What not to say to a mum - post preg
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4/7/08 22:38
4/7/08 22:35
"you want to put socks on that baby you do, his feet are cold" ...*his feet are fine but i could shove some socks in your moth right now!!*.....
"are you breast feeding?" *yes* "ooo does he keep you up?" *no he awakes about every three hours, its fine* " you want to top him up with some formular, your milk probaly is'nt good enough"... *i will do that when you have stuck your head up your arse for me*
"you look realy well, you looked like death when i saw you a few weeks ago" *well a few weeks ago i was 15 days overdue, you look like death now, wtf is your excuse?*
"when are you going back to work?" *my child is 3 weeks old.....can i at least wait for my 6 week check...*
(normaly said by people salivating at the mouth) "how was the birth...was it awfull.....was it very painfull......." *
*"is he a good baby" *no, he got a f***ing asbo for anti social behavior by day three*
"oh he has a birthmark" *yes* "oh will it fade" *i dont know* "oh poor little mite" *its a birthmark not cancer you ignorant t****
now, this next one is somthing my other half says to me on regular occasion normaly on the 3am feed. at 3am, it makes me nowt but riled, but in the morning i just think how sweet lol!!
*bloke half awakes to the movement of the bed, pats me on the arm and says..* "your doing a fab job darling, love you" *bloke rolls over, and is instantly back asleep*.....
bless him lol!!
4/7/08 22:29
oh my word girls . . .. .how i've laughed reading all ur posts!! i can't remember them all but here are a few that spring to mind . . .
1) have you had the baby yet?? (ermmm, i don't look remotely pregnant and my dh is standing next to me holding the baby!)
2) what have you called him ? (who? oh you must be referring to my daughter who is dressed head to toe in pink . . . she's call eloise!!!!)
3) ooooh mind the sun on her face (bloody little old women - i was walking from house to car, and lo had a hat on!!!!!!!!!!!)
4) mind she doesn't catch a cold (same old woman who was worrying about the sun earlier!!!)
5) 'ooooh she's got wind', (no she hasn't, you're jiggling her up and down like theres no tomorrow and she getting slightly p***ed off with you! . . . that's why she's crying).
6) 'back in my day we stayed in hospital for 10 days and didn't take baby out for seveal weeks' (yes but in your day hospitals weren't so short staffed and i am self employed and have a massive mortgage to pay off, hence taking baby to work with me after a grand total of 2 weeks maternity leave!)
hee hee, glad i'm not the only one who gets irritated. must be the lack of sleep
xx4/7/08 22:28
pmsl I am loving this thread!!
What about the - after having had 2 boys:
1. Oh what a shame, you didnt get a girl (Um, I'm happy with my 2 boys thanks!)
2. So when will you be trying for a girl? (I had DS2 10 weeks ago, I'm not even thinking about sex, let alone conceiving)
3. Is He Good? (What the fluck does this mean? I always answer yes, I'm sure he's too young to be evil just yet)
xx
4/7/08 21:15
When will you be ready to have sex?
from my sex mad other half - every day for 5 weeks after birth despite my having an episiotomy which then got infected. Honestly - as if I was feeling remotely sexy!! All I wanted was a good sleep and a hot meal!!
4/7/08 21:04
I just read this thread to my df, he started to giggle. i said " you do that when i say i am tired you say oh i am too!!" then i said i have a right to be tired i gave birth 2 weeks ago and he was with me seen what i did and how painfull it was,
well...................................... he then says " tell me about it, the chair i was in was killing my back but i didnt want to say anything, thought you had enough oh your plate" OMFG!!!!!
I also got the " you still here??" when i was walking next to my brand new pram and new baby. I got asked that twice!!!
fookers lolAnd aww what did you have ??? erm see the blue blanket and his blue hat ?? Yeah i had a girl NOT!! ffs.
4/7/08 21:01
the "are you tired" got me remembering
DH after i went upstairs with the baby at 11pm and came back down at 8am...he came to bed later and got up earlier than we did
"you had a good sleep last nite"
WTF...i went upstairs, DS2 woke...fed and burped then rocked back to sleep...that took nearly 1 hour...zonked for a while...baby woke again....dh snoring away...fed burped changed rock...another near hours worth....woke again while DH snoring...same system...then baby woke feed burp and downstairs....A GOOD SLEEP MY AR*E !!!
