o tell 14 yr old DD that if she wants a baby brother she can go and make one herself?

[AtYourCervix]

DD has decided it would be nice for us to have a baby.

There is no way I'm having one.

So I told her to have one herself.

Not one of my finest, most thought-out parenting moments though.

Not really no . Hopefully she'll treat that bit of advice with the same contempt most teens bring to their parents' opinions.

Seriously though might be worth getting to the bottom of why she wants a baby personage about the house. Talk her through the whole disturbed nights/ dirty nappies/ screaming thing and tell her honestly why you don't want any more babies. Spare her no details. Maybe she'll think babysitting is the way ahead.

I do feel for you though- I seem to say more wrong things than right to my 15 y oDD at the moment. She just knows which buttons to push.

My two decided we can have a third as it will be cheaper than a pet. They aren't 14 though.

good idea!
she's young, fit and let's face it you wouldn't have to do the night feeds....
better get out there and find a man to impregnate her!

A couple of my mates were obsessed about having babies when we were teenagers, might be the sudden surge of hormones.

Time to send her out so she can earn some pocket money babysitting. Should keep her out of trouble.

My 14yo cousin is obsessed with my DS, she wants to keep him and wants one of her own.

She soon hands him back when he cries

Well, no she can't.

She could make a son, not a brother.

And you wouldn't like it if she did! :o

My DNeice was obsessed with babies fro about 12 years old (she still has her silver cross pram in pristine condition - running family joke that she won't let my DD play with it). She's now a midwife - and freely admits her main reason for being one is so she gets to hold babies..

Good idea, insist she has a baby and ban all homework as they will do the opposite.
Hope it doesn't backfire on you :)

I have been broody since I was about 12 and yea, it's one of the reasons I went into nannying - under 2s are my fav age group and I take every opportunity to have a cuddle with any teeny babies around!! I regularly do get cuddles at toddler groups etc and LOVE it though I'm not ready for my own just yet!!!

I agree to encourage her to start babysitting. Maybe also explain that you said that as a joke and ditto the explain why you don't want another baby - also point out that if she DID have a baby she would get fat, want to eat gross food combinations, wouldn't be able to out with her friends, etc etc (might be a better deterrent than the realities for a teen!!)

she's far to sensible to do anything silly (think safy from abfab). thinks she's really trying to wangle a puppy.