Countering the "rod-for-your-own-backers"

[luscious Laura]

those rod for your back people really irk me!!

I found the best way to deal with them was to remain calm but serve it right back!

"firstly,I don't mean to sound rude, but I don't recall making any comments on your parenting style!! what makes you feel that you are right and I am wrong? do you have research to back up your claims? because I can pull together a stack supporting my choices"

that gets them everytime!! there aren't many that will come back from that!

if they do persist.... then I usually ask them to to justify their decisions to me.... I refuse to be the one on the back foot.... especially when i know that i'm right (who else is going to be right when it comes to the parenting choices that effect MY family?!? )

I would never ever make a judgemental comment like that to someone else... and it seems that most parents that co-sleep, BF, baby wear etc are not the types that go around judging others anyway...

Personally, i think the people that these people that feel compelled to question our parenting styles are doing so becuase they need validation for their choices.... and that's not my job.