While pregnant...
MIL "You're not going to be one of those mothers that ......................... pulls out a boob every time the baby cries / spoils your child / picks them up every time they cry"
On my first mothers day
I picked up DS as he was crying..... MIL "You'll spoil him"
Me "You cant spoil a child with love"
MIL scoffs
Everytime DS cried while I took him off to feed (as I was told to feed in PILs bedrooms as apparantly I would be more comfortable there)
MIL "Oh, is your mother starving you"
Me screaming in my head "If I was allowed to pull out my boob in public he would be content right now" (if there is a next time I am letting it all hang out just to annoy them)
When we were invited to MIL house for dinner but told to bring dinner for DS because they dont know what to feed him?? WTF? Just cook some vegies and whatever else you are serving
DS whinging as we arrived past his dinner time "Doesn't she feed you"
Me screaming in my head "I believe YOU are the one incapable of feeding him you stupid cow"
"oh, I don't suppose they have disposables in Australia do they" - this was by my Grandma in the Uk, when mum told her I was going to use cloth...
"you'll give up in 3 months when you're sick of dealing with the poo" after another discussion with someone else about using cloth.
"if you carry him in that, he'll never sleep anywhere else" when DS was sleeping in the HAB
"I think breastfeedding in public is wrong" said to a friend by the wife of a friend of her hubbies... this girl happened to be a stripper
I have to say I'm often one to ask how babies sleep...but only because mine were bad sleepers and I like to torture myself with how good other people's babies are
MIL always apologising for not having anything he can eat. He has a plate of what we are having FFS! Just because she isn't shovelling puree down his neck she thinks he isn't eating.
MIL and FIL constantly telling him to eat up his veges to be strong or good or whatever. We are trying not to put any values on food FFS. He eats or he doesn't. No problem either way.
MIL and FIL denying him dessert because he hasn't eaten all his veges. We feed him what we are having. He eats what he wants. We don't have food we wouldn't want him to eat, so if he wants more dessert than veges we don't mind. Once again we are trying not to make food value laden! How many times do I need to explain BLW to them!!! Arghhhh
Then my favourite from everyone
When are you going to give him cow's milk? My answer: When he turns into a cow!! (I am not anti-dairy as he eats cheese, yoghurt etc I just don't see the point in cow's milk as a drink)
Is it a boy or a girl? (This one was last week, DS is 15 mths old!)
Did you have a natural birth? (by complete strangers)
Are you having any more? (and the thousands of variations on that)
Have you started toilet training yet (from about 9 months, and usually by older people who then proceeded to tell me how their children were toilet trained by 15/12/10 months )
How long has he been walking for? (Not so much the question, but after my response - since 9 1/2 months - their response that their children were walking by 9/8/7/6 months)
Oooh, _______ would never eat THAT! (With a look of disbelief from mums of babies/toddlers around his age when they see him gobbling down steamed veges, in pieces, separately, and without some kind of sauce slathered over them! And if he doesn't eat every last bite, a knowing shake of the head that says, 'told you he wouldn't eat it')
But can't he just have a bit? (MIL when he wanted to feed him white chocolate rum truffles and I said no! )
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