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I wish I had read this about 4 years ago when other "mommies" started telling me what to do!

Things I Am Learning From The "Mother Drive-By" Thread

"Are you breastfeeding?"
"Why do you ask?"
"Oh, just wondering."
"We only share our parenting decisions with family, but thank you for your concern."

"Do you work?"
"Not outside the home, no."
"I could never do that, I'd go crazy sitting around the house all day."
"Then working outside the home sounds like the right choice for you. I think it's wonderful when families create arrangements that fit their specific needs."

"I don't know how you can put that baby in day care. Why did you even have a child if you weren't going to raise her yourself?"
"We needed someone who could fetch the TV remote when we were too drunk to get off the couch and find it."

"I can't believe you're still nursing! When are you going to wean?"
"Wean? What are you talking about? What is this word you say - 'wean'?"

"I can't understand women who don't co-sleep. It's so unnatural! They must not have any maternal instinct."
"That is so true! And women who belittle other mothers, they must not have any social skills."

"Should you really be eating that when you're pregnant?"
[starting to cry] "PREGNANT? I'm not pregnant! What are you saying??"

"Why don't you put a coat on that baby?"
"Why don't you put a cork in that shriek hole?"

"I can't believe you let your baby cry! That's child abuse!"
"See, that's why God wants you by His right knee in heaven, to help Him figure out how to smite bad mothers like me."

"He's not sleeping through the night yet?"
"Only when we put cough syrup in his bottle."

"Why are you using that stroller? Why don't you use a sling? What's wrong with you?"
"WHY YOU LOOKIN' AT ME LIKE YOU KNOW ME? WHY YOU LOOKIN' AT ME LIKE THAT, PLAYA? YOU WANNA PIECE OF ME? YOU WANNA THROW DOWN?"

I can't wait!

Thank you ChezMiscarriage!