OMG Smiles and Dan - whilst age and other fertility issues are not my reasons for 'still only' having one child, I very much relate to the comments you get from other people!! I am getting this A LOT and it really does shut people up (and better still, make them shift in their seats and want to go away!) when I say that I probably would be pregnant if I"d had a period yet! I tell them straight after that, that when DS backs off his BFing, then I'll start ovulating again and that's when he'll be ready and meanwhile, I'm so besotted with him that it's just as well he's the only one. Really, no-one wants to discuss my periods or female functions, but if they're going to be so nosy, let's talk about how babies get here!! Dan - not hijacking at all, this is also really bugging me ATM, so well-timed! Try it, though - it is uncomfortable the first couple of times, then it just starts to roll of the tongue and starts to feel normal to talk about reproductive functions...and they are, after all, opening the flood gates...
Same, Karina - I have started to say, when quizzed about DS's Bfing and the duration of it "yes, well he's only 2!", with that 'duh' tone in my voice. This seems to be working!
With the hair, I'm using 'I like his surfer look'. Funnily enough, yesterday we were at a BBQ and someone there was saying that their son gets mistaken for a girl and she says it's when he's wearing really boyish clothes - I jumped on it and told DP "see, and he has short hair, so it doesn't even matter what length it is, people will always ask!". I'm never going to cut DS's hair just so that people know what sex he is. And now it's a good length to tuck behind his ears
Astrid - I cannot believe a GP would do that to you! I had a GP ask me in such a berating and condescending tone of voice "why are you still breastfeeding?"...when DS was about 22 months old...never going back there and I might even write to the practice manager still...I've been a bit busy to do it since it happened...I gave her the WHO spiel but she didn't care. Dumb @rse.