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To find Joe Wicks a pain in the bum since he became a dad

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Bluewall · 27/04/2019 00:35

I know I could easily sort this problem by unfollwing him on Instagram. I used to enjoy his feed it was positive and cheered me up but since he became a dad he has become a smug first time parent who thinks he knows it all. He constantly posts about how laid back they are and how you just have to stay calm ......

I would say his millions and flexible life probably helps with that being that they are on a month long holiday.

As a harassed parent of 3 children I want to laugh when he suggests you just need to nap with the baby etc
There is no point to this just wondered if I'm a moody cow or anyone else feels the same :p

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Sparkletastic · 27/04/2019 07:55

I've unfollowed him this week. He's turned into a smug twonk

iklboo · 27/04/2019 07:55

I wonder if they ask his partner 'off camera' we'd get the same story?

ReadWriteDraw · 27/04/2019 07:56

It’s so easy to be smug with one easy baby and no money worries. I was exactly the same with my first. I thought, like JW, that the reason my little one settled anywhere was because of me and my superior parenting skills!! Fast forward to three children, work and trying to keep the house clean and tidy - not so smug!! Serves me right.

Let’s be honest though, despite how many children you have if you have the money for cleaners, childcare and lovely holidays, you’re always going to be a bit smug as you’re never going to have that much stress.

Sleepyblueocean · 27/04/2019 07:57

Referring to crying baby as having a meltdown = clueless.

Ange211 · 27/04/2019 07:57

IMO he was always a pain in the arse! Like the books can't stand the Instagram vids.

funmummy48 · 27/04/2019 07:58

I've always found him deeply irritating!

ReadWriteDraw · 27/04/2019 08:00

And meant to say, some babies are easy and laid back. I’ve had one of each. It’s incredibly easy to think that the laid back baby/toddler is all down to you and your parenting.

I also had a very easy first birth which I was also very smug about. I thought it was all because I did yoga and special breathing - ha! One shoulder distocia next time around and I realised that it’s purely down to luck!

Killerqueen2244 · 27/04/2019 08:03

He’s doing a book called ‘Wean in 15’- this is when I realised I’d had enough of him.

Needallthesleep · 27/04/2019 08:03

Yes! He did a Q and A, someone asked him what it has been like travelling with Indie, and he said something along the lines of ‘travelling with a baby is even better than travelling as the two of us, it’s just so wonderful’.

I unfollowed at that point. I have an easy baby but travelling with her is definitely not better than being on holiday with just my husband. Babies ruin holidays!

NotAnotherJaffaCake · 27/04/2019 08:05

Always was a tossed, wonder what his wife thinks?

AndOutComeTheBoobs · 27/04/2019 08:08

A friend of mine with one child said to me (when my second child was being a complete fucking nightmare) that the reason their child is so chilled and well behaved is because him and his wife are so chilled.

Yeah fucking right.

First of all, I wonder if that will be the case when she is in her teens.

Second of all, have a second or third child and let's see how luck you are.

Third of all, I AM CHILLED. It's my child that wasn't.

SuddenlyISee · 27/04/2019 08:08

I completely agree. And don't get me started on "wean in 15"!

NotAnotherJaffaCake · 27/04/2019 08:10

Tosser, ffs!

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Bluewall · 27/04/2019 08:11

He also said this week something along the lines of he is showing her the world and had shown her how coffee and pineapples had been grown and they had seen different animals etc

She is about 9 months old ......... I don't think she is going to remember Grin

Although in saying that we have all taken our babies to the zoo etc when they would be just as happy playing with a toilet roll tube Grin

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BigButtons · 27/04/2019 08:17

I have some of his recipe books and do his hiit on YouTube. Reading all this i’m Very pleased I can’t be arsed with instagram.

BelulahBlanca · 27/04/2019 08:17

The smugness radiating off this. I would consider myself a pretty chill person and have eaten out my daughter regularly (with varied levels of success) since she was new born but that doesn’t change her from being naturally a high needs baby.

To find Joe Wicks a pain in the bum since he became a dad
CoolCatKat · 27/04/2019 08:22

"ReadWriteDraw

And meant to say, some babies are easy and laid back. I’ve had one of each. It’s incredibly easy to think that the laid back baby/toddler is all down to you and your parenting"

Ooooh yes, i had a massively high maintenance, non sleeping baby/toddler. All of those mums whose kid would just sit on the floor playing with 2 blocks for hours used to be full of "great" advice, including that "our baby's chilled cos we are bullsh*t" and other infuriating smug nuggets.

prettywhiteguitar · 27/04/2019 08:23

Ooooooh that really boils my piss. Who the hell does he think he is ????

JellyBabied · 27/04/2019 08:24

He was utterly insufferable long before the baby.

Needcoffeecoffeecoffee · 27/04/2019 08:25

I was hoping when his Facebook page split into the wean in 15 and the 'normal' page there would be less smug parenting but it doesn't seem to be.
I'm torn really - he seems nice and well meaning and genuinely just happy (as would I be if I could go on months of holidays) but the perfect parenting thing grates. I read the bit about how they just carry on in restaurants if the baby cries ans thought it was a mumsnet thread in the making! Grin
'AIBU to carry on eating while my partner and I settle our baby in a restaurant as we want her to be chill and experience the world'

lotusbell · 27/04/2019 08:27

I thought he was all about food and fitness? Has he now become a parenting expert? Stay in your lane, Joe! Hmm

honeylulu · 27/04/2019 08:28

I agree, you get the child you're given but parents who get an easy baby tend to think it's down to their excellent parenting.
I was planning to be a relaxed parent with children who fitted around my life but I had two velcro babies who became wilful thrill seeking toddlers (and so it continued ...)

I like his exercise videos but some of them have Indie propped up watching him benignly for 30 mins without a squawk. Mine would have barely been put down for seconds before they were red in the face from screaming until I picked them up again. And they would fight sleep and only nap in their cots, I tried and tried pushchair naps but they hadn't got the memo that I was going to be a relaxed mum!

My sister had an easy baby, thought she was a natural at the mothering lark, had another 18 months later who was much more challenging. She said if he'd been born first he would have stayed an only child!

Fiveredbricks · 27/04/2019 08:31

What he's being love, is a man. Trophying the baby while the mother picks up most of the slack. He probably doesn't realise how hard it is because she's doing most of the leg work, and I imagine, is breastfeeding?

Mamaslave18 · 27/04/2019 08:32

I was a natural born mother first time around and my baby came out to restaurants all of the time with no issues.
He also was a dream to wean and happily ate everything I gave him. How smug I was when he sat eating roasted vegetables whilst the other babies sucked on Ella’s Kitchen pouches. Clearly I had it sussed!

Sadly I didn’t get much time to impart my wisdom on all of my friends as I fell pregnant with my second child. This child was not happy no matter what I did and would not eat anything unless it closely resembled a quaver Shock.

I think Joe Wicks is in for the same sort of awakening that I had BlushGrin

mistermagpie · 27/04/2019 08:33

I rolled my eyes at that post too. His weaning stuff is also a bit smug, I keep thinking 'just wait til she's two and will only eat Philadelphia on toast and spaghetti hoops!'. It's all very well being relaxed and laid back when you're on holiday for half your life.

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