can sense these things, but I just think it would have been really funny if I had have said 'I'm not pregnant actually'. Just to see the look on her face. Then when we left she gave me a little jar of sour cherry lollies to suck on because she could see that I wasn't feeling well. 
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Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 04 December 2006 at 4:28pm
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My personal favourite was "You're pregnant again? Don't you know what causes it yet?" to which I would say "Yes! And it's lots of fun!" ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: Katherine
Date Posted: 04 December 2006 at 5:04pm
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Oh I HATE the whole "She has wind!" remark, in all its forms! My husband's grandma, who is 84, was holding Emma a week after she was born, and commented that because Em wanted to be held with her legs all squished up under her bum (in the fetal position), that meant she had wind! Nothing to do with the fact she'd been squished in the womb that way for the last couple of months... Nothing at all... And then there is my ALL-TIME pet peeve comment -- "If you pick her up every time she cries, she'll learn to manipulate you. You're making a rod for your own back!" Yeah, because my one-week-old baby is really that devious. Okay! |
Posted By: lil_miss
Date Posted: 04 December 2006 at 5:17pm
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Theres a guy at my work who seems to think he knows all about breastfeeding and that it should be done no matter what .. and all about natural births.. bla bla.. what would he know being a male?? I feel so sorry for my poor pregnant coworker who had to deal with him and his comments.. I'm not even pregnant - nor have I got kids - and it drives ME up the wall..
Consequently the lady at work had her baby on friday by elective C section and he rushed over to see her that afternoon after she'd said she didnt want to see him (he thinks they're friends but they're not in her mind!) After going through that the last thing she would have needed was a lecture on how to raise a baby! |
Posted By: jax
Date Posted: 04 December 2006 at 5:32pm
It was the opposite side of the coin for me... comments along the lines of "I hope you're not going to try for a natural birth !" or "A water birth? What if something goes wrong?" (Then I'll get out of the blimmin' pool !!)  ------------- Jacquie - Mama to Erin, 13.07.06 - Chief Cat Chaser & Marmite Sammie Eater 
Love many, trust few, harm none. ~Anon~ |
Posted By: Jennz
Date Posted: 04 December 2006 at 9:17pm
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I remember one friend (childless) coming over a few days after we got home from Birthcare and getting really mad because I wouldn't wake Charlotte up for her. As she was leaving she got all mad and said "next time I'm not missing out on a hold- no matter what!". If shes sleeping next time and you make this big a deal you won't ever be welcome in my house again so it won't be a problem! Grrr made me so mad.
Oh and I just hated the "rod for your own back" comments too. We used to get so many as we wouldn't let Charlotte self settle- she is now the best little sleeper of any child I know so
------------- Jen, Charlotte 7 & Kate 3 
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 04 December 2006 at 9:52pm
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Oh man, the "is s/he a good baby?" question. No, my 5 day old baby is soooo naughty and manipulative, you wouldn't believe it. Why don't people just say right out "how does s/he sleep?" or whatever. ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: Peace
Date Posted: 05 December 2006 at 8:29am
My Mum says to me at least ten times when she comes over "Olivia sure does sleep a lot, doesn't she?" I told her off yesterday  because I was so sick of her saying it to me. She doesn't sleep any more than a normal baby! (if anything she sleeps less  )
She is also one for the "your baby is not going to sleep if you let people hold it all day". When she was 2 days old and in hospital.... Oh Mum! ------------- DD1 May 2006 DD2 March 2011 DD3 August 2012 |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 05 December 2006 at 8:34am
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Yea I don't like answering that one either
(referring to Jacbosmama's comment above but was beaten )------------- |
Posted By: ellabellame
Date Posted: 05 December 2006 at 9:07am
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as a young mum, when i was pregnant i got a lot of comments like "you're too young to be having a baby!", "are you married to the father?", "are you still with the father?", even "do you know who the father is?" i was gobsmacked when i heard that one, all i could come up with was "um, yes". ------------- |
Posted By: Jennz
Date Posted: 05 December 2006 at 9:23am
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Oh my gosh! I can't beleive someone said that! That is horrific
I used to get alot of looks as DH and I weren't engaged when I was pregnant with DD- people would see me (22, so reasonably young aaaand part maori- shock horror) heavily pregnant with no ring and you could just see the whole " another bl**dy young mum going to go on the DPB...we pay our taxes..." etc etc blah blah blah run through their minds. The good thing was that I think it made people quite mad so I hardly ever got asked anything. People used to say all these things they hated strangers saying to them and I never really got any of it. ------------- Jen, Charlotte 7 & Kate 3
