To find these comments from new mum friend intensely irritating

Meant newborn stage

Ignore and she's lying.... baby stage is not that easy

I feel like I would have said this kind of thing. my Mum hated being a parent so I was really surprised by how strongly I felt
Don't take it personally
In fact I am always like this about my kids, it comes from a place of my own mother seeing hers a burden and me not wanting to me like that. It could be something like this OP.

OP just sit back and wait for the terrible twos when he discovers the word ‘no’ !!

And ten years later, I do still miss the dog when i have to leave her but Im not going on about it to anyone!

She does sound irritating! But I can't talk. I used to talk about how much I missed my dog when I had to leave her after the holidays when my colleagues beside me were leaving their kids! I never meant it by way of comparison because while she is a good dog, she isn't a human baby! I think your friend is just clumsily trying to express her love without thinking about how it comes across to others. She'll come out of the other side eventually!

Very irritating. Some people can’t help trying to compete over everything including parenthood. This may come from a place of insecurity. Best thing to do is just ignore and move the conversation on to something else.

Oh bless her she will.look back and cringe at these comments paticularly when Kevin is being a whiney toddler
On remember mèetting a friend and my sister both of whom had, had babies within a few weeks of each other ,but my sister also had a toddler, her then two year old was acting up a bit generally just being two and my friend was horrified as her precious little would never behave like that, fast forward a few years ,this time she had her second child a few weeks before my first was born and when we met up her toddler wssent quite the angel she had envisaged🤣

She’s really happy and experiencing what, for many women, is one of the most amazingly revelatory periods of her life. Don’t make it about you.

To me this is just a really lovely thing. But if you don’t want to hear it, then avoid her until she’s out of the honeymoon phase.

Amazing the ability some folk have to find some slight against themselves in any nice thing.

Very cringe, and SHE’LL cringe about it one day. It would really irritate me though

Oh god we had one like this at our baby group.

When I said I was taking mine to meet my family (six hours away) she declared how she couldn't possibly separate hers from its dad for that long as it was impossibly cruel.

I was going mid week and my husband was on 12 hour shifts anyway but no, she went on and on about how important it is to be with both parents and made me feel like shit.

Can safely say it made no difference at all to the bond they have with their dad.

My friend was also the childminder for their kids and despite living on the same street and getting home before 5 they would be er pick up the kids until 6 on the dot so it's fair to say the 'its all such precious family time ' wore off.

As time wore on it was clear she actually found it harder than the rest of us so I do wonder if there's a bit of trying to reassure herself in there but I concur it's bloody annoying.

Typical pfb, we've all done it in varying degrees and no doubt you have too OP.
Just smile and wave the novelty will wear off.

I agree she is stealing some of their joy but I don't think she means to be, particularly if it's out of character for her to have been like that pre-baby. I guess it depends on what she's usually like and if she's known for trying to outcompete others, she might just need to be reminded that her comments are hurtful even if she isnt intending them to be.
For example when she says she couldn't leave her baby with someone else OP could say "that's hurtful, I know you love Kevin but I also love John and there's no shame in having someone babysit every once in a while it doesn't mean I love John any less".

I agree with OP though that it would be annoying to keep listening to, I just get the impression her friend is just still in the honeymoon phase with her baby and it will soon pass

New Mum is not implying that other mothers have less of a bond.
She is stating her own bond, her own coping abilities and her own experiences. She is overcome by feelings for her son but that doesn't mean she is critical of others. She is in the depths of sleeplessness and she is self absorbed and surprised with mothering and the strength of her attachment.

Reality is that everyone does their best parenting but no one's best is the same as another. People's need to share varies too.
Be kind, eyeroll and leave her to gush.
New Mum does you no harm; she might end up a great friend and trustworthy as a playdate mother.

I'd just roll my eyes and say, 'We all feel like that at the beginning Jane. Totally normal.'

There’s a huge chance you may have been this person/ had the potential to be this person too op- you only see things afterwards. I said about how nice it was to see two of my friends get back to themselves as their children got a bit older, how there was times they seemed so exhausted etc and my friend said ‘ we felt the same about you, we were really worried and then relieved when we felt you were coming back to yourself’. Looking back now- yup!

The comments an are a bit irritating but I'd probably just smile and give a little knowing laugh. Or, if you feel compelled to say something, then maybe 'Goodness, you're giving off those "I'm a new mum" vibes again Geraldine'

But she is a new mum and when she says she can’t take her eyes off him or leave him for a few hours it’s just stating a fact about her and her experience.

The fact you take it as a criticism, maybe that has more to do with you than her. She is in the middle of the euphoria of new born babyhood

Maybe she really can’t take her eyes off him or leave him for more than a few minutes.

These OTT feelings will subside. You have to realise that giving birth and raising baby isn’t something that is exactly the same for everyone. Just because someone explains their feelings and what they do doesn’t mean anything. They are just stating what they do.

It’s as much a criticism as stating you left your baby for a few hours.

She could have taken that as a criticism of her parenting

I think I’d think you had lost your mind if you kept reminding me that babies happen as a result of sex and then offering me a cup of tea.

I had something similar with a friend and my aunt gave me a brilliant sentence which shut her down.
"I know! All this, just from fucking! Anyway, cuppa tea?"
I think I only had to say it three times and my friend got the message.

You just know that child will be insufferable.

Wait until Kevin is a teenager and remind her of this 😂

Shes just excited to have a baby, I remember when my baby was a newborn (now 7mo) I couldn't understand why people ever feel like they need to have a break from their babies. How could you not want to be around this bundle of cuteness and love every minute of your day? Right?

Well..... now that my baby is firmly in the pterodactyl phase of constant screeching, squealing and random screaming every minute she's awake I totally wouldn't mind a break for a few hours. 7mos ago I would have probably convinced myself that her screeching would be music to my ears.

Shes just loved up and excited with her baby and on a bit of a high, I'd let her have her moment and feel her joy