I totally agree. Or people who seem to view having a child as like some kind of hobby or employment, as opposed to the entire focus of your life shifting.
"I'm tired too, I was up all night painting - still, it's not so bad being tired if you are happy, eh?"
"Cry it out is so hard - when I put my dog in the yard for being naughty I feel so mean. It's the best thing though - he never bites the furniture now."
"If your toddler is playing up, maybe you should try what I did with my cat."
"Oh, I can never go on city breaks either - I need to get someone to come and walk the dog, and it is hard to find someone who isn't too busy."
"I did work experience in a nursery - I was so tired when I got home at 4pm. I bet it's so much easier with your own." I'm sure it is ultimately more fulfilling, but a nursery is NOT 24 hours a sodding day.
"It must be lovely to be at home with a baby and a toddler - all that time to follow your hobbies and catch up with the housework. I bet I would just watch TV and eat cakes all day!"
"Oh, I know exactly what it's like. I used to work in an old people's home." Annoys me both as a mother and as someone with elderly relatives who are NOT babies. Grr.
Meh. I love my kids, of course, but there is nothing IN THE WORLD that is like looking after a new baby. My youngest is just getting old enough to potter about for short periods (hence how I can have a brew and a mn break) and I am starting to realise just how full on the first two years of a baby are. They are lovely, but it becomes your whole life, even if you physically are doing other things, your baby is still the main thing.