And yet if you dare criticize something they did as parents, you're the baddie
I know I've just taken my second toddler through BLS, and despite my DD having an enormous eating repertoire, great language and superb fine motor skills...they still gave me stick.
Really what they think doesn't bother me, but it did at first.
Don't worry, I had my own mother predicting the murder of Liebling by me with BLS as the murder implement. (Then again, it was one of us or the other: he was going to kill me by BFing without solid food.)
TBH, I have snapped now and will reply with "good thing I'm the Mummy then and not doing the crap you would in my place. Honestly, I have never heard so much tripe. You didn't do XYZ did you? Bloody hell, I swear your child must be adopted as they actually have a working brain." I can get ruder and more personal if I am even vaguely riled.
Oh yes, and then I negatively judge every parenting/grandparenting decision for the rest of the day, loudly and if necessary as babytalk to DS (if that's how the insult to me started).
I found lots of people were shocked when they saw my daughter feeding herself "normal" food. My mum would even buy me packets of rafferties, even though I said "she doesn't eat pureed food!", so would just give it to her in a bowl like yoghurt lol
But now that she is 14 months old, eats most things, tries new things, and is able to use utensils and drink from a cup, all I am asked is "How'd you do it?!" and get praised about how awesome she is at eating.
Don't let them get you down, and if they still want to belittle you, buy them a copy of the BLW book
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I've just taken my second toddler through BLS, and despite my DD having an enormous eating repertoire, great language and superb fine motor skills...they still gave me stick.
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