What's the stupidest thing someone has ever asked or done around your baby?

Question

I hate it when people come over to my house, want to play wil the baby, and then inform me they are sick. How stupid is that? Do they think I need a sick baby? One person came over, told me as she was leaving she had a sinus cold, and my baby and I both got it. I could not tell she had it until she told me and I was furious ... where is common sense these days? She then wanted to come back a few days later. When I told here the baby was sick she said "Oh, I don't mind baby germs..."!!!!

Answer 1

This was when I just gave birth to my first son. I had him in his sleeper on the ground and left him for a minute to go to the bathroom. When I came back there was a giant kitchen knife under his sleeper. I shouted, " Who placed this here?" His Grandpa (bless his soul) came out of his room and said, " Oh, it's to keep evil spirits away." I called my husband right away and told him that there was no way I was staying at his parents house any longer.

Answer 2

The same thing happened to me, a friend came over and held my baby and she told me ten minutes later she was sick. Well a week later my baby had to be admitted ot the hospital at seven weeks old because she was sick and they had to assess if it was bacterial or viral and when babies are that young they do not take any chances, so a spinal tap, a cathater, and blood work, and an iv in her skull hand and finally leg and a 48 hour stay in the hospital later it was deemed to be viral and i could take my baby home. THAT IS STUPID! other then that I learned that i must literally ask people if they are sick before they come around my baby....and that is so stupid, why do sick people hold babies when they know they have no immune system practically. ALso another stupid thing is a reletive holding my baby and this is when she was one month old and letting her flop around without holding her head, i had to literally take my baby away so that she would not snap her poor neck or something.

Answer 3

The stupidest thing I've had happen is people who come by or call just for my husband and don't even acknowledge the fact that the children exist. It's like - okay - there's a total package here buddy - you can't just have a relationship with daddy and expect that he can drop everything at a moments notice like men without kids do! Then, get offended that he doesn't spend as much time with them as he used to - like okay - when he was single, working part time and living with mother - he had all the time in the world writing long letters to relatives and calling weekly - taking all kinds of trips with relatives four or five times a year. Now that he doesn't do this kind of thing as much anymore - friends and family are offended like he has to keep up with them and focus on them - forget that he has a family now, a full time job and responsibility to share.

You need to put your foot down on people and say no - that's what I do with people who act stupid around baby - husband has to say no too. If they just show up at your door it doesn't matter if it's your own mother - ask them - do you have a cold, flu or have you been sick recently. If the answer is yes then say sorry - I can't risk having a sick baby right now - give me a call later and we can talk.

Answer 4

My daughter weighed nine pounds and five ounces the day she was born. A week later, we were on an emergency diaper run to Wal-Mart (I know, I know...). This woman walked up to the buggy and looked at my daughter and said, "Oh, she's so cute. How old is she?" I told her a week, and the lady goes, "I'm not stupid. That kid's gotta be at least a month old."

Like I wasn't there when she was BORN!!! I smiled and said, "No ma'am, she's only a week old." The lady actually asked to see proof of my daughter's age! I thought about showing her my stitches, but decided that wouldn't be very smart.

Now, my daughter has VERY curly hair. I'm always getting asked if it's permed or natural. When I say natural, people always go, "Are you sure it's not permed?" Well, duh!

Answer 5

I hate that too! I really dislike when we have play group and a mother says, "I know my son is too sick to be here but he wanted to come so bad, I just couldn't say no" Then the rest of the play group children and the younger siblings get sick.

I can't really think of one stupid thing done or asked around my children (there have been some good ones I just can't remember them right now) I just wanted to commiserate with you with what has happened to you.

Hope you all feel better soon!

Answer 6

My last baby was very sensitive to foods. When he was 8 months old or so we were at a family reunion (in a large resort cabin, 21 people total). He was still nursing for the largest part of his nutrition, and my sister in law felt the need to come in the bedroom where I was laying with him to nurse and say "you know you don't need to be doing that so much now, you can drink juice and milk and eat food too" to him. I had already told them all that he could not eat pretty much any solids yet and juice and such tore his butt up bad @@

Answer 7

With my first son, I was in horrible pain from labor. I was young, and had a room full of people. I thought the Dr. would make them leave when it got close, but he didn't. One of the women that were in the room while I was in labor went outside. When she came back in I was having a bad contraction and she actually asked me where it hurt? I just looked at her and yelled "Where the F**k do you think it hurts!" I felt bad right away, but what kind of a stupid question is that! Needless to say, I didn't let people in the room with any of my other births.

Answer 8

I used to hate when people asked the sex of my son. Seriously, it didn't matter if I had him dressed in blue or green head to toe with a shirt that had trucks on it and a hat that said "Daddy's Little Boy". People would STILL say, 'Oh how cute is SHE!' or "Oh how precious, is it a boy?"

Another time, I was in the grocery store and my son was freaking out because it was past nap time. A lady walked up to me and asked if the baby was okay. I told her that he was fine. She then told me that perhaps his socks were too tight and hurting him!

Answer 9

People can be really inconsiderate, cant they? I dont know if this is considered stupid, but it made me pretty mad - a stranger on the bus kissed my 10mth old daughter on her cheek, leaving SPIT behind. I was mortified. I've had a number of my husband's family comment on my starved girl (because I was breastfeeding), offering her bottles behind my back (and then saying, 'she didnt take a bottle, I dont know why'). Loads of people ask if my little girl is a boy, even when dressed completely in purple and/or pink. Someone at the mall told me my daughter's head was 'dangerously' angled while she was sleeping in the Baby Bjorn carrier. Uh, noooo, just slightly turned to the side. Asking me if my daughter wasnt too cold after 10 seconds of looking at her (again in the Baby Bjorn, and I could feel her sweating against me!) - this one happened a lot. Someone telling me that babies preferred to face in while in the baby carrier (after seeing my girl facing out). Hello, I think I know what my baby likes! And she prefers to face out to see everything around her, thank you very much for your unwanted and incorrect advice. The list goes on, mostly strangers trying to instruct me on how to take care of my baby. As if I'm not a capable, educated, intelligent adult who can make decisions for myself without their child rearing instructions. I asked my husband if I looked like I need help as I go about my daily chores with my daughter... he says I dont have anything written on my forehead or a sign hanging around my neck, but still the comments come. Less and less now that my daughter is older thank goodness, as I'm not very understanding about things like that.

Answer 10

I was changing my son's diaper at mom-in-law's once when he was 1 m old, and of course the uncles had to watch, too. Here I was, changing a poopy diaper with an audience! My older brother in law started gagging at the smell, and my hubby's twin bro started whining about how nasty it was and couldn't believe I was actually touching it. To top it all off, my m-i-l took a look at his penis and commented on how well-endowed he was! Can you imagine? I was so annoyed, I didn't even know what to say.