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Posted By: baalamb
Date Posted: 05 December 2006 at 9:35am
| Yeah unfortunately with us, we announced we were pregnant before we announced we were getting married (the plans were in the pipeline for a surprise wedding and we decided BEFORE we found out we were pregnant to make it not a surprise because it would prove difficult to get some people to come if they just thought it was a party...) and we got the whole 'so THAT'S why you're getting married!!!' along with comments of 'shotgun' in there too. GRRR! |
Posted By: baalamb
Date Posted: 05 December 2006 at 9:36am
| ... must add we'd been engaged for more than 8mths at that stage. |
Posted By: jax
Date Posted: 05 December 2006 at 12:17pm
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Same Kirst, since we were planning on a wedding, and then decided to bring it forward - not JUST because of the baby, but because we're both impatient and didn't want to fluff around esp. with a baby on the way. (Not that I'm saying that anyone else is fluffing around... agh...) ------------- Jacquie - Mama to Erin, 13.07.06 - Chief Cat Chaser & Marmite Sammie Eater
Love many, trust few, harm none. ~Anon~ |
Posted By: mamanee
Date Posted: 05 December 2006 at 12:27pm
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Oh I remember another comment. I think I was about 6 or 7 weeks pregnant and my partner had told his mum but I hadn't spoken to her. This pregnancy was a surprise for us and when I got a chance to speak to her I got a bit upset and said I was very scared and shocked, to which she replied 'Is it because you THINK you're pregnant?'. I said to her 'I AM pregnant!!" to which she said 'Oh, but you don't really know at this stage'. Like I don't know my own body. I'd had two BFPs and morning sickness for two weeks.
Then she had a big rant saying that if I had abortion I would be a murderer and I would hate myself forever and god would punish me and blah blah blah. NOT something I needed to hear. (Not that I was going to abort) But definitely didn't need to have her opinion on the matter. |
Posted By: Bubbaloo
Date Posted: 05 December 2006 at 12:28pm
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One comment that annoyed the crap out of me was when I was in labour, and we had to get my partners mum to take us to the hospital. So I thought i would ring my midwife when my partners mum got to our house so she could have more of a sleep.
Then when his mum com round she like have you rang the midwife and I'm like i was just waiting for you to get here first, then she like lets back track for a moment why do you think your in labour and I was like my waters have broken and i have been having regular contrations for the past 3hrs now and there getting worse and she like oh.
Then i had baby 3hrs later The other isn't a comment I had James in the pram with the sunshade on as I was trying to get him to go to sleep and this lady was asking about him which was fine but she crossed the line when she tried undoing the sunshade to have a look at him i was like to you mind. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  Was danni-chick Mum to James My Angel 28/07/08 |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 05 December 2006 at 12:53pm
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What about when you just start telling people you're preg and they say "oh congratulations - was it planned?" Like I would say No anyway. If that was the case I'd never ever want someone to tell my kid later!! ------------- |
Posted By: 11111
Date Posted: 05 December 2006 at 12:54pm
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I guess the worst for me was when I was pregnant with Alan and someone at work asked me straight up if I was going to keep it. Well Dah I hardly think it would be common knowledge if I was palnning on not. As for the not married comment's we had so many of those cause we both come form a christain back ground we often herd so "when are you getting married?" like we should hurry up before the baby was born.
Oh and my personal fav "you have no idea what you are in for" From childless friend's. Oh han another one that really get's up my nose is "who do you think he look's like"? My answer "himself" ------------- Deborah Mum to:   
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 05 December 2006 at 12:58pm
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oo Jen you reminded me of another one. One of our married-but-childless friends thinks that we are ripping off the Government by choosing to have kids and support them, in part, with Family Support He honestly thinks we are being inconsiderate to people who need Government funds used elsewhere eg healthcare
I'm like, the Government made the decision, not us!!!!! ------------- |
Posted By: 11111
Date Posted: 05 December 2006 at 1:04pm
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Yeah that waht we hear alot too busymum
------------- Deborah Mum to:
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Posted By: mamanee
Date Posted: 05 December 2006 at 1:11pm
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Oh. OH! My partner and I were going through a bit of a rough patch when I got pregnant (We are MORE than fine now) but his mother would say things like "Maybe you just have to face the fact that you and your mother might have to do this alone"
I mean come on! You and your mother? First of all I would not expect my mother to drop everything and raise her grandchild and second of all, she's the child's grandmother too! She said nothing about her son taking responsibility for the baby, or herself for that matter.
