Stupid parenting advice you've been given

[Lillieslamb]

What 'stupid' parenting advice have people given you?

The ones that stand out to me:
Put whiskey in dd's milk to make her sleep
Give dd multi vitamins instead of milk as she doesn't need it now (at about 6 or 7 months old)
And my friend was once told a ham sandwich would cure her baby's cold!

Where do people even get these things?

[gemma19846]

Nap when baby naps 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[Tiredlyofthis]

My newborn woke up hungry. I was told not to feed her straight away as she needed to wake up properly before she could have any milk

[Tiredlyofthis]

Oh and I was also told maybe my breastmilk was "too rich" that's why my baby with reflex was spitting up and I should give her a bottle instead

[BlueeSpottyTiger]

Yep sleep when baby sleeps 😂😣 My mum still says this to me and dd is 15m. She did actually sleep when the baby slept(my brother) and her house was always spotless.. How!?!?

[Ginger782]

I feel so guilty after reading this thread. I actually sleep when the baby sleeps. I'm so ashamed.
Note: my house is not spotless. Which my PIL's have noticed...and have called me lazy for not cleaning enough/sleeping all the time "is there something wrong with her? Why has she let the house go? Why is she sleeping all the time? Does she have PND? She obviously isn't coping" No, arsehats, I'm coping BECAUSE I get so much sleep. If PIL's wanted to help they could bring a mop next time.

[Lillieslamb]

Ginger - don't worry, I always slept when dd did too! Not now, but a lot of the time until she was about 6 months. I stopped after then as her night time sleep started getting better. I think some people need more sleep than others.

[lizzieoak]

Constantly being told when ds was aged 3-12 that he should not be vegetarian because "he'll never grow to his full height". He's now 6"1 & not adult yet. Growing much more seems somewhat unnecessary.

[LottieDoubtie]

From my HV- from about 8 weeks put the baby upstairs to sleep at 7, go downstairs 'have an evening' go up and feed him between 10-11 and then go to sleep yourself, he will then sleep til 5 when you should feed again.

Me- isn't that against the safe sleeping advice that babies should sleep in the same room as someone else?

Her- (horrified) but you can't do that, you need to have an evening.

Me- do you seriously think I can just make him go from 11-5 without a feed at 8 weeks?

Her- (cross now) of course you can, it will be very hard for you if you don't follow the routine I've just set out.

Me:

This was 2014 and the HV was pretty young so no assumptions about past advice and how things used to be are relevant.

[LottieDoubtie]

Oh and from a random man in Tesco's - he smiled at me when I was with my whinging toddler, then lent over and said 'you should never let him be unhappy, I never let my children be unhappy, I would have given him some chocolate to eat on the way round the shop by now, it's cruel to say no to them'.

[NerrSnerr]

I forgot about the ikea delivery man who told me that I should turn Peppa Pig off as it causes autism. He told me he'd read it on Facebook.

[Lillieslamb]

If he read it on Facebook, it must be true.