Mini rant

[bromios]

Because when your spouse has a massive extended family someone always says something awesome. Dws cousin was cooing over her new nephew and said "I swear he is as big as the twins put together when they were born!" To which I responded "that wouldn't be that big. That would be 6lb 9oz." Sometimes I hate people.

[motownthrowdown]

Ugh. Nice comeback though. Bitches.

[sweetcali]

Rude.

A few people have said to me "Oh C's baby was born just a few days before L and she's so much bigger and doing things already". Fucking ignorant. I want to slap them.

[motownthrowdown]

My mom has a friend whose full term baby was born on my daughter's due date and she keeps trying to compare them in weight and skills. And wants to know why I'm not feeding her formula because formula will make her "normal sized."

[sahara78]

How obnoxious, glad you said something.

When DD was still in the NICU, I exchanged some Preemie sized clothes for NB at Carters. The cashier said most babies weren't so small that they needed Preemie. I said DD was born small, but they were duplicate gifts. So she asked the birthweight - 2 pounds. This clueless 18 year old girl then exclaimed "That's even smaller than my rabbit!" WTF.

[runningmommy519]

I think the worst I got was when I shared a comparison photo of DS1 coming home in the car seat and then one at like 4.5 months. Someone said (and I'm not joking). "Wow he barely looks human in that first photo"

Love your response.

[motownthrowdown]

Dec 28, 2015 0:29:48 GMT -5 runningmommy519 said:

I think the worst I got was when I shared a comparison photo of DS1 coming home in the car seat and then one at like 4.5 months. Someone said (and I'm not joking). "Wow he barely looks human in that first photo"

Love your response.

Your 4 or 5 pound baby "barely looks human"? Geez, they should see my first pics of A. Why are people such douche bags?

[sweetcali]

I can't believe some of this crap. Sorry ladies for inconsiderate assholes.

[bromios]

Dec 28, 2015 0:29:48 GMT -5 runningmommy519 said:

I think the worst I got was when I shared a comparison photo of DS1 coming home in the car seat and then one at like 4.5 months. Someone said (and I'm not joking). "Wow he barely looks human in that first photo"

Love your response.

The hell?!? I don't know if I would have been able to avoid going off on that person!

[runningmommy519]

motownthrowdown and bromios luckily I was in a ok place at that moment. I know the person meant no harm. What they meant to say was "wow look at how much he's grown! He looks great" I did say something though. Something like, "I know you meant X, but you comment made me feel Y"

[theycallmekveld]

Dec 28, 2015 10:49:59 GMT -5 motownthrowdown said:

Dec 28, 2015 0:29:48 GMT -5 runningmommy519 said:

I think the worst I got was when I shared a comparison photo of DS1 coming home in the car seat and then one at like 4.5 months. Someone said (and I'm not joking). "Wow he barely looks human in that first photo"

Love your response.

Your 4 or 5 pound baby "barely looks human"? Geez, they should see my first pics of A. Why are people such douche bags?

One person who was visiting in the NICU looked at DS and said "Oh! He looks like a baby! He has arms and legs!"

Uhhhhhh

[motownthrowdown]

Jan 4, 2016 7:58:20 GMT -5 theycallmekveld said:

Dec 28, 2015 10:49:59 GMT -5 motownthrowdown said:

Your 4 or 5 pound baby "barely looks human"? Geez, they should see my first pics of A. Why are people such douche bags?

One person who was visiting in the NICU looked at DS and said "Oh! He looks like a baby! He has arms and legs!"

Uhhhhhh

My step brother's girlfriend asked if my daughter had a butt. Girlfriend is 25. "Does she have a butt? My friend had a Preemie (born at 38 or 39 weeks, so I'm not sure wtf definition of preemie they were using), and her baby didn't have a butt."

[theycallmekveld]

Jan 4, 2016 8:21:49 GMT -5 motownthrowdown said:

Jan 4, 2016 7:58:20 GMT -5 theycallmekveld said:

One person who was visiting in the NICU looked at DS and said "Oh! He looks like a baby! He has arms and legs!"

Uhhhhhh

My step brother's girlfriend asked if my daughter had a butt. Girlfriend is 25. "Does she have a butt? My friend had a Preemie (born at 38 or 39 weeks, so I'm not sure wtf definition of preemie they were using), and her baby didn't have a butt."

Well, don't leave us hanging! Did she have a butt??

People amaze me.

[jense927]

Ughh just reading these infuriates me and at the same time makes me feel less alone!! The comments are the worst. Its hard to remember that people are just ignorant and to not take it personally. Strangers is one thing but I feel like my MIL made some of the worst comments (comparing to other younger babies that are ahead of him) and it is like come on! This is your grandson you are talking about. Also she says she can't watch him do his nebulizer because it is too traumatizing for her WTF??

[motownthrowdown]

Jan 4, 2016 9:35:52 GMT -5 jense927 said:

Ughh just reading these infuriates me and at the same time makes me feel less alone!! The comments are the worst. Its hard to remember that people are just ignorant and to not take it personally. Strangers is one thing but I feel like my MIL made some of the worst comments (comparing to other younger babies that are ahead of him) and it is like come on! This is your grandson you are talking about. Also she says she can't watch him do his nebulizer because it is too traumatizing for her WTF??

I always try to tell myself that most people have never seen a Preemie or a micro preemie. I mean, I definitely thought they were just small babies until I had one myself and found out just how wrong I was. But I would never, not even if I was drunk, make any of the comments on here. There's no excuse for most of them and the others are just rude. So I try to tell myself that most people are seeing a Preemie for the first time when they see pics of dd in the nicu. And then I just cuss them out in my head.