To hate when people say a baby is ‘flirting’

[Jaexo]

What’s everyone’s opinion on this?
I was recently round my in laws for all of my DH’s family to meet out LO, after going to a family member and being passed to the next one LO was cooing and smiling, the first family member then said ‘oh she’s such a little flirt’ and continued making comment like this multiple times as she went to each person - I think it’s a really weird, what’s everyone else opinion’s?

Yeah I hate it too. It never stops. Next it moves to chat about their boyfriends or girlfriends at nursery and then school. So unnecessary.

It’s vile. Makes me shudder

Hate it, cringe worthy.

Also describing little girls, toddler age as “sexy”. Wtaf?

Erm I have encountered the boyfriend/girlfriend thing, but I have never heard anyone do the rest

Never heard babies/toddlers being described as either sexy or flirting. But if I did, I'd think 'yuk' so YANBU

It is cringeworthy. But I think some people think they have to say something and they will have seen that old chestnut churned out previously so go with that. I’d hope no-one actually thinks that babies are flirting…

Grim 🤮. Never heard anybody say it thank god about a baby or child

Awful. I’ve never heard anyone say that, though. It’s not a normal thing to say.

I also find it disgusting and uncomfortable and will call it out. My DB is weird about saying everyone is nieces boyfriend and they have to go through him and SIL says adult males in the family are her daughters favourite and she looks so uncomfortable.

I hate it with a passion too op! See also my MIL calling children 'sexy' 🤢

I just want to add that the family member was MIL, I just didn’t want to say it on my original post as there’s such a stigma about DILs and MILs and I didn’t want anything thinking I was being ‘one of those’ as we get on well, I just didn’t know how to feel about this

That's so weird, tell her

We had 3 ds's.. Mil told us they could never go nappy free as they would get sexual feelings.. Wtaf??

I've seen FB posts from an acquaintance calling her son "sexy little man". I don't know what goes through some people's heads

It’s grim and you need to put a stop to it. Thankfully nobody ever said anything like that about my DD but I would have no problem saying “please stop using sexualised language about DD, she is not flirting/sexy/whatever, she is a baby.”

He /she's a cutie,oh what a bonnie smile... normal.
A flirt ,sexy... seriously fucked up.

Yes agree op, I would call it out.. Be blunt, it makes me feel uncomfortable because this is sexual language.

YANBU, I shuddered reading that.

Yep, it’s absolutely gross and sleazy. Thankfully I’ve not heard it very often in person but even just reading it gives me the raging heebie-jeebies. Who are these people?

Agree. Yuck

I’ve never heard that before, it’s grotesque.

Yes my ex mil used to call her grandkids "sexy man" or "sexy pants." Weird. Just absolutely bizarre.

I hate it when people call babies sexy.Yes really.

Never heard 'sexy' in reference to a baby, but my grandmother used to say my LO was flirting when they looked at her in a slightly shy way...it really gave me the ick.