strangers NEED to know "are you breast or bottle feeding?" and other moronic episodes (very long rant)

[Melanie]

I hated that one: "IS he GOOD?" No, he's a rotten spoiled newborn who cries when he's hungry or lonely or cold or scared.

There's no GOOD babies or else there'd be BAD ones!

I would just respond (luckily), "He's an eeeasssy baby."



>I have to admit that no one's ever asked me if I am BFing or
>bottlefeeding, or if I had Nate circumsized, 'though I get
>the "is he a good baby?" question from time to time. And
>lots of comments about how Nate is cute, which is nice, but
>what is an appropriate response? I usually just say "thank
>you," or "I think so."

Mommy to Jonah

[josephsmom]

Now, what the heck could that possibly mean? That might be one of the most ignorant ones yet!

Helene
mommy to Joseph 12/29/01

[sarao]

My contribution to funny behavior of grandparents:

First, the whole family gets their acts together to go on vactation. Four grandparents, 2 aunts, 1 uncle, new parents, 6 month old baby, who has the burden of being the first grandchild on both sides of the family. Baby gets constipated. No big deal - we go buy "Baby Drano" (prune juice). While waiting for it to work, everyone (esp. MIL) is wondering about the poopy, where's the poopy?, when will it come?, what to do about the poopy? My in-laws are very religious, and when long-awaited poopy did arrive, MIL exclaims, "Praise the Lord!"

Fast forward to just a month ago. DD is now 16 mo, and still breast-feeding. (Just wait 'til the neighbors start asking you if you're STILL breastfeeding!) Anyways, DD and I nap together, and if I don't wake up fast enough for her liking, she'll sometimes give me a bite. Well, I tell DH, who tells his mom when she calls for her weekly update. FIL was not around for the update, so he calls back later, and asks me about my boob!!! (He phrased it more delicately.) Sooooo embarrassing! My only comment/request was that they not ask for a special prayer for my boob at church.

Just thought I would share.....
SAHM, Liliana 1/26/2002

[4S Ranch]

Hmmm.... Lactation porn, huh? I had no idea - that explains it. I had an obscene phone call, if you can imagine, at the hospital the day after my daughter was born. I was really out of it and the room was chaotic when he called. He identified himself as "Pediatric Services" and my DH handed me the phone. He started asking me how BF was going, and then proceeded to walk me through a massage technique to get my milk to come in and keep me from getting engorged. He used a lot of medical jargon and BF terms so we think he worked at the hospital. I don't know where my brain was (he probably counts on that), but I didn't realize anything was up until he used the word "titty". I was so mad at myself for even talking to him - I mean why would a hospital employ a man to talk to new moms about BF? When I told the staff, they said it had happened before. Crazy! I wonder what makes people develop fetishes like that?

As for the unsolicited comments/advice... Lots of older women, including my grandmother, tell me I'm going to "spoil that baby" by carrying her in the sling. And my friend with twin infants said if someone blesses her heart one more time, she'll lose it!

Shelly