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What is the most annoying/wrong advice you have received?

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YOLO13
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Re: What is the most annoying/wrong advice you have received?

Posted by NASP09

When I was nursing I was asked when I planned to start him on formula because formula "is so nutritious". Ok, over breast milk? Sure



Lol this and "she will sleep better/longer if you give her formula at night"

Posted 12/6/13 9:34 AM
 
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SandL
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Re: What is the most annoying/wrong advice you have received?

I was told I should stop breastfeeding DSat 3 months because he cried a lot. They swore he was always hungry ( but i actually produced an insane amount of BM ).
I EBF to 16 months, and DS has been in the 90% for weight and 99% in height since he was a month old. So much for him starving.

Recently, I have been told by several people that I was supposed to switch DS from RF to FF at one years old. dS is 22 months and still rf.

Also, how i was supposed to give dS juice at 6 months. He has never had juice. No need. Hr loves water and milk.

Posted 12/6/13 9:38 AM
 

MrsT809
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What is the most annoying/wrong advice you have received?

I feel VERY lucky reading some of these. I get questions mostly from my mom but she knows not to push it.

Definitely the juice question along with when can she have ice cream - dd has a milk allergy so the answer is always going to be NO for now!. Others are when can she turn forward in the car and when can she have a pillow or a blanket in the crib.

Posted 12/6/13 10:03 AM
 

ANewDayHasCome
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Re: What is the most annoying/wrong advice you have received?

Posted by MrsT809

I feel VERY lucky reading some of these. I get questions mostly from my mom but she knows not to push it.

Definitely the juice question along with when can she have ice cream - dd has a milk allergy so the answer is always going to be NO for now!. Others are when can she turn forward in the car and when can she have a pillow or a blanket in the crib.



You must not have a know it all MIL.....

Posted 12/6/13 10:56 AM
 

MrsPorkChop
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What is the most annoying/wrong advice you have received?

not much because no one had any experience with twins let alone preemie twins. i was like a dictator in my house to anyone that wanted to help. i told them what to do and how to do it.
any advice i received i laughed off in my head and gave a polite nod.

Posted 12/6/13 10:58 AM
 

alli3131
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What is the most annoying/wrong advice you have received?

I never even paid attention to any advice. IMO none it bothers me....give all the advice you want....I just ignore it. I have gotten very think skin over the years....

Posted 12/6/13 11:10 AM
 

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Re: What is the most annoying/wrong advice you have received?

Posted by alli3131

I never even paid attention to any advice. IMO none it bothers me....give all the advice you want....I just ignore it. I have gotten very think skin over the years....



I don't think anyone paid attention to any of the advice in this thread Chat Icon

Posted 12/6/13 11:15 AM
 

alli3131
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Re: What is the most annoying/wrong advice you have received?

Posted by Katareen

Posted by alli3131

I never even paid attention to any advice. IMO none it bothers me....give all the advice you want....I just ignore it. I have gotten very think skin over the years....



I don't think anyone paid attention to any of the advice in this thread Chat Icon



By paid attention....I mean even giving any thought to it to let it bother me. I'm sure people have given advice but I never even let it enter my thoughts enough to remember it.

Sort of like all the pregnancy comments. I'm sure I had people giving it but I don't remember.

Posted 12/6/13 11:39 AM
 

cateyemm
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Re: What is the most annoying/wrong advice you have received?

Posted by lcherian

Posted by Maybe-Baybe

Posted by ChristinaM128

EVERY TIME SHE CRIES OR WHINES: "she must be hungry..."



Do you BF? I get this all the time (more so when she was just born.) This is to imply my BM is not sufficient enough?? Ughhh



Ugh same here! And then I would get questioned, "are you sure you're making enough milk?" This was at 10 months. Chat Icon



I still get this. My twins are a year and are in the 50-75 percentiles for height and weight.

I have heard every single one of these - except the lung strengthening oneChat Icon

Posted 12/6/13 8:46 PM
 

ChristinaM128
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Re: What is the most annoying/wrong advice you have received?

I just remembered another one! My grandmother told me to tie a string to the pacifier, and hang the string around dd's neck.

Posted 12/7/13 2:49 PM
 

justbeachy
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Re: What is the most annoying/wrong advice you have received?

On the opposite side of things from most of you....:

#1:

"You're NOT BF?! Wow. Ok. <insert judgmental look here>."

Response: "Nope - we decided what was best for our family and BF wasn't for us."

#2:

"You let her cry at night? That's going to scar her."

Response: "It was 2 tough nights of tears, but she now sleeps every night from 6:30 pm - 9:30 am and is the happiest baby on the block"

Unreal how many people made me feel like a sh!tty mother because of these two things.


Others.....

"The baby should be facing forward in the car. She needs to see you. She'll feel safer."

Response: "Actually, she'll BE safer if she is rear facing."


From my ILs:

"It's so weird! Even though she always goes to bed at 6:30 by you, she NEVER does here! Last night she was up and having fun at midnight!!! No signs of tiredness!!"

Response: "............!?? Oh. Well, I'm sure she would have gone to bed MUCH earlier, WITHOUT tears, if you tried..............."

Posted 12/7/13 3:27 PM
 

Kerie-is-so-very
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Re: What is the most annoying/wrong advice you have received?

Are you guys ready for this: I should not worry about projectile vomiting because DH had it as a baby, so it's just a hereditary thing.

This list of other gems like this one is endless.

Posted 12/7/13 6:28 PM
 

miabella
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Re: What is the most annoying/wrong advice you have received?

not really advice but just little digs I guess...

well you shouldn't use powder formula you will contaminate the formula...my << insert name of sil>>>>uses liquid on <<<insert name of nephew>>. ....
fast forward to sil baby number two and who do I see mixing powder formula for her grandbaby ???? the pot or the kettle not sure which one she wanted to be ;).

even though I was dying to say well what do you think the LIQUID formula is made from ??? and all these recalls I mean u really don't kow how sanitary things are in factories .
Plus its not like I didn't wash my hands before always making and feeding her.
I bit my tongue everytime I see a bottle being made over there now ...I keep my mouth shut to keep the peace ( even though im dying to blurt out what was said in my presence knowing I used powder )

rant over sorry ladies lol

Posted 12/7/13 7:02 PM
 
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