Advice that makes you feel guilty or inadequate....

[fionas]

Still deciding what was the worst advice - midwives in hospital telling me I had to supplement with formula because my 8lb 10oz baby had lost marginally more than 10% of her birthweight (even though my milk hadn't even come in) or scaremongers who told me that if a drop of formula passed her lips she would never go back to breast. After six weeks of not even offering her the breast because of nightmare experience with breastfeeding in hospital, I popped her on the breast this arvo and she took to it for 10 mins first time no probs whatsoever. Not sure she was actually feeding properly but she was having a good old suckle and certainly not getting antsy because she was having nipple rather than bottle teat. Go figure. Experts schmexperts.

[olliesmum0206]

i have a four month son and am sooooo sick of people telling me what to do.Everbody feels the need to tell you what to do. my mother is the worst- she is constantly telling me what to do and that my way is wrong. even people who don't have children must tell you what to do. I am bad mother because she thinks i over dress him, iam a bad mother because i choose to bath oliver once a day in the afternoon as part of his bedtime routine.. and if he cries he must be hungry even though he has just had feed. Not once has my own mother offered any encouragement or told me i'm a good mother. this advice makes me feel like a complete failure as a mother. yes i am a first time mother, no i don't know everything...but i do know what my son wants and needs and just because i am a first time mother does not mean i am a complete idiot!!! A little bit of encouragement goes along way !

[aussienic]

Lucky you will get lots of encoouragement on here..

Sometimes people don't know when you close thier mouth's