Being mother to a premmie.

[TeniBear]

While you shouldn't be afraid to tell your story, you also shouldn't feel that you need to tell complete strangers. It is none of their business. If you don't feel like talking about it, don't.

Yeah, that. I'd just tell them she was prem and leave it at that. If they ask more questions, they're likely genuinely interested, so unlikely to be judgey; and you can talk about it if you want, or tell them you'd rather not.


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[Early Kids]

Totally agree with what's already been said

It depends on my mood as to whether I tell them DS1's real age or lie... most of the time I lie and just say the age that he looks. DS1 is 5 and when people ask me how old he is along with their guess I usually agree with their guess, which is usually way off lol.

It does get easier, and the older they get the less polite I've become at their stupid questions. I've had people ask me if DS1 was normal... my reply... was a question back at them... Are you normal? that shut them up lol.

[diva det]

aww hun i feel you pain
we used to get stopped at the time becuase they were twins
and then i would get "OMG they are soo small!" like no crap sherlock (mind you they were 1.7kg and 2.4kg when they came out of hossy so that was big to me at the time)
and they i would be ask when they were born, were they sick and cop this - were they IVF? like i am gonna tell a stranger this info

I did end up with a leather hide from all the comments and i learnt not to make eye contact with anyone when i was out- i know that sounds strange but i was getting stopped like ever 100 meters and a 30 mins shopping trip would end up 2 hours cause of all the sticky beaks

In the end I would make sure that they were really covered up so they could see out but people could not see how tiny and also not touch them- yup people would touch them and i would go off!!
hugs hun and it will settle and you do learn to be really sarcastic when you haave to be lol
hugs