Is this a weird thing to say to a baby?

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DS is 7 months old.
He was smiling at 2 women in a shop. One says "ah look - he has good taste in women!"
The other says
"Nevermind that dummy, I know something else he'd like to suck on!" And they laughed.

What would you make of that? (I wasn't there, he was with my dh).

Yuck!

I think they meant he'd prefer breastfeeding to his dummy. That's a comment often made. Nothing odd about it.

Urgh

Glad I'm not the only one who saw this as a harmless breastfeeding comment/joke!

Yes I think it’s a breastfeeding joke, a bit uncouth but not awful.

The second lady is disgusting for sexualising a child. I’d have called her out on being a paedophile. Absolutely foul.

Yeah, I would have thought BF joke, given that the baby was smiling at two women, but still, bit weird to make to stranger.

I think this is a misunderstanding. I used to hear this alot, and they meant the baby would rather be having a feed.
Not creepy at all.
Wer they middle aged/older, I ask as it was this age group I used to hear say it, and it was usually grandmas.

Breastfeeding joke.

I know my baby prefers my nipples to her dummy. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Nowt to do with sexualising a child.

The first woman's remark I wouldn't think twice about the second was very creepy indeed. I'm sure it was just a stupid joke but still really gross.

Who says it’s a breastfeeding joke? They could have meant a clitoris. Disgusting.

@SosigDog oh yeah.. Cause that's much more likely

Did they just mean he wanted boob instead? Like maybe presuming he's breastfed?

Yes that's obviously exactly what they meant. It is nothing like a man saying it to a little girl, Jesus.
And SosigDog, really???!!!! 🙄

Yeah I think it was a breastfeeding reference but the point is that I wasn't there. So it feels like they were referencing their own breasts? Just seems so odd. It wouldn't be the same if a man had said it. But I still didn't like it and it made me uncomfortable hearing they said it. It creeped my dh out too.

Gross

Ugh that's so disgusting, what the hell is wrong with some people?

Grim. Probably a misplaced BF joke but how do they knoe he was even BF?

My uncle’s wife repeatedly referred to my son when he was a baby as “sexy”. I thought it was gross. As others said can you imagine a man saying these things about a baby girl.

Just no!

So it feels like they were referencing their own breasts?

That’s what I mean, directly after the “good taste in women” comment 🤮

To give them the benefit of the doubt, let’s say it all came out wrong...

SosigDo

And you have the cheeky to say that the second woman needs to be called out for sexualising a child. Have a word with yourself.

Is your DH handsome, OP?

I think maybe it was a gross attempt at flirting 🤮

keenwasalad

He is good looking. It could have been this. Maybe flirting and it all came out wrong!

@SosigDog you are fucking vile.

And op clearly it was a breastfeeding joke why turn it into something sinister?! And flirting with your oh? Ok then 🙄

My fil said something similar to my friends son.

Horrible