Looking for crazy stories about unasked advice from grandparents?

Question

Let me try this again. I just want to hear some funny stories about advice given to you by grandparents. I am not asking for help to deal with grandparents in any way because fortunately they live far away. For example.. I was told to put my son to sleep on his belly and to put cereal in his bottle when he was 2 weeks old because he wasn't sleeping through the night. Obviously it had been a while since they had kids. It's amazing how times change and ways to raise children change.

Answer 1

My mother-in-law sells this "product." She's very religious and believes this stuff (it's like formula but for everyone) cures everything; because "it is what God intended us to have". It's some kind of nutrition supplement. It hasn't be FDA approved and she gave me tons of it to give to my son. I was like--uh--okay, thanks. It's still sitting in our pantry--unopened and not looked at since she gave it to us. I feel bad--I just don't trust it. I hope she never comes over and sees all of it sitting in there--apparently this stuff sells for $60--a container--we have like five! LOL!

Answer 2

I have never had children, more[cranky apostrophe thanks to Mozilla bug]s the pity, so the advice I remember is from my grandparents when I was a child. And some of what they told my parents to do in raising us. They did a pretty good job helping my parents, who were young and rather frazzled. But I had a family secret, and so I do not know what it would have been like in a "normal" household, if there is such a thing.

Anyway, my grandmother was mostly who taught me the practical things about household chores, because my mother had a job since I was in nursery school, and we lived with my father[apostrophe still cranky]s parents most of the time I was preschool, and with my . . .

I give up. I need apostrophes in my life, and I do not feel properly served when I cannot use them! Mozilla, FIX IT!

Sorry, I got carried away. Now where was I?

Anyway, my paternal grandmother taught me in the kitchen, especially, and her first task was "keep me company and stay out of my way." Then, as something occurred to her I would be able to do for her -- actually be of help, not just make a mess pretending to help -- she would show me how to do it and I would do it. Usually it was something I had already watched her do. And I learned so effortlessly, and learned to love doing something new and more responsible.

That has served me well all my life.

Answer 3

My MIL informed me that breastfeeding was gross and the she wished that they had formula when her older children were babies and that you should switch a child to cows milk as soon as possible, and it was completely disgusting to breastfeed past a year.

My mom tried to give me advice on taking care of my son's uncircumcised penis (all her boys are criced) and I now know how come so many boys developed "phimosis" and infections and had to be circed as children/adults. If doctors really said all the things my mom was trying to tell me, all boys would have to be criced just to prevent trauma.