Competitive parent comments (just for fun)

[prettymuchapixiegirl]

A few that I've come across:

"I love the way your DS is happy sitting in the buggy. My DS is never happy just sitting there like that, he is so grown up and needs constant stimulation or he gets bored"

"Oh DS, look at that slop that Pixiegirl's DS is eating, you're wondering what it is because you only have big boy food don't you?"

"To be honest I'd much rather have a child who's more average, like your DS. I think being so advanced is going to bring my DS nothing but problems when he gets to school"

All said by a "friend" who is lovely in many ways but also very competitive and our meet ups are frequently spent with her reeling off a list of what her DS is now doing, or by her making out that there's a problem because she thinks he's doing things so early....

What competitive parenting comments have you all come across?

Is it too late in the thread for me to join???

my mum has written in my baby boook that I said my first word at 10 DAYS old and the word was "aaaaa"

When I asked her wtf were you on, she responded that it WAS my first word, because she could clearly see that I had consiously chosen to make that sound!!!!

Beat this!

Every time I go to baby signing I'm reminded of this thread!

This time a mum was obsessing over getting the sign for 'dummy' exactly perfect, spending ages checking with the teacher while we all waited.

And then proceeded to announce "oh well, DD never had a dummy anyway so it doesn't matter..."

That's hilarious twilight3! Reminds me of a friend's one year old who according to her, apparently said "Go away! Far Far away, to Africa!" But I was there, and it sounded more like "ooo weeyyy, fa fa ey ba ba ba".

Can I ask what all his signing lark is ???

My friend has a DS who is six months younger than my DD. When my DD was 18 months old she went through a stage of being being a tad possessive about her toys. Her DS at 12 months (who wasn't walking yet) would sit there very placid like as my DD would get increasingly upset whenever we met at my house.
My friend kept going on and on how I should teach DD 'how to share'. She had been giving her DS lessons and it was obvious I hadn't. She even offered to show me how. I kept telling her it was a developmental stage but she wouldn't have it and kept going on about it for ages.
Fast forward six months and guess who doesn't want to share his toys??!! It is hard not to remind her..

Oh please DO remind her - in a nice friendly way ...

Sharon - baby signing is the use of gestures along with words. It is good for babies in general but especially for those who are delayed in talking (my DS was, slightly) - you have signs for important words like eat, nappy, buggy etc. The idea is that babies learn gestures much quicker than words and it helps with communication, and reduces frustration.

I love it, I've almost finished an intensive 6 week course with Rainbow Tots and learned hundreds of signs and it's made the world of difference.

The only thing that spoilt it was some of the other parents and their boasting but the worst offenders weren't there last week and it was sooooo much better!