(Now, how do I tell this story without it becoming a BF or FF debate....probably can't...)
We were waiting for DD2 to have her ballet class yesterdat - we spend the 40 mins waiting in a waiting area. DD3 was crawling around the floor happily and I had popped her bottle (all sealed..) down beside my stool after she had finished what she wanted.
A little boy of a similar age (10 months) was also crawling around the floor. I hadn't noticed that he had picked up DD3's bottle. He was playing with it - just shaking it and rolling it around (the top was on and it remained sealed at all times, he was NOT at any point drinking it)....his mum came over, she wasn't nasty or grabby at all about it but she did say, twice "Oh its not like he would even know what to do with a bottle..."
Now,to me that just seems like such a strange comment to make. I try and smile and chat to everyone at ballet but she only joined the class a few weeks ago and I can hand on heart say that this was the first thing she had ever said to me.
Now, I have 3 DDs and really an not put out by such a comment and I'm happy/resigned to the choices I've made, but she doesn't know that...
There just seems like such a HUGE range of inane conversations to make about babies..."How old is she/he", "she/he is gorgeous", "That cardi is lovely" or even a basic "what's his/her name"....If she had been sitting in the waiting room bf-ing and I had reason to make small talk I'm sure I could have come up with something as an opening other than "oh my DD wouldn;t have a clue what to do with norks..."