Grrrrrrr its not that abnormal!!!

[Bingles]

I take it this person does not hve kids coz if they did they would not be some damn ignorant

 

[cleckner04]

It's definitely because she doesn't have kids. Although I know people with kids that just love dumping them off on people all the time. Emma has NEVER been to a childminder. And I'm damn proud of it.

 

[halas]

i have a friend like that when gabrielle was 7 months i went out for the first time after all her bugging meto go out and all she did was try convince me to drink which i didnt want to do bc i bf and co sleep so after that when i was cose to my due date with noah shes going on how i will be able to go out again but i honestly dont want to and i wouldnt leave somone with the resposiblity of 2 lo's to baby sit

 

[jensonsmummy]

im exactly the same, i hate to leave my wee man with anyone. hes 6 months and the longest he has been away from me was 5 hours because i had to go into hospital for day surgery, and first thing i done when got home was lift him, didnt wanna go to bed caz i hadnt seen him in so long lol and he was with my mum. I wouldnt leave him with anyone else, not even MIL cause i know my wee man better than anyone, know what he wants, so why leave him for the sake of it. he comes everywhere with me, and i love it that way. I love to go out for meals with hubby and bring LO along. We wanted to have our baby so its a pleasure to spend all our time with him rather than dump him off on others, and i know plenty of people who do that.

 

[aliss]

I also laugh when people say it's fine to drink a lot or get drunk ~ erm, do they know how hard it is to do 2-3 night feedings when sober, let alone drunk!!?

 

[redpoppy]

AW! Hi Suzanne! I'm going out for the FIRST time ever without my LO on Saturday and that's just when i feel ready and PLUS I have an OH who I know my LO feels totally chilled with. If she didn't I wouldn't go. Although I am feeling a little nervous. I'm sure I will enjoy it when the time comes but I keep thinking I'll want to rush back before her bedtime.

Don't let her bother you, she doesn't understand as she doesn't have kids. It's not like you'll be staying in with her all the time when she's 15. You have a right to enjoy her and do things at your own pace. Explain to her you're not a freak and tell her about people you know (like me - even if it is just online! ) who also haevn't left their babies yet. We may seem odd but it's not that strange! Honest!

 

[Seity]

That the kind of 'friend' you are better off without. Gabriel has only been with me or OH, we don't have anyone else to leave him with. I'm fine with that.

 

[Ju_bubbs]

I'd ike to say maybe she'll understand when she has her own kids, but unfrtunately, I know a few people who do have kids and still the same way as your 'friend'!!

My eldest is 11, and I can honestly say, that in the 11 years that I've had kids, since I was 16 i can count the number of times I have left them to go out on one hand! And even the times I have been out, it wasn't coz I wanted to.. more of a 'I better show my face for atleast an hour' type thing!

 

[xxembobxx]

O/T but I was wondering Suzanne....how did you get the black & white/colour mix on the photo of your LO?
Is it a professional pic or one you took yourself? I would love one of these for Will.
It's a beautiful picture x

 

[Moodyelf]

it's entirely your choice whether you choose to go out with or without your LO, and anyone who wants to chip in with unhelpful comments really should keep their opinions to themselves!

you do what you feel comfortable with, and what is right for you and your LO. I used to go out from time to time once Jack was much older, but OH would usually babysit. If we both went out together, I've only been happy with my mum sitting.

Since Annabelle came along, OH has taken her to his parents with him a couple of times while he's been helping paint the outside of their house, but he's been overseeing things. I've been out twice in the evening - once for a works do (but came home in tears feeling guilty) and once to bingo (but OH forced me out the house lol). We've not been out alone together since last August! There's times I miss it, but mostly, we're happy just the way we are!

 

[aob1013]

I would be sending her a message asking her who the hell she thinks she is!

 

[suzanne108]

O/T but I was wondering Suzanne....how did you get the black & white/colour mix on the photo of your LO?
Is it a professional pic or one you took yourself? I would love one of these for Will.
It's a beautiful picture x

I took the picture myself then uploaded it to Photobucket and edited it on there. You need to use the "colour splash" tool


And thanks girlies I'm not gonna say anything to her for now. She has a lot to say tbh about my parenting....like the fact I don't leave LO to cry and that she is still sleeping in my bedroom. Yesterday I made cakes and posted pictures on FB then got a text off her saying "is it normal to post pictures of cakes on facebook??????" Lol, she is just picky and thinks she is always right. Also, she is probably the sort of person who would leave her children (when/if she has them) with people every weekend so I think if I say something it'll go in one ear and out the other. But I will if it gets really bad.

Thanks again