Weird comments and compliments

[jewel441]

I'm sure I'm not the only one who thinks ppl say weird things about LO....

[jewel441]

1. You can tell she'll never need a nose job, I mean, not that there is anything wrong with that.
2. She is so alert (this one I have gotten from so many ppl, are babies like not supposed to look at thing and have there eyes open?!)
3. What a sweet little voice (while LO cries hysterically)

[cinnamonsmiles]

Same with the being so alert. I've also gotten from a picture taken her first few days of life: aww, can't believe her eyes are open already! Like wtf she's not a bird...

[megrae12]

May 26, 2016 7:53:33 GMT -5 cinnamonsmiles said:

Same with the being so alert. I've also gotten from a picture taken her first few days of life: aww, can't believe her eyes are open already! Like wtf she's not a bird...

Omg! The open eyes comment! I got asked if W was born with his eyes open, by a lady in her 60's. Im not joking. She then proceeded to be amazed that he could sleep through everyone talking. Apparently, she drew the line at be bfing tho. That was just to much for her. Everyone tells me he looks like a doll, which I think means he is cute. I dunno, I've seen some ugly dolls so....

[fignewt]

Yesterday I was outside with my 3 yo, and baby K was inside with DH when the college girl that babysits for my neighbor's kid asked me if I had had the baby yet. Wut.

[sunshineshades]

I hate hate being asked if she's a good baby. How do you answer that? No she's horrible? What even makes a good baby?

[arbe]

"Oh you didn't loose all your weight yet?" Um thanks

[ironmom]

"He has your nose!"

It's not weird, it just cracks me up because he absolutely does not. I don't even have my nose. Took care of that a long time ago!

"He's so chunky! What are you eating that your breast milk would be so fatty??"

Yeah, no, that's not how it works. At all.

[SheilaTheTank]

May 26, 2016 10:16:29 GMT -5 arbe said:

"Oh you didn't loose all your weight yet?" Um thanks

And then you proceeded to throat punch them, right?

[arbe]

May 26, 2016 10:56:34 GMT -5 SheilaTheTank said:

May 26, 2016 10:16:29 GMT -5 arbe said:

"Oh you didn't loose all your weight yet?" Um thanks

And then you proceeded to throat punch them, right?

Ha, 80something yr old lady in wheelchair.... would probably get arrested.

[jess9802]

The biggest WTF moment I had was with DS1. He was maybe three weeks old and we were at Wal-Mart grocery shopping. I was holding him, with a receiving blanket over my shoulder. An old lady in a motorized scooter came up and this was our exchange:

Old Hag: "Is that a baby?"
Me: "Yes." (beaming with pride)
Old Hag: "How old?"
Me: "Seventeen days."
Old Hag: (shakes head) "Congratulations, I guess," in a most disgusted tone. And then she scooted off down the aisle as my jaw dropped. It took all I had to not run after and ask her exactly what she meant by that. I was PISSED.

[paloslee]

I get the "he is so alert" comment all the time.

[rachelilly23]

The only weird encounter I've had with K is at a coffee shop an old lady asked, "How old? 2 weeks?" She was 2 months and 11.5 lbs...

[SheilaTheTank]

May 26, 2016 11:06:50 GMT -5 arbe said:

May 26, 2016 10:56:34 GMT -5 SheilaTheTank said:

And then you proceeded to throat punch them, right?

Ha, 80something yr old lady in wheelchair.... would probably get arrested.

There is not a woman out there who would convict you. 

[SheilaTheTank]

Since I had a winter baby I had a bunting that went over the car seat and completely closed it off. I like it because it kept her warm and kept people from being touchy. Every single fucking person I encountered would ask "is there a baby in there?".

No jackass, I just like to carry around a car seat for funsies.

[rosetyler72]

This thread has me in tears from laughter.

-He's so big AND he's tiny in the same day.

[miggg]

"Ohh look at him.. He's so masculine!"

"Does he speak French or English?"

Uhhh neither.. He's 12 weeks old..

[blackbird]

She gets called a boy a lot.

[megrae12]

May 27, 2016 11:08:44 GMT -5 blackbird said:

She gets called a boy a lot.

W gets called a girl a lot. I had one lady that even asked why SHE was dressed like a boy. Well, lady, HE is a BOY.

