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The joys of people who love to comment "ohh, you just wait until you get to this stage..." and worry you for no reason!

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IcingOnTheCake · 31/01/2008 12:43

When i was pregnant with my dd at the beginning everyone would saying how my life was going to change, that it would never be the same again etc.

Then as i got bigger people would say "ohh, you wait in a few months you will be twice the size!"

Then when i was twice the size they would say "make the most of it while you can because as soon as the baby comes you will be rushed off your feet."

When dd was born, i wasn't rushed off my feet because all she did was lay there, eat, sleep and cry. People would say "you wait until she's bigger, then you'll know it."

As she got bigger people said "make the most of it while she's this age, at least you know where she is."

Now she is walking around people say "you wait until she is talking, make the most of the piece and quiet."

Ok so is it me or does it not matter what stage your at, people like to tell you how scary the next stage is? Then when you get the 'scary' stage and it's not as bad as they told you it would be they put a dampner on it by trying to tell how horrible/hard work the stage after that is going to be?

Kids are all different and just because one is a little horror at a certain stage that doesn't mean they all are. My dd is good with her eating where as my friend's dd is a nightmare at mealtimes. Another friend'd dd will sit and look at books with her mum where as mine just throws them. They are all different.

So if your one of the people who like to comment "ohh, you just wait until..." or "make the most of..." then please stop it because it very annoying and quite often you worry people for no reason!

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Yummers · 31/01/2008 16:34

icing on the cake this has been annoying the hell out of me too for the past 2 years!

'OOOOHHH! just you wait!' - how many times i've wanted to say something sarcastic and how many times i've held my tongue.

Life is not about things getting progressively worse!

lovecat · 31/01/2008 16:50

you are SO NBU!

The bloke who came to do my curtains when I was pg took against me wanting blackout blinds in the baby's room (said it was unnatural ) and then said 'oh, you wait, babies are terrible, you'll have no sleep, etc etc etc'

Then when dd was about 18 months I had to have him back because a kitchen blind had stuck, and he asked me (with a gleefully anticipatory grin on his ugly mug) if the first year had been absolute hell.

When I replied no, she's been a lovely, adorable baby, thank you very much, he then retorted 'oh well, good baby, terrible teenager - she'll be on drugs and pregnant at 14' - I just stared at him in utter gobsmackedness, I'm afraid... do people really think these comments are amusing??

BITCAT · 31/01/2008 16:59

I really hate it when you are pregnant and people say about sleepless nights and all that stuff. I mean i'm not stupid i know it's not going to be easy but i never found it that hard, at least after 6mths, most of mine been pretty good sleepers!!

IcingOnTheCake · 31/01/2008 19:13

My dd has always been a good sleeper too so i am lucky

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Ubergeekian · 31/01/2008 20:05

Every stage of The Boy's life (now 21m) has been more wonderful than we ever imagined possible. And yes, we have been given dire warnings all along the line.

Sod 'em.

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