We're all fine now though and my partner is really looking forward to being a dad.
But still. |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 05 December 2006 at 1:27pm
| Oooh, wheni was preggers with Jake I took off my wedding ring, cause I heard my fingers might swell (ended up actually getting slimmer but oh well) and my grandad FLIPPED out and demanded that I put it on in case people saw me and thought I wasn't married. AND then got all snotty when he saw the birth notice given a hyphenated name. |
Posted By: KH25
Date Posted: 05 December 2006 at 1:31pm
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I remember popping into work when Ashleigh was around 3 weeks old (as I left suddenly so had a few loose ends to tie up) and a couple of the guys asked where the baby was!! I was like WTF???????? I just gave birth to a 2 pound baby and you think she would be allowed to come home?? They were totally amazed when I said she would be in hospital for around 3 months!! Surely they must have known that giving birth to a 26 weeker isn't normal!! ------------- Kelly, mum to DD, 19Jun06 (26wks 1lb15oz) DS1, 24Oct10 (32wks 4lb11oz) and DS2, 31Dec11 (32wks, 4lb11) http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 05 December 2006 at 2:12pm
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when we were on holiday in september, I had the "pleasure" of having to go into southland hospital for observation for a few hours as I had bad cramping. Anyhow, the nurse asked me " so, is daddy still on the scene?" so I thrust my huge diamond in her face, and said YES AND THIS IS OUR SECOND, to which she replied, oh so they have the same father!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 05 December 2006 at 2:46pm
| Ooh, I got that too when I went into the free sexual health clinic for an injection (yeah, i know - probably expected it), they asked me if I had a partner, i said yes, and then they asked if I had had any OTHER sexual activity. i said...ahhh, no! |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 05 December 2006 at 3:29pm
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I have had a few remarks about not wearing my wedding band. Do people not understand swelling??? I can wear my engagment ring as it is quite big and at the moment fits nicely on my left hand 4th finger, but I don't know how long for., DH is fine about me not wearing it - something he does understand, he would rather me not risk having to have it cut off and just keep it off. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 05 December 2006 at 3:56pm
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I've recently decided to go with the story that my loving husband was involved in a plane crash (he was a pilot) and sadly didn't make it.
Gets sympathy and removes disapproving looks.
ETA - Not that you guys actually need that story, having husbands/fathers for your children, but it'd certainly shut anyone up! |
Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 05 December 2006 at 4:07pm
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LOL Nikki, whatever works!
My little brother became a Dad 4 years ago age 17. He is the main caregiver for his daughter and uses similar stories to shut up nosey parkers who enquire about his relationship with his daughter's Mum ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and:
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 05 December 2006 at 5:17pm
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argh, haven't read them all but here goes:
Always got the When are you due thing.. and disbelief.. When i had 11 weeks to go I was on placement and wearing mufti, and oh my god it took the people 3 days to realise i was preg, I said something about the baby and they go oh do you have kids and i was like.. well, in a couple of months i will. stupid people - i wasn't THAT small and the other thing is "how'd you get her hair that colour?" about ayja's hair.. think ihave said that before.. but argh, still get asked it at least once each time we are out. and there was more but i have forgotten when i remember will write ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 05 December 2006 at 5:25pm
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oh yeah i get the "you don't look old enough to have 2 kids" thing alot.. especially at work.. prob cos when i tie my hair back i look like i'm 12 ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: my2angels
Date Posted: 05 December 2006 at 5:32pm
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My nana always goes on about how I must have got my dates wrong with kobe because he was so big. No matter how many times i say to her no that was because of the diabetes and when you can name the exact date you conceived its pretty hard to get your dates wrong and she still argues that they must be wrong....