4/7/08 20:54
And i've just remembered these aswell...
Oh look at your double chin ( Yes but give it a couple of months I will have one chin you on the other hand will still look like cruella deville )
AND.... I've got some cream you can try for your fine lines and bags
4/7/08 20:54
When baby cries constantly
1) My baby never cried
2) my baby didn't stop crying till he was 4
3) you need to do controlled crying
4) of course she'll take a dummy
5) express and give her a bottle (why - i'm enjoying breastfeeding thanks)
6) its nice to know you're not going on a weird diet and trying to lose the fat, it'll go when its ready
theres loads more
4/7/08 20:52
I get really annoyed with 'One of each - Aren't you clever' As if I had anything to do with it - you get what you're given after all.
Oh and all the 'Are you eating OK' comments - I'm just thin and lucky to have lost the baby weight running round after a toddler and having a 3 month old. I am single handedly keeping cadbury's and costa coffee in business!
4/7/08 20:47
This is what i've had from my mil.....
Oh when I had mine I did it this way. ( I don't care )
If you need any help with breastfeeding just ask. WTF.... weirdo
(mil on the phone) Is lo asleep... Well she was till you phoned AGAIN... thanks
4/7/08 19:27
I got this off my MIL when DS was 4 weeks old & mum was very poorly in hospital so I had him to care for plus running to see mum every evening so on my "might off" from seeing mum:
ME: YAWN
MIL: what is wrong?
ME: I'm tired.
MIL: Tired? Why what have you been doing?
DOING!!?!?!? I have a 4 week old son, a mother dying of cancer in hospital who I see 2 a day which is an 18 mile round trip every time. Doing?? FFS..... she is a tw@t of a woman I'm telling you...
4/7/08 19:13
This is all soooo true!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG!!!! why cant people keep their mouths fing shut!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They all do my head in!!! My dh is the same,'oh are you tired? I am tired too' Why do they always have to say that they are tired too???GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
4/7/08 19:12
hmmm, wer shall i start??lol
1. what are u doin 2 her?? give her here.(when she's crying)
2.why arent u tryin 2 breastfeed still?? erm cuz i cant, im not producin milk n e more n she wont suck or latch on as u well know!!!
3.She's tired (said by my mum everytime she screams 4 milk and has been asleep 4 the last hour lol)
4. you need 2 do some sit ups!
5.it was nice of him 2 have her last night, wasnt it??well erm he is her dad...n he did moan 4 hours about it!! said by my dad hu doesnt think children need a dad or that dads should look after children at all n dont even have 2 see them!!!!!(yes he's said this too)
n loads more but i cant think, includin u should nvr go outeven if her dad has her, u cnt hav a life etc
x4/7/08 18:57
Oh ladies this really made me laugh!!!!!!!!! Love it.
(from DH whilst he sits on the sofa watching tv not even making eye contact or attempting to pick up the crying baby) - "are you tired my love?". No no of course I'm not tired, I haven't been tired the whole time I carried a growing baby the size of a house around in my body whilst working full time and keeping house AND entertaining you, I'm not tired from runningaround the house picking up YOUR cr**, no I'm not tired from getting up doing all the night feeds for the past 11 weeks. all the while smiling being the "good wife".
4/7/08 18:40
baby is crying =
"oh someone's hungry" NO
"has she got wind? NO
"she must have a dirty nappy" NO
"i think she's playing you" WTF, SHE'S TIRED!!
This really wound me up, why do MIL always think they know best??
4/7/08 18:21
ooh astrid. my mum told me to put a tot of rum in dd's milk when she was3 months to get her to sleep.silly sod
4/7/08 18:15
from my 84 yr old granny when DS1 was 3 months old and refused any form of formula top up
"just give him cows milk..never did me or your mother any harm"
and before that at 8 weeks old..."mash up a rich tea biscuit with milk and give him that...it will fill him up"...RICH TEA...even more sugar in that than rusks !!! and EIGHT weeks old...FFS
4/7/08 17:41
"you shouldn't uses a dummy for the first month" - yeah right because i can cope with dd2 hanging off my boob all day while i chase dd1 around
4/7/08 17:31
He's hungry.......................No he is just crying as thats what babies do??!!
Oh bless them, men get tired. After i had the most horrible birth imaginable with my last child.
My partner said would i mind if he had a sleep on the floor as he was knackered!!!
He did for 2 hours