Has anyone else noticed this?
I’m currently extremely pregnant and the comments from friends/family/acquaintances/colleagues regarding having a newborn have been fascinating.
“You’ll want to batch cook, as you won’t be able to cook anything for the first few weeks.”
“Make sure you stock up on XYZ, as you won’t be feeling up to doing any laundry.”
“You won’t be feeling up to any housework, but you’ll be too tired to notice the mess.”
Also lots of stuff about having to deal with everything for the newborn by myself.
I have a husband. He’s a competent adult (I wouldn’t have married him otherwise) who is capable of household chores and generally does more of them than I do. This will not change post birth. And, apart from me being the one who breastfeeds, we’re going to be splitting infant care pretty evenly.
It’s 2023, so presumably this isn’t a massively unusual state of affairs. So why do people say this nonsense? It was mildly amusing to begin with, but it’s starting to make me tetchy.