I got really sick of being told how big i was and am I sure I wasnt carrying twins. And I have a friend who has no children of her own but insists on telling my how I should raise my children and things that I should do Oh and the biggest thing that I cant get over is my mother in laws comment when I sent some photos of addison to her via email, she replied oh she looks cute now, not like we first thought!!!! So basically she is saying that she thinks addison was ugly as a baby, well even if she was your suppose to think your grandchildren are beautiful and if you dont then you shut up and say nothing! I still havent forgiven her and refuse to send her any more pictures. |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 05 December 2006 at 5:55pm
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Robyn, that reminds my of when I had Andrew and the MIL walked in and said "wow he's not an ugly baby" Why would he be ugly anyway?? ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 05 December 2006 at 9:13pm
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I hate to be the one to be devil's advocate... but seriously... you guys don't find newborns slightly funny looking? I think it's the lack of control over features... I look back at Hannah's newborn pictures and shudder a bit. I'm sure I liked her at the time tho!
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Posted By: Jennz
Date Posted: 05 December 2006 at 9:58pm
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Lol Nikki ------------- Jen, Charlotte 7 & Kate 3
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 06 December 2006 at 7:51am
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he he Nikki i was going to write the szme thing, Ayja had a stage where she looked like a hairy little monkey child, not ugly by any means, but definately funny-looking in photos... and she's growing into her pixie ears. lol ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: Andie
Date Posted: 06 December 2006 at 11:05am
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Awww, pixie ears are so CUTE! (OK I am biased - Ella and I both have pointy-topped ears!). The one that's driving me nuts is ..."yep, it's a ginga"! OK first, Ella is a SHE, not an IT, and she's got reddish hair, not "ginga"... uuurrrggghhh! And the "oh you look way too small" comments just flattered me when I was preggers, I've gotta say! The "wow you're big now" ones later on got to me. And my mum's "you tell Ella not to be asleep when I visit" grates on my nerves, as does all our families "she's asleep? Ah well, I'll just peek in on her then" (why? WHY??? You hope to wake her don't you!!!). I'll also jump on the "is she a good baby?" one too... but more because if hubby is there when I'm asked, he leaps in and raves about what an "angel baby" and even worse - a "textbook baby" we have... OK, it's great that he adores and enjoys her so very much, but for crying out loud, of course she's amazingly easy-going in his eyes... he gets 9 hours solid sleep every night and I get a total of 6 or 7, and not all at once - grrrr! He's also working outside most evenings when I'm trying to settle a grumpy crying baby for the night! But the worst of all... WHY HAVEN'T YOU HAD THE BABY YET??? (Ella was born 10 days over the due date, but these comments started 2 weeks before she was even due!). Oh for crying out loud. ------------- Andie |
Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 06 December 2006 at 12:54pm
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he he, Andie, Me you and Nikki should start an anti-ginga comments group! None of our kiddies are the carroty red... not that theres something wrong with that either, but argh.. what's wrong with reddish hair, most people PAY to get their hair that colour, and yet all their lives our kids will probably just be waiting till they are old enough to dye theirs a different colour! The funny thing is, that's the colour i dye my hair quite often and most people then look and go ,"oh, you're red, it must be from you" lol, to which i tell them its from a bottle, (maybe it seeped through to her...) lololol. ha ha. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 06 December 2006 at 1:02pm
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Same Janine Mostly I just tell people that I love her hair... and there is always hair dye when she gets to high school. (Which of course I wouldn't let her TOUCH... but it pacifies the anti-ginga crusaders.)
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 06 December 2006 at 1:20pm
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I find the "small-looking" comments quite flattering too. Yesterday someone from Church, who sees me every week, saw me and said "I don't mean to be rude, but I hadn't realised you were pregnant" Haha I'm the biggest I have EVER been but it's kinda nice to not look preg (to some people) with 5 1/2 weeks to go... ------------- |
Posted By: baalamb
Date Posted: 06 December 2006 at 1:50pm
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Haha yeah the 'haven't you had the baby yet?' comment is a great one. You see the big huge bump on the front of me and you STILL ask!
