Oh yeah, a hip baby is tough! DD has been in a brace for 3 months now, hopefully it will be off on Tuesday. But having a little baby that wants to get mobile is no walk in the park
i have had a lot of stupid comments about it all too.. i had three "perfect" babies (lol) that slept all night and stuff and now #4 is being a "normal" baby and waking up during the night ect i get told it is my punishment for having 3 perfect sleepers.. I dont think people actually think when they talk about un born/ newborn babies. I recently became the aunty too a little girl and the minute we found out it was a girl my sister had a - "thats great she is going to be a spoilt little biartch" comment ... she wasnt even an hour old. I think some people should just not even bother talking hey LOL
people's mouths are often not connected to their brains. and they see what they want to. i've never understood why people can't just say what a beautiful baby/child you have & stop there. and if they care about you/like you why wouldn't they just wish you another little person just the same?
People really can say the stupidest things can't they? I hate it when people things to me like "hopefully the next one will be as good as your daughter". Ummm, I have a son too! Are you saying he's a bad child? Ok, so maybe he wasn't quite as placid as my DD or sleep quite as well during the day, but he's still GOOD!
I hate when people ask "is he/she a good baby?". There's no such thing as a BAD baby. That just seems like the stupidest question ever to me.
Deal your wrath! It is very insensitive to say that, or as happened to me, the opposite (Dd had terrible reflux, screamed 12hours a day). At the time I was too exhausted and petrified that baby #2 *was* going to be a screamer like Dd to respond in a defensive way. Don't put up with it.
I understand totally!!
Except people are saying it the other way round: Your next one will be a "good baby" since E was so "BAD" Miss E was not "BAD" she had/has severe gastro reflux which in turn has caused the sleep problems etc.
Argh! People can be pathetic sometimes! I honestly don't know many humans have the nature to begrudge anyone who hasn't done it as hard as they did in a certain area. My sister is a classic example, just because my husband is really hands on and is just simply all round awesome she just can't stand it. She's annoyed that she didn't have any help with her kids so doesn't want to hear about how good things are for me in that regard. But DS has never slept through the night, he still wakes a few times. Some friends who have/had great sleepers just do not know the depth of sleep deprivation for an extended period of time (16 months and counting for us), It's impossible to comprehend if you haven't been there. So while they brag about how good their sleeper is a fleeting though can go through my head of 'you've got no friggin idea' but I'd NEVER wish it upon them!
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