Wondered if anybody can help out with this one ? A friend of mine (who is an absolute sweetheart, but very sensitive to other peoples comments) has a year old son, who is not crawling as yet. I was at a family celebration with her recently and a friend of hers asked me very loudly when my son started walking. As it happens just after his first birthday, BUT i know this particular 'friend' to be a nightmare of a 'Competive Parent' and i KNEW that she was trying to draw attention to the fact that my friends little boy wasn't walking or crawling yet..this was confirmed when she THEN went on to wax lyrical VERY loudly about her daughter crawling imminently and enjoying The History Channel over Ballamory (i kid you not)(said child is eight months old)..i fielded the question off with a vague 'scatty mum/ oh dear my brains not been right since i had ds1' type of reply ('I can't remember when he started walking ...silly me') a I didn't want to get into making my friend feel bad (i know that she is one of these mums who did Gina Ford to the letter and is constantly seeking reassurance and comparisons - fair enough, that's her bag)...did i do the right thing or was i reading too much into what was an innocent & interested question from her friend ?? How would you have handled it and what do you think is a good way to deal with the whole competitive parenting thing ? (i avoided playgroup until recently as i couldnt bear the prospect of loads of comparing - actually the parents are lovely and my son loves it lol !)
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