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by Samantha on September 21, 2011
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What a great post! It's so true! I honestly can't think of a specific example, but I know it happened to me. I did notice, though, by the time I had my third son, people really didn't chime in as much. I guess they figured if I was hauling around 3 kids, I may have a clue as to what I was doing.
We were out shopping with the twins, and a lady stopped us to talk about her twins. Perfectly fine, except Emily starts wailing because we've stopped moving. So I am rocking the cart back and forth, trying to move on without being rude. The lady says to me, in all seriousness, "Your baby is crying."
Um, yeah. I kinda noticed already
@Anonymous
Thanks for your kind words!
It really is amazing what people think is appropriate to say to other moms. I guess they never learned about erring on the side of caution and saying nothing, if they had nothing nice to say.
Thanks for your comment
@championm2000
Melissa, some people are unbelievable! Wouldn't it have been funny if you had responded "oh really? She's crying? I hadn't noticed."
Thanks for commenting!
I have to say that I feel pretty lucky in terms of strangers not saying things like this to me (family is a whole different story though!). More than anything, I've just gotten a lot of those ridiculous twin questions like "Are your [boy/girl] twins identical?"
@Holly Ann Yea, Holly - the things people say to twin parents is a whole other blog post!
Great posts and so true. Sometimes it is not even the comments that people makes..its more of the looks that they give. AS if we can actually control when our babies cry or when are kids get cranky because they are tired. It just irritates the hell out of me that people are so judgmental and we are in a society where people think that they have right to say what they want when they don't even know you….sad part is that if I were to slap that person in the face or cuss them out then I would be wrong!
@JenelleHi Jenelle,
Yea, it's pretty unbelievable what people feel they have the right to say to a parent. I find that the best solution is to either say something that makes them realize that their statement is out of line, or just downright ignore them!
Thanks for commenting.