What not to say to a mum - post preg
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24/8/08 09:18
24/8/08 08:37
this theads great, really cheered me up. ive got this one of my grandma when i was lying in a hospital bed 1 day after having ds1 after a 26 hour labour and an emergency c section " youll have to start going to the gym now and get rid of all that weight youve put on"
24/8/08 08:04
are you preg again!! i cd have hit her!!
24/8/08 04:47
I am up at nearly 5 in the morning as I can't sleep but this thread has really cheered me up!
10/7/08 11:16
NEVER say to a new mum 'he laughed at me when you went out of the room, you missed his first laugh' then tried to get hhim to do it again 'oh well must just do it when he happy with who hes with' wtf!! he only just seven weeks old, he didnt laugh before that and hasnt in the week or so after! and why the hell would he not be happy with me, i feed him 24/7, soothe him when hes upset (or try anyway) do everything i can to ease his colic, do everything a mum does.
also never try pull up the top of a new mum especially in public to see if their tummy is saggy still.
another one - me - the midwives havent checked my stitches since they were put in mil - i'll check for you!
erm think not!
oo im going to have my baby this weekend! said to a friend
are you? didnt know you had just given birth...oh you mean MY baby? hands off, why would you be having him for a weekend?
when he was screaming with colic - came and took him out of my arms, pulled his hand off my finger which he was grabbing onto 'come to me, i know what im doing'
as opposed to me who does the wrong thing on purpose? i know what to do for my son!
mil's really do seem to have a brilliant knack for saying the worst thing at the worst time. i would hate to be thought of like this when my son has children but ive taken note of the suggestions in the previous post lol! xxx
10/7/08 10:51
You know what worries me?.. ..
We will all become the dreaded mil one day (assuming our lo's will go on to produce)
I'm going to start writing down positive comments now so that I have a set of cue cards that won't offend my children and future daughters/sons in law.
1. Bloody hell you've got your pre pregnancy figure back already?!
2. I really like the name you've chosen, it suits him/her
3. It's funny how everything comes so naturally to you!
4. Yes, *nods and smiiles* I'd feed him/her exactly how you want to, take no notice of other peoples comments, it's YOUR baby!
5. You want to start trying for another one even tho your dd/ds is 3 days old? - FANTASTIC!! it's so nice having them close together.
10/7/08 10:38
"Oh you look knackered! Hand him here and i'll give you a break from him. Make us a sandwich and a brew will ya?" Courtesy of my mum!
"Oh don't have grey, grey is so boring and dull. Have this satiny black and pink set instead its so pretty..." This from my mum who was "helping" me choose a nightie to give birth in!
10/7/08 08:59
when pregnant couretedy of mil
''ohh i know what it is i had a dream...your carrying like its a boy but its a girl...my dream told me...i'd be dissapointed if it was a boy''
be bloody dissapointed then love cos that thing around its crotch.....is not a growth!
10/7/08 08:11
From dp -
I had just had an epidural after 45 hours of labour, it was starting to kick in and i was starting to calm down when dp came out with "im gonna have to get some sleep now cos im knackered"
from sil -
"can i give her a bit of a chocolate button??" - WTF! she's 3 days old!!!!
from my mum -
"i hope you have a girl, cos i dont know what to do with boys bits when i change their nappy"
(i kinda found that last one funny tho - im one of 3 girls so my mum really wouldnt have known what to do!!!)
10/7/08 00:25
from mil granny knows best right this is the woman that tried to give ds 1 tea cola on his dummy
df after labour im knackered
9/7/08 21:52
lol Susies not so innocent
keep them coming girls x
9/7/08 21:19
mil said to me when dd was 3 weeks old.
1. hasnt she got a big head - her head was 33cm when born and she was 8lb 1 (so no not big).
2. she has grampy's hands!!!!! SHE HAS HER OWN HANDS!!!
3. Feed her from both breasts 5 mins at a time...... WHAT!!!
4. Are you coping, if not i can come and stay for the week!!! urm no mum lives round the corner!
5. Everyone worries about their first child and your bound to over react when you think somethin is wrong.... she has colic and reflux and the day she saw her was constipated and in pain!
6. Heres a THANK YOU card - inside "thank you for OUR beautiful granddaughter"
7. Give her to me! Just after i had fed her and not winded her... then she fell alseep in her arms the whole time she was here, she put her down when she went and 5 mins later she was awake!
8. Are you smiling at grandma.... you love grandma.... NO she probably has wind!
I COULD GO ON AND ON AND ON AND ON!!!!
9/7/08 19:33
i knew you be sat there tittering away Miss Gemma.
9/7/08 19:32
OMG Tillyann how funny is that about the lemon!!!!!!!
9/7/08 19:30
how funny is this thread!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
9/7/08 19:30
My dd at 3 days old wasnt sleeping through (surpise that!!) so mil suggests that I give her some brandy.
9/7/08 19:29
Hahahaha Trace thats just reminded me of the text you sent me, that well made me laugh!!!
9/7/08 19:26
Hi I'm crashing from DIF and these stories have really amused me! Is it a coincidence that they mostly involve old women and the dreaded MIL?
Here are mine...courtesy of MIL or my own mother!
Whilst sitting ds on my lap so I could wind him "What are you holding him like that for? Is your belly getting in the way?"
"Are you putting rice in his bottle? You should as I don't think you feed him enough..."
"Give her a slice of lemon so I can take a picture of her face" my dd was 3 days old!
"Watch his/her head, they're very fragile at that age..." I know FFS!
"Do you wash the bottles before you sterilise them?" Nope. I inflict germs willy-nilly on my child.
"Ooh don't sit around the house in your nightwear, make an effort for your husband..." This from my own mum 3 days after giving birth to my dd!
I can't think of anymore at the mo!
9/7/08 19:21
my mum:"oooh Tracy i think he's asthmatic"
me; "eerr, no, he's just had a bottle and that's his wind you can feel in his back"
My aunt last week:"i thought you might like it if i bought some steak to your house and we can all have tea together"
me:" yes alright, ive just had a baby and i really want to stand there cooking for 3 hours and then doing a big pile of washing up because you dont want to use your own electricity and gas, and you want to doss in my house all afternoon, getting me to make you cups of tea every 5 minutes"
9/7/08 19:13
''do you think you'll be better off doing....''
WELL NO ACTUALLY YOU THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER BUT THIS WAY IS JUST FINE THANKS VERY MUCH
LMAO!!! This thread is funny as
I've got a "friend" who is a bit on the freaky side. She comes down to see ds and she's all, "oh look, he's got big hands, like me" and "I was telling Ad that he's like a mixture of Gabe and Jenna", baring in mind, those are HER lo's. WTF!!!!! Why would my son resemble her or her family in any way?????
She's the same with my 17mth old. "Are you my girl?" , ummm, I think you'll find she's my girl now fook off! Anytime dd does anything, "oh she's like me", or it's because "she's a picses, like me" OH MY GOD!!! I've managed to avoid this woman for most of the summer hols but they're back in school soon and she's gonna be like a fly round sh!t with my poor lo's lol!
Pyscho alert people, I may have to take out a restraining order, lol!!!