come judge with me ... overheard at school

[geekgrrl]

I try not to be judgmental, honestly, I do. But this convo between a group of mothers outside school was just too much:

Mother 1: "Dh is such a dork. I am having such a hard time getting him to stop holding dd when she has her bottle [her dh is a sahd]. I mean, she's such a big girl now, right? I keep telling him, she's a big girl, she's got to hold her bottle like a big girl and not be held all the time. She's got to grow up!"

Mothers 2 & 3 in full agreement, more discussion about bottle-propping methods ensues. (All said with strong American drawls, all the mothers are Americans)

It all sounds quite normal so far I guess, doesn't it? Now let me tell you that the baby in question, the one that needs to grow up and stop having so many cuddles, has just turned 5 months.

I was very bemused. And felt rather sad for the little baby being made to 'grow up'.

That's really sad actually. No more cuddles with her bottle because she's a big girl now???

OMG that is sad....
Sounds like she is a little jealous of dh tbh.

thats so sad
hopefully her dh will ignore her

How sad for the poor lo
My dh and I fight each other for who gets to give our lo his bottle.

yes i thought that too lilymolly - either that or shes jealous of her baby

maybe - she had to go back to work when baby was 2 weeks old.
They're all US military families, maybe they're 'extra-tough' or something like that

2 weeks old?
omg

that really is sad.

The worst conversation i overheard outside school was between 3 mums talking about their dds - one said her dd had said the word booby (she was 2), the mum said 'i told her don't say that word, boobs are DIRTY! and she's not said it again!'

I wanted to flounce over lentilly and say 'boobs are not DIRTY! Do not fill your children's heads with this vile poison!, and then squirt them with booby milk and run away, but i just solemnly and sneeringly judged quietly by myself.

thats very sad. lets just hope the poor mite doesnt choke with her 'propped' bottle if the brainless mother gets her way.
daddy knows best in this case i think.

Aaaah, poor little mite. It's such a precious time, why would anyone wish it away?

Bless! Agree with ladyoftheflowers, is also v dangerous to prop a bay with a bottle, they can 'drown'!

sounds like a competitive thing? Sad for all concerned.

dd1 wisely refused to hold her own bottle until bottle was no more at about 17 months. Cups, yes, no problem - but her bedtime bottle, to her, was all about being babied and cuddled. I enjoyed it too

dd2, on the other hand, is trying to grab the bottle off me at 5.5 months...but she isn't physically capable of feeding herself with it, she would either swallow tons of air or drown...

Poor, poor little baby.

Am quite happy to join you judging in this case.

PMSL at Boco flouncing lentilly. I will now behave in a lentil manner for the rest of the day.
[lentil emoticon]