I got a message left on our home phone from someone and it was still a week out from due date and she said 'well, you're not home so I'm assuming you've gone to the hospital to have your wee babe. Ring me when you're home'.... That's just ALL wrong! Out of a million things I could be doing to miss her phone call, I'm assumed to be in hospital giving birth. |
Posted By: Sarah Beth
Date Posted: 06 December 2006 at 4:07pm
I am such a doofus, it was only after reading this that I realised ETA did not mean estimated time of arrival. I am going to blame the baby for this one. My all time favourite horrible comment was from the step mum when I told her I was pregnant "oh, well I guess it was planned or it wouldn't have happened" planned or not, what business is it of hers. Also a friend that wanted to come see me so she could see how fat I had gotten. thanks, thanks a lot. No visiting the baby for you now ------------- "> 
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Posted By: Red
Date Posted: 06 December 2006 at 5:23pm
I still have old ladies telling me what lovely colour hair I have and I am 29! I do find it disturbing though when hairdressers ask me if it is natural. Duhhh.
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Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 06 December 2006 at 6:31pm
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I also have hairdressers asking my what colour I use on my hair I'm a natural blonde (if you know me you can vouch for that ). I always feel VERY uneasy about letting them cut my hair if that can't tell the difference between a bottle-job and natural hair colour
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Posted By: Red
Date Posted: 06 December 2006 at 7:49pm
| Yes, the fact that I have orange freckles on my arms you would think would give it away! |
Posted By: jax
Date Posted: 06 December 2006 at 8:23pm
*ahem* *sticks hand up* ------------- Jacquie - Mama to Erin, 13.07.06 - Chief Cat Chaser & Marmite Sammie Eater
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Posted By: Andie
Date Posted: 06 December 2006 at 9:00pm
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He he he... the orange freckles... should be a dead giveaway! Took me until I was at Uni to start liking being a red-head. Then my hair changed and got lighter and lighter! Ah well. Let's start a red support-group! Lord knows the littlies need it for those primary school days! I'm not ashamed to say I love it. On a mean note, one friend even thought he was being funny by saying he hates "ginga's" and if he ever holds one he'll be sure to bash "it's" head on a door-way. SOOOO not funny (even though he's joking, of course). Still, not even remotely funny. Ain't never holding my baby. ------------- Andie |
Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 07 December 2006 at 7:40am
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I am SOOOOOOO over people saying -
"Are you sure there is only one in there?" even yesterday - two friends who know there is only one, have seen the scans, have seen me a month ago and who were both mothers (one a grandmother now and other mum to a three year old!!!) Hey - just call me FAT and get it over with.... OH and other comments go like this: ? - when are you due ANS - Feb / March OOOHHHH so you have to cope with summer / heat / youll be hot (choose option here!) OMG like I didnt realise it was summer coming up!!! Go figure - i got pissy the other day at someone I didnt know very well doing similar to me and said - "well we did try for an earlier baby but it took us six months and a miscarriage to get pregnant now! so Summer it is!" ARRRGGGHHHHHHH some people....roll on march so i can have a drink!
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Posted By: Red
Date Posted: 07 December 2006 at 8:58am
| People annoy me with their "ginga" comments, Mark Ellis used to p*&^% me off with his. |
Posted By: baalamb
Date Posted: 07 December 2006 at 9:10am
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Yesterday we went visiting a group of people at DH's old work and I had to bite my tongue the WHOLE time! I was thinking of this thread every time someone made a comment.
EVERY SINGLE PERSON said 'is she a good baby?' and I just couldn't find it in myself to say no, she's absolutely horrible etc etc.
We even got a few 'is it a boy or a girl?' HELLO! She was wearing a dress (given it wasn't pink, but it was still a dress)! Even got a 'hey there little man' hahahaha it was pretty darn funny, but DH was quick to correct that and then show the person she was wearing a dress! The weirdest comment we got was 'do you kiss her bum?' hahahaha! Ummm not right at the moment since she'd not long ago filled her nappy!!! |
Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 07 December 2006 at 9:26am
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LoL Kirsten, I had Kiya dressed head to toe in pink - tracksuit, skiivy, socks and shoes. She was 3.5 and didn't have much hair, but still looked like a girl. I got asked how old my "little boy" was! ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 07 December 2006 at 12:23pm
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one that I remember (I love this thread!!) was from MIL watching jake running around when he was one year old
"Gosh, you aren't worried that he's got ADHD?" I turned and looked at her and said "no, he's ONE!!" "Oh, i just hope he won't have it in the future" |
Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 07 December 2006 at 12:50pm
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Argh Lizzle, I got that one too from FIL about Ella.
