*hug* beckles that is what gets me too sometimes, you spend so much time choosing your words & building up your child for someone else to take 10 seconds and destroy it. In the past week we've had it happen 5 times. Matilda was called a "difficult" child as a baby and again last week by a nurse at our GP. I said "she's not difficult, she is Matilda" We had someone say to me that I should smack Jovie who is only 10 months old because she deserved it for crying. She's teething & if she needs to cry for 2 hours I will do everything I can to comfort her but I am NOT going to smack her for it.

Both times afterwards I've had to spend time with them settling them & letting them know that they are okay. Matilda told DH when he got home from work "I difficult Daddy" to which he looked at me & said "were you?? well not all the time baby only when you don't listen to mummy" (thinking that I had said she was being difficult). I was thankful that he was in the same mind space as I am. There are no difficult babies.

Sorry went on a rant myself there... but I hear ya.