Old lady on the train telling me I am suffocating LO because...

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I put a loose cardigan over his pushchair so that he can sleep without the sun shining in his face.

He was screaming blue murder on the train because he didn't sleep well last night and she looked at me the whole time. When I got off at my stop she 'came' after me and told me I either remove the cardigan OR she will take her mobile and call the police because I am trying to suffocate my child. Luckily I was already in the lift and the door was closing. All I did was laugh. Seriously, why can people not mind their own business?

Did you show her the middle finger as the doors slid shut? Please say you did.

I didn't. I couldn't believe that she said it. I just laughed.

I've just seen similar on a friends FB page (muslin over the pram!)

What the fuck?! Call the police?!

Im not going to lie, it would probably be very dark and hot in there with no breeze, I couldnt think of anything worse myself.

But suffocating and calling the police is properly OTT.

A muslin isnt a bad idea, its thin, light, it'll move with breeze, itsnt thick or dark.

Mum bashing.easy and popular pursuit.
Sadly.

You need a better sunshade for your pram but no yanbu and she was! What kind of pram do you have?

A muslin would've been better or a thin cloth. As l

Nosy busybody. Ignore.

Long as he was getting air from somewhere don't know how you could have suffocated him.

DD crying on the bus in a sling because she had missed her morning nap.
Cue two old women looking over, tutting and shaking their heads.
The words 'too hot', 'poor thing' and 'stuffy' were heard.
We were both dressed appropriately and normal temperature.

There are judgy, close-minded, miserable sods everywhere and in a lot of cases age doesn't mellow them.

Your lady sounds crackers though

I have a Bugaboo Cameleon. I always put a thin cardigan or pashmina scarf over it and never had a problem with it. The hood is a summer breezy so should have enough air.

Lots here. The parasol ones are quite easily angled but the all over ones are probably a bit easier.

x posted. I would get a cam parasol then. Life's too short to be draping things

I've got a shade a babe uv buggy shade and an old man followed me around a shop saying 'I hope there's nothing in there' when I told him my baby was under there he was very concerned 'How can it breathe' etc etc

When Shade-a-babe's (these) first came out I attracted a fair few stares and a few people (old ladies) come and tell me I was cruel or a bloody genius. One asked if she could get one for her mobility scooter. :o

I would disagree about the Chameleon parasol. I had one but gave up using it after a while. It never seems to be in the right place and every time you change direction you have to move it because the sun moves.

Yes that's similar to mine, bless him though he seemed genuinely concerned!

I once saw an harassed dad receive a little round of applause in WH Smith when a rude middle aged lady berated him for "letting" his toddler son have a tantrum. He shushed everyone and asked them to welcome the best parenting expert to come out of Trafford and to listen to her lecture! She went bright purple and scurried off to sniggers and a little flurry of applause. I have often been tempted in such situations but I just usually tell them to mind their own. :o

She was happy enough to watch you suffocate him before approaching you though, wasn't she! Some people are barmy

YourMa Brilliant!

I once had the opposite. ie. i was walking along in a t shirt and jeans in very cold weather and dd was muffled up in her pushchair. A woman ran round to the front of the pushchair and looked at dd and said "Oh, you are wrapped up warm." I think she was quite disappointed that she didn't get to have a go at me for not dressing dd up warmly enough. Even she could see that it was none of her beeswax what a woman in her 30s wore on the school run. (I used to get hot pushing the pram up hills so just wore a t shirt!)

I used to drop my toddler off at preschool in the double buggy with her baby sister on the way back I put her doll in her seat and I had a woman come up and breathe a sigh of relief and say ' Oh thank goodness it's just a doll, was going to tell you what a odd looking baby you had' thank goodness indeed, couldn't believe that someone would admit that but from hearing some of the experiences of people out with their babies who have facial disfigurements I shouldn't be suprised

"Oh thank goodness it's just a doll, I was going to tell you what a odd looking baby you had"

DD1 is 8 and looks older.

She scooted ahead of me and DD2 on a footpath the other day and an older lady was walking the other way. She said to me, dramatically "OMG, I thought your daughter (DD1) was ON HER OWN for a minute."

I just said "Oh right..." or something non-committally.

I mean would it have been so bad if she was? She is allowed out round our cul de sac on her bike with friends, or sometimes she skates round "on her own" for a few minutes. I was certainly allowed to do a few things "on my own" when I was 8.