I was like, WTH?? You just filled her up on chocolate, what did you think would happen?!?! ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and:
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 07 December 2006 at 1:32pm
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Another thing my FIL (i'm on a I hate my FIL at the moment so anything he does is annoying) says that really annoys me is "Andrew should not leave the table till he has finished his dinner". OK i'm his mother and if he doesn't want to finish it, he is probably full. But no to him (he was raised in the 50's) he has to finish it first. Andrew is a snacker with his dinner, eat a bit, play eat some more, bath then finish. At this stage I don't mind as he has a cooked lunch at daycare when he is there and if I pick him up late (after 4.30pm) then he has had late snack and doesn't need dinner till late. Whenever we are there he keeps pushing the issue - he wonders why we are now saying no to dinner at their place. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 07 December 2006 at 2:54pm
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lol these are funny My DP thought Jack would be blonde because my hair was dyed blonde when he was conceived.
When Jack was a week old me sister goes "You look really good, like I did when I was really over weight" not to sound up myself but I was smaller than she was that day.
I hate the "Are you feeding him?" so stupid. I think newborns aren't that cute either I remember when Jack was born thinking lucky I got a cute one. Looking back he wasn't that cute. |
Posted By: jax
Date Posted: 07 December 2006 at 5:30pm
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Hahah Rach that's a good one I'd forgotten about actually, the "are you feeding her?" one... next time it crops up I might just answer with "No, I let the cats do it !" ------------- Jacquie - Mama to Erin, 13.07.06 - Chief Cat Chaser & Marmite Sammie Eater
Love many, trust few, harm none. ~Anon~ |
Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 07 December 2006 at 6:07pm
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the other nite at a function Bob McDavitt (the weather man) congratulated us and said -oh a xmas baby...(again I am HUGE!)..i replied NO next year - so he said - oh well Januarys El Nino should bring her on...Ummm No (my reply) I hope not cause she isnt due til march...then got a weird look of "yeah right!" from them!!!
UGH UGH UGH!!!! and again today with the "are you sure there is only one?" - so i launched into a commentary on my fibroids just to make them feel uncomfortable!!! ARRGHHHHHHHHHH
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Posted By: Leish
Date Posted: 07 December 2006 at 8:59pm
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Them: When are you due?
Me: March the first Them: WOW - you have AGES to go... You're gonna be HUGE!! And carrying right through the summer - gosh - didn't plan that very well aye... It's gonna be a HUGE baby... Gee your a GOOD size... Me: (thinking to myself) where did I put that knife... ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: CuriousG
Date Posted: 08 December 2006 at 7:49am
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Well, the first thing I had was "you had an epidural? Oh you cheated" (my thread a few weeks ago).
Now that Charlotte is a bit older, I seem to constantly get "did you feed her". Its driving me nuts. (No, I just let her run wild with no nappies or clothes and fend for herself). Yes, I know what they mean but it gets annoying when EVERYONE asks you and even those older people who already have asked before! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 11 December 2006 at 9:31am
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I remembered another one from when I took Andrew up to my work. Team Leader: So how much did he weigh when he came out I left pretty much after that comment and didn't take him up again for a long time. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 11 December 2006 at 10:23am
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We should havbe a few more to add after having the in-laws here for xmas!!
I forgot! My BIL after i had Jake - we were talking about pain relief me - luckily I didn't need the epidural BIL - thats just mind-over-matter anyway me - what is? BIL - giving birth, most women go in there thinking they'll need some kinda pain relief. if they went in with a more positive attitude, most of them would find they wouldn't need anything at all. the funny thing is, well not really funny i guess, his partner gave birth a while ago and ended up being in labour for 30 hours and having an epi then a c-section, so I guess he'll have to eat his words now. "mind over matter" my arse. |
Posted By: ellabellame
Date Posted: 11 December 2006 at 11:25am
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lol, after reading all these i've been having real trouble knowing what to say to women who are pregnant or who have new babies. every time i'm talking to one i'm constantly thinking "oh gosh, i hope she didn't find that comment annoying". argh, this thread is making me paranoid!! ------------- |
Posted By: mamanee
Date Posted: 11 December 2006 at 1:07pm
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Well, yesterday I got offered some lovely rejects from my MILs closet. A hideous hideous hippy outfit made from black velvet stuff that was meant for a 60 year old to wear to a funeral. One of her old aunties had given it to her. To make it worse, the old aunty is a huge lady and the outfit could have been a useful sunshade for a hippo. I said thanks but no thanks and then MIL cheerfully offers 'Oh well, you might not even get back down to that size after the baby anyway'. (I'm a size 16 and haven't put on any weight in 6 weeks now)
Gee thanks.
