The questions we get most often from other people about our babies...

[Melody]

I get "How old is he?" followed up with "What did he weigh at birth?" (because he is strapping) Those two always go together

[faeriegirl]

there are some terrible ones here
i always get asked where T got his blonde hair from as me and jade both have brown hair ( we both had white / blonde hair as kids i even had ringlets and now my hair is straight)

alot of old nannas would commoent on how he didnt look like he had missed a meal when he was a little chubba then look at jade and comment on how skinny he was and then shoot me daggers

and also the breastfeeding one ... well i did breastfeed till he was 18/20 months and i felt good about it so nah to them
LMAO

[Tigergirl1980]

We get:

How old is he?
What's his name?

And we get lovely comments about his hair and eyes too

[angelfish]

Hey never, I have to put my hand up to being guilty re the "hands full" comment. I will try to remember not to say that in future, I really just mean something like "wow I really admire you to be so together and organised even though you have twice as many kids as me, and I'm usually struggling". So you see it is actually meant to be a compliment, at least when I say it.

[min]

Trish, I knew you would've anwered this one!!

"Oh, my god, look how red his hair is, where does he get that from!"

I swear we cannot leave the house without hearing that question!!

[Trish]

Min, seems if you have a redhead and aren't one it's a standard question. I also get asked if Dad (DF) has redhair?? Nope blonde like me.

Oh and another, do they have the redhead temper..... Yup they sure do!!! But what if they were blonde and had a bad temper?? Is that less excusable.

[Karina]

I get asked "is it a boy or a girl?" which is kind of silly when she's wearing a pink dress and pink tights. I think its because she doesnt have much hair, but still, the all pink should be a bit of a give away.. in my opinion (although i think its ok to dress boys in a bit of pink too but since when do you dress a boy in a pink dress?). Lots of people just come up to me and say "how old is HE?".

I also get told "oh he/she's too young to be walking already". I tell then she's 17 months and that she's been walking for 6 months. They looked shocked. She isnt that small so not sure what the big shock is all about.

[diva det]

I used to get conversations with all the dears in the shopping centre all the time. It used to go something like this

"Ooh twins! "

"Gee they are small"

and the clincher for me

"Were the natural"

and then they would try and touch them- by this stage i would have steam coming out of my ears and would come back with some smart comment so they would realise how dumb they actually sounded!!!

I would say - they were triplets but i lost one whilst i was shopping, so if you see him let me know!

or they are as natural as an egg and a sperm can get!

THe classic was when i went for a coffee one day at Gloria Jeans. My twins were like 2 months old. She asked me if they wanted a bubba chino as well- i asked them if she had them in breastmilk flavour! She just gave me that dumb look!


I used to get stopped so many times when i was shopping that it became soo annoying. People would actually stand in front of my pram so i couldnt get past them! And god help me if one of them was crying, every single grey haired lady would approach me and give me advice as to why one of my babies was crying!
Just what a first time mum with prem twins needs!

Ok Rant over

odette

[~clover~]

I get asked "is it a boy or a girl?" which is kind of silly when she's wearing a pink dress and pink tights. I think its because she doesnt have much hair, but still, the all pink should be a bit of a give away.. in my opinion (although i think its ok to dress boys in a bit of pink too but since when do you dress a boy in a pink dress?). Lots of people just come up to me and say "how old is HE?".

I got that with DD1 all the time. She was a baldy baby, but ALWAYS in pink!
Once she had on a pink hat, pink & orange shorts, & pink crochet tie up top & STILL got asked if she was a boy or girl!!!

Since having Jesse -

yes we know what causes it
yes we finally got our boy
yes daddys proud
& yes they ALL have the same father!!!!

Oh & no Jesse isn't circumsised. Why? coz I said so, thats why!

[*charmalea*]

i get asked " whats wrong with his eyes ??" nothing actually ( but he does look a bit crosseyed , but they are fine , just wish ppl would stop briinging it up!!)

and also " wow what do you feed him , hes a big boy , which side of the family does that come from ??? " .. um be barely eats , he is always too busy running around , and wtf do you say to the last bit ....

[Laranna]

When DS was 8 weeks I got asked "what does he eat? Is he on solids yet?" The girl who asked me was quite naiive. She looked at me oddly when I said he just has breastmilk!

On the weekend, we were at the shops and the shop assistant stuck her head in the pram and said "oh he must be..what...1 month old?" I replied back with "no, he's 3 months" and she gave me a disapproving look and said in an equally disapproving tone simply "oh he's small"....grr needless to say I didn't buy anything!

[suse]

My response to the 'is he a good baby' question is 'no, he's awful, but we lost the receipt / the warranty is voided once you take them out of the packaging so we can't return him to the shop'.

Or 'where's your baby today?'. Response: (looking around frantically)... 'oh, sh*t, where did I leave him this time'.

But unfortunately most of the responses I get (even as a babywearing, publicly breastfeeding mum) are overwhelmingly nice so I don't get a chance to use any of my good comebacks.

[tiggy]

Oh, Jillian, Have to agree on that last one! If I hear one more story about granny's sister's aun't in law's daughter's husband's best friend who had twins and how they were only 500g each, MUCH smaller than YOUR babies but breathing on their own from the word go... GRRRRR, I know everyone has a story to tell. I smile and nod, smile and nod and try not to say anything else that will lay the path for another tale of brilliant twins who are stronger, better looking, smarter than mine.

[Soph]

Oh how rude some people are, although I can totally believe these stories. I always get now (from perfect strangers) - Wow that must be a mistake? (Referring to my almost due belly after seeing my skinny minny of a 1 year old). Next person to ask I am just going to ask how their sex life is!

[Soph]

I'm in exactly the same boat Kate, both very planned but who cares anyway if they weren't!

[Tyige]

When my DS was little I used to get, Oh she's a cute baby girl, is She a good baby?
He was dressed in blue, green and little boy outfits but somehow people still thought he was a girl.

[{sarah}]

LOL I got the same thing the other day & Zander is very very obviously a little boy!

[Trish]

Sarah, how can anyone say that Zander is a girl. He LOOKS like a boy!! Maybe it's the whole no hair thing?? Or maybe they just have no bloody idea!!

I remember when Tehya was little someone called her a boy, the fact that her whole capsule was pink and she was in pink, with a pink blanket and had earrings just didn't seem to matter!!! Poor Tehya will be sick of pink when she's older