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other people's opinions suck sometimes!!!!!!!!!
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This is just me wanting to have a rant in the safety of the forum, rather than screaming at a certain someone! She's 4 months pregnant. My mum was holding my DD in a position that meant the only way she could lay DD down on the blanket to sleep without waking her, was on her front. I asked mum to turn her over onto her back, but she said thats shes fine and we're all here and can keep an eye on her. I made a couple more comments about how babies shouldn't really sleep on their fronts and that while I'll keep an eye on her this time, to put her on her back in future. Anyway little miss aaghh (not mum!) then started saying to me to get a grip and that we used to sleep on our fronts when we were babies and we all slept fine and I was over stressing about nothing. I said that actually although we did use to sleep on our fronts, we now don't have babies on their fronts and as a result cot deaths have massively reduced. To which she completely pooed and told me to stop stressing. Anyway she left at that point and I said to mum and dad that I find it really annoying that she acts like I'm a neurotic mum to which dad said "she'll change her opinion once her LO arrives". God I can only hope so.
She is an opinionated so and so and usually I just fob them off, but it absolutely drives me nuts about her opinions about my parenting skills and choices. She's not that keen on my nursery - "too boyish" (its apple green!), babies shouldn't be dressed in white ("too uni-sex"), lie-flat prams are unnecessary ("you can put newborn baby in a carseat for few hours so why not in a pushchair too?") and leaving a baby to cry "won't kill them" (even though I want to solve DD's problem!). And a few other things aswell...
I really hope she does change her ways, don't want it to be a competition between her baby and mine about who has the best parenting skills, its not the way it should be and while I'm all for swapping advice and tales, I'm not for the I'm right, you're obbsessive opinions!
Thats made me feel a bit better! Just had to get that off my shoulders...!
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She is an opinionated so and so and usually I just fob them off, but it absolutely drives me nuts about her opinions about my parenting skills and choices. She's not that keen on my nursery - "too boyish" (its apple green!), babies shouldn't be dressed in white ("too uni-sex"), lie-flat prams are unnecessary ("you can put newborn baby in a carseat for few hours so why not in a pushchair too?") and leaving a baby to cry "won't kill them" (even though I want to solve DD's problem!). And a few other things aswell...
I really hope she does change her ways, don't want it to be a competition between her baby and mine about who has the best parenting skills, its not the way it should be and while I'm all for swapping advice and tales, I'm not for the I'm right, you're obbsessive opinions!
Thats made me feel a bit better! Just had to get that off my shoulders...!
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You rant away! I think these comments would really annoy me too! I don't think it's fair when people belittle what you do for your LO, after all they're your LO and you, and only you know what's best for them!! I've had my fair share of comments from people, as I'm sure loads on this site have, and it doesn't matter how many times people say to ignore them, it gets to a point where you do just want to go AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
So rant away, and we're all here to listen and support!! xxxxx
You rant away! I think these comments would really annoy me too! I don't think it's fair when people belittle what you do for your LO, after all they're your LO and you, and only you know what's best for them!! I've had my fair share of comments from people, as I'm sure loads on this site have, and it doesn't matter how many times people say to ignore them, it gets to a point where you do just want to go AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
So rant away, and we're all here to listen and support!! xxxxx
I think her opinions may change.
B xx
Sibling competition is not good!
Dx
Try and not let it develop into a competition. Could she be jealous you had your baby first?? Did you get the attention when you were pregnant? Could it be now your lo is here and she is pregnant she is not getting the same attention you did? x
You are obviously not alone, we all know someone like this!
Rant at us and then ignore her and the others.
xxx
On the plus side, she was saying that shes praying that her LO is as sweet as my DD...! And I bought a neutral baby outfit for her too, which she actually really loved!
Oh hum!
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