[halfahippy]

The crazy librarian called A a boy the other day, while she was wearing an outfit that said little sister in huge letters across it and a pink bow on her head.

[sunshineshades]

When dd1 was a baby an employee at home depot stopped dh to see her. Somehow it came up she nurses a lot. The employee told us that's because she's going to be tall and therefore I should be giving her formula as well as nursing. That she was going to be over 6 feet tall....
At 3.5 dd is of average height if not shorter lol.

[katespade]

May 27, 2016 11:08:44 GMT -5 blackbird said:

She gets called a boy a lot.

I had J in a pink onesie yesterday and someone asked me how old my "little guy" is.

I get the alert thing all of the time.

[songbirdsinging55]

My favorite: elderly cashier at Bed bath and beyond

Cashier : "Aww how cute, who's baby?"

Me : "mine"

Cashier : "really?"

WTF? I mean I know she has DH's fair complexion and blue eyes but she looks like me. I am mexican so maybe she thought I was the nanny lol

[rosetyler72]

May 27, 2016 21:01:59 GMT -5 songbirdsinging55 said:

My favorite: elderly cashier at Bed bath and beyond

Cashier : "Aww how cute, who's baby?"

Me : "mine"

Cashier : "really?"

WTF? I mean I know she has DH's fair complexion and blue eyes but she looks like me. I am mexican so maybe she thought I was the nanny lol

Or maybe she thought you looked way to smoking hot to have just had a baby.

[peachesncream]

May 27, 2016 11:03:37 GMT -5 miggg said:

"Ohh look at him.. He's so masculine!"

"Does he speak French or English?"

Uhhh neither.. He's 12 weeks old..

"Only Mandarin Chinese actually, can't understand a word he's saying."

[peachesncream]

Exchange with a friend of my grandma's:
Her: "You're not going back to work, are you?"
Me: "Actually yes, next week."
Her: *scoff* "Oh, so you must not be breastfeeding?" *nose in air*
Me: "Well I don't know how that's relevant but yes, I am."
Her: "But you'll have to stop when you go to work... unless... will you just drive to daycare whenever she needs to nurse?"

Dude, what century is this?!?

[songbirdsinging55]

May 28, 2016 17:49:19 GMT -5 rosetyler72 said:

May 27, 2016 21:01:59 GMT -5 songbirdsinging55 said:

My favorite: elderly cashier at Bed bath and beyond

Cashier : "Aww how cute, who's baby?"

Me : "mine"

Cashier : "really?"

WTF? I mean I know she has DH's fair complexion and blue eyes but she looks like me. I am mexican so maybe she thought I was the nanny lol

Or maybe she thought you looked way to smoking hot to have just had a baby.

Lol, I wish!

[katespade]

May 28, 2016 19:29:00 GMT -5 peachesncream said:

Exchange with a friend of my grandma's:
Her: "You're not going back to work, are you?"
Me: "Actually yes, next week."
Her: *scoff* "Oh, so you must not be breastfeeding?" *nose in air*
Me: "Well I don't know how that's relevant but yes, I am."
Her: "But you'll have to stop when you go to work... unless... will you just drive to daycare whenever she needs to nurse?"

Dude, what century is this?!?

People really don't get that pumps work now.

The funny thing is I had the opposite with my grandmother, who before J was born basically kept telling my mom that I couldn't possibly succeed at breastfeeding because she couldn't do it- that my aunt kept biting her as a newborn- and that I should just formula feed. Oh, and that I should make my own formula.

I'm pretty sure the reason I have terrible digestive issues is because they fed me homemade formula.

[katespade]

Oh, also. I have one of the little clip on stroller fans. You would think that J has a gold plated eagle statue in there with her by the way people react.

DOES THAT BABY HAVE A FAN?!

LOOK AT THAT FANCY BABY AND HER FAN.

WOW, A FAN!

WHERE DID YOU EVEN FIND THAT?!

[rosetyler72]

May 30, 2016 9:29:05 GMT -5 katespade said:

Oh, also. I have one of the little clip on stroller fans. You would think that J has a gold plated eagle statue in there with her by the way people react.

DOES THAT BABY HAVE A FAN?!

LOOK AT THAT FANCY BABY AND HER FAN.

WOW, A FAN!

WHERE DID YOU EVEN FIND THAT?!

Just make sure to get a toilet seat made of gold when you begin potty training. Lol