Do you feel judged as a parent??

[eulmh82]

My In laws judge me all the time I think - it used to bother me now I don;t care because LO is healthy happy and i didn;t do it there way! They mainly judge me because of the way i feed him - he;s very special in the feeding department.... so we are weaning him but I have to keep him topped up with milk in between - he;s never gone four hours. Anyway i lfet LO with FIl for 30 mins and told him how to make up a bottle should he want him and FILs going he;s not due one....anyway I come back to LO screaming I mean seriously screaming - they said they;d never seen him like that. We don;t get hungry cues he goes from nothing to screaming within minutes if you don;t respind straight away to his want for food. There was FIL all in a flap going I'm kjust trying to change his nappy I was like he doesn;t cry if h;s nappy needs doing he wants food. I said this is why i feed him like I do - hopefully there will be no more judgement!

 

[xSin]

I don't feel judged really nope... not from friends, or family... there's been a couple of times where total strangers have felt the need to impose their "opinions" on me but I usually end up thinking about BnB and all the other FAR worse experiences other people seem to have (no offense ladies! haha) and it makes me feel better LOL

For instance the other weekend on our way home from a weekend trip, LO was having a meltdown because she was SICK of being strapped in her carseat yet AGAIN... but it was necessary to get home, and as we were buying our tickets for the BC Ferries, the lady selling us our tickets commented on the music that we were listening to and said "no wonder she's screaming with that playing." -- Ironically OH had just turned that music ON, because it is frequently the only thing that will calm her down. I was a bit stunned and came SUPER close to saying "Excuse me? You don't know how far we've driven, you don't know that she's hungry, and has a definite need to get out of her carseat... just stick to selling tickets lady." -- But I didn't... she was old and I didn't want to embarass her believe it or not.

 

[beth_terri]

Xsin- I would have said something!! I can't stand when people make sarcy comments xx

 

[babybrums]

I don't like that people judge me for wanting to breast feed for at least a year - hopefully two. Like it's the worst thing in the world. Plus LO will eat food - I've already started him on a little rice cereal (homemade by me - I suppose they'll have something to say about that too). I don't judge people that choose to formula feed or buy prepared food off the shelf, and either do they. Why do I have to be judged for doing something my body was designed to do when it comes to BF? And why am I weird because I want to make food for my LO? Drives me insane but I've learned to just ignore their comments. You raise your kid, I'll raise mine thank you.