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 11 December 2006 at 1:57pm
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Liz!!!!! LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!11 What a PUTZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 11 December 2006 at 6:53pm
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LMAO on the planning thing Leish...I Have had that one too....u know like they got pregnant first time or exactly when they planned for....if i had it my way this would be a sept or Feb baby (well still may be feb....)
The other thing is the stares...like i think she is pregnant but what do i say? Or those people who check out your ankles in case they are swollen...i have skinny (only part of me that is) ankles...so i get "you are going to have swollen ankles..."....ARGH cant win... Lost it with picture place girl yest (just happened to be in target range!) with her "oh really" comment and look when i said i was due in march....so i said "well just call me FAT then!"....OMG some people... |
Posted By: mamanee
Date Posted: 11 December 2006 at 7:30pm
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Today I got one of those 'Oh, you're going to be really uncomfortable carrying right over summer' comments.
I'm not even half way there yet! I'm sure I won't get that uncomfortable over summer.
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 11 December 2006 at 8:10pm
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Nah summer's only uncomfy when you're full-term or close to that. And as for swollen ankles, I've never had them! Bony things, and the mw has to check them every time she sees me (just takes a glance though...) ------------- |
Posted By: baalamb
Date Posted: 11 December 2006 at 8:19pm
| Hahaha I got the 'are you pregnant?' from a girl at work. Well for one, honey, you're darn lucky I am pregnant otherwise you just insulted the heck out of me! And two, is it not blindingly obvious?! I think I was about 6 mths at that stage. |
Posted By: 11111
Date Posted: 11 December 2006 at 8:19pm
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Summer is not bad really we had the hotest summer on record the year I was pregnant with Alan. In fact we are planning a summer baby next time. ------------- Deborah Mum to:
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 12 December 2006 at 1:54pm
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Its about 26 degrees today, and to be honest, I don't hink I feel any hotter than I normally would? The most annoying part is people telling me how uncomfortable I must be. I wear an all balck suit at work, and i am wearing trousers today, and i don't feel too bad? ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 18 December 2006 at 12:57pm
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In laws arrived yesterday...oh dear. I was worried about my BIL - he's fine, but he and his partner walked in bitching about his mum. I couldn't help but laugh (i'm so sadistic)
check out some of these MIL: (pulls dummy out of 2 month old babies mouth), she doesn't need this, you don't want her to get buck teeth. *baby screams)oh, look she's got wind. sewriously what is it with older people and wind - every two seconds, "oh he/she's got wind" - rub rub rub. baby screams becasue they are overtired. MIL: oh she doesn't like those teats for her bottle (the ones she is quite happily munching away on) - I'll get her some new ones that will be better for her. MIL: oh, you have to use cloth nappies. I'll buy you some (flat whites that BIL has already said they don't want thank you) MIL: Babies love to be held (picking baby up after SIL has put bubs into bed and shut the door. MIL: Oh, you don't want her getting used to being nursed to sleep (after baby has travelled from Aus, then aus to gis and is unsettled with her routine) the poor things are being driven nuts. so glad it's them not us, but after I put Taine to bed, he was crying. MIL walked in, picks him up and says "you're not tired are you?" Grrrr. Oh, and last one. "where's (SIL's name)" as in when she talks to baby about her mother, instead of saying "mummy" or something, she'll use her first name. Get it? Weird thing is, she never tries this kinda crap with us (well, usually)...apart from a few ADD comments...oh, maybe she does! and I just ignore her? |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 18 December 2006 at 1:07pm
| Oh geez, she sounds truly delightful! |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 18 December 2006 at 1:09pm
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Liz I heard that you're more likely to get buck teeth from thumb-sucking than dummies. Whatever the case, I sucked my thumb every day until 12 yrs and have no problems with my teeth. I know what you mean about the wind thing - my MIL goes on about that too. Hopefully your BIL and partner can get a bit of support from you or you'll all have a very stressful Christmas! ------------- |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 18 December 2006 at 1:48pm
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Liz, you are going to have a fun few days Another thing my MIL says to Andrew: you're mine aren't you. I have now taught him to say back to her, no i'm mummy's. It pi$$es her off now. She hasn't said it for a few weeks now. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |