The Dumb Things People Say to Moms

Also get tipsy with Nick and I in Puerto Rico and talk about bare baby feet

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Now onto BABY SHAME!

Last week I posted more pictures to stories than I usually do of our bonus baby while we were in Puerto Rico. As the third baby in the family she is very different from the first. She is more independent, more vocal and we often let her run around without clothes. Our first kid had SO MANY clothes. All those onesies and monogrammed overalls (mostly from my Southern friends). And when baby one cried about wearing pants we made him wear them anyway. Because that is what good parents do, right? Good parents put pants on their kids.

ehhhhhhhhhhhh…..

Now that we are seasoned (and tired) we don’t force pants on anyone. Not even ourselves some of the time. And I think our kid is happier for it. But last week on Instagram someone commented (an anoymous commenter) “why don’t you ever put pants on your baby?”

And my answer: “I will kill you with my bare hands if we meet in person.”

Alas people say dumb things about how we mother and parent both online and in person ALL the time. Some of my favorites include:

Your baby is cold. How the hell do you know???????? They aren’t shivering or blue or crying. They are just staring at you wondering why you think you are a human thermometer.

Are you supposed to hold the baby like that? Yes. I am. That is all.

Where are their shoes? This is a personal favorite of Nick and mine. Because it is constantly coming from women over 60 and all men. There are a lot of baby shoe police out there. We got a lot of it in Puerto Rico actually and after several pina coladas at the place where they apparently invented the pina colada we had a tipsy mini podcast about it. Here it is: