What was the worst advice that you ever got as a mom (or dad)?

[regbyandjulie]

Originally Posted by quiltingdiva I'm currently 22 weeks with my second. My first child is 11 YO, and I am tired of people looking at me when I tell them that I'm pregnant and giving me a look of sympathy followed by, "So sorry, was it an accident?" Was WHAT an accident? Was it an accident that I accidentally slapped you silly for asking a totally stupid question like that? It's not like I'm freaking ancient...I'm only 30 for pity's sake.

Originally Posted by kdownie When I was pregnant, a lady at my church told me that I should be sure to tell my DH what I would want to say to my baby in case I died during childbirth. (I lived outside of Atlanta, Geogia at the time, so not exactly a third world country or anything, plus I am a very healthy person who ended up with a great pregnancy with no complications.)

I had a woman at church tell me I should consider consulting my lawyer and draw up a Will for the same reason.

A lot of people who see my wedding ring are surprised to find out I'm pregnant with my first. When I tell people I got married at age 20, they assume it was because I was pregnant, so I couldn't have married so young and am only now having children... Right.

[TheWoman]

Originally Posted by regbyandjulie A lot of people who see my wedding ring are surprised to find out I'm pregnant with my first. When I tell people I got married at age 20, they assume it was because I was pregnant, so I couldn't have married so young and am only now having children... Right.

When my husband's parents found out we were getting married (he was 21 and I was 19--but was 20 by the time we were actually married) his mother assumed I was pregnant. The funny thing is that I got the impression that if I were pregnant they would have supported the marriage but since I wasn't we were too young and too poor and had no business getting married. His Dad even went so far as to predict to other relatives when the divorce would be. I never did find out when that is supposed to occur, but in a month we will have been married for 11 years.

[dliver316]

I love my mother dearly...but as I have said before she drives me nuts.

She always has lots of great advice for me about parenting: First of all, before I had my son she said I shouldnt breastfeed. She said "those babies arent healthy and dont gain enough weight." I said oh yeah mom, God had it all wrong.

Then I told her I wanted to teach my son sign language to help him communicate with me better before he can talk. And she says "Oh no dont do that people will think he is stupid." What????


To her credit, she is doing a lot better with her strange advice giving and now agrees that nursing my son was a good thing.

[lmncc2003]

Haha...... well, my lovely mother actually told me in the hospital that I shouldn't give my son his father's last name...
Ummm....

[whitneyleann]

To put him in his crib, shut the door, and let him CIO, just turn the TV up loud. He was only a few weeks old. Then (same person) that he was fussy because he was eating too much. Then, she proceeded to take his bottle away. Give me a break.

[whitneyleann]

I don't know how I forgot about this one.

I was very swollen during my pregnancy and I was at my final OB appointment. My induction was the next week. Because I was so swollen, my rings didn't fit. Also, I am only 19, nevermind that I am married and my son was planned. This woman picks me out everyone in the waiting room (and it was packed) and hands me a booklet on sin. Wow, thanks hun. I didn't say anything, because I do understand most 19 year olds aren't married or stable enough or even want children for that matter, but I still think she had some balls.

[chriscree]

To not let them "stand" like holding their hands or in an excersaucer... too early or they would be bow legged...

That the cat would steal their breath so I should get rid of her...

I'm sure there are others.

[chloesmom46]

My dysfunctional backwards idiotic horribly behind the times neolithic period thinking in-laws advice that all children with sensory issues...you know like my children, just needed to be spanked more.....yeah......ok...and that is how you turned out so great huh? idiot.

[Ruddysgirl]

My grandmother was insisted that I used home remedies when my children got sick. One of my daughters had a real bad cough and she told me she was gonna fix her up real good.

She than asked me if I had Crisco or Lard and Turpentine? I am thinking what the heck do YOU think you are gonna do. I said no. She told me she would run to the store and get it. I asked what are you going to do with it. She said, and I kid you not, You rub the lard over their chest than take a towel and soak it in Turpentine and wrap it around their chest. I t will relieve the congestion. She than informed me that she had done this to me when I was a baby! I am like wth.

[zoeys_mom]

Originally Posted by quiltingdiva Ooooo...I did think of a good one advice-wise. This is a totally true story, I swear! (To put this in perspective, my DH's family is somewhat *ahem* more than "country" at times.) We were visiting my FIL and MIL, and my SIL and BIL were there also. My neice was around 10 months old and she was chewing on everything and I was holding her. I asked if she had a teething ring in her diaper bag. I kid you not, my SIL went to the diaper bag and pulled out a rawhide dog bone and handed it to me. I just looked at it and asked what I was supposed to do with it, and she said, "That's what she chews on." WHAT?!?!? They have two small dogs and SIL said that she got tired of trying to keep DN from chewing on the dog's bones, and she didn't like the teething rings, so she just bought her a new rawhide bone like the dog's and gave it to her instead. OMG I just sat there in shock...I had forgotten about it until the other day when SIL (same one)and I were talking were talking to the minister's wife whose DD is teething right now and SIL told her to buy a rawhide bone that it really massaged the gums! I have so many stories about my dysfunctional SIL and BIL I could go on for days....they are, well, I can't even begin to adequately describe them.

Lmao, you need to sell these stories to Jeff Foxworthy!