Stupid/outdated/funny advice and beliefs

[christinelle]

-You can't go much longer without giving a pacifier (I haven't so far)
-(After some stranger touched my baby) Put denatured alcohol on her, it's the best thing!
-(After she vomited on her sleepsuit) You don't need to change that.
-Wash your breasts with chamomile before and after every feeding because the milk that stays on will go sour and make baby sick.
-When you get pregnant the milk dries up.

 

[too_scared]

The nurses at the hospital told us not to hold the kiddo all the time because he would get used to it. This was after he spent 2 days the the isolette under the bililights. We told them we just got him back and we would hold him as much as we wanted. Wonder what they will think when we come in for the second one and I bed share and babywear?! Haha!

 

[alex_22]

Oh and whiskey/ gin in her bottle to make her sleep

If 1 more person tells me to put some whiskey on dd gums I'm going to swill them with a bottle of it!!!!

When breastfeeding I was sick of hearing she's starving get her on the bottles give her hungry baby milk she will be sleeping through in no time, yeah I don't really expect my 6 week old to sleep right through thanks anyway!

Your spoiling her you shouldn't be holding her as much as you do (while she's attached to the boob) ok 👌 I'll just detach my boob and shove it in her mouth while she's in her pram shall I?

Put an extra scoop of milk in her bottle she will sleep longer

 

[Zeri]

Ah..so many! Most from my mother and other women her age:

-Don't let the baby get wet or he'll catch a cold

-always keep a baby's chest warm (also put on vest, hat and socks wherever you go) or he'll get sick (I live in the Caribbean)

-put a matchstick in baby's head to stop hiccups

-fill up baby with formula at 6 wks to help them sleep better

-why not let him sleep on his belly?

-carrying my baby in a strap-on carrier is 'hanging the baby' (older women are very suspicious of them,-I get disapproving looks wherever I go.)

-hold the baby's back when he's in the carrier! Or he'll fall out!

-are you SURE he's getting enough milk? He keeps crying..

-wash your breasts before you feed

-rough and tumble play with baby will cause him to be hyperactive

-don't cut baby boys' hair before age5, or they won't read well in school

 

[Chickensoup85]

My husbands gran bought my 6 month old (at the time) a couple of toys and then rang up a week later to say that babies of that age shouldn't be sitting, they should be laying down and so don't let him play with them as they encourage sitting. She would get something else. She also rang up to tell me that I shouldn't do messy play with flour as it could cause lung problems and that it was probably that that had given him bronchiolitis. She then gave the same warning when we were going to do some baking.

 

[Hopefulk]

I love all these... They're hilarious!

 

[AngelofTroy]

From my friend, "I can't believe you don't own talc! You're a mum now, you should have talc on you at all times, his skin will never be properly dry without it"

 

[Marie000]

"babies can never be too warm"

 

[minties]

Don't let Thomas and Sophie outside past 2pm or a cough will settle on their chests (it's like 29 degrees Celsius outside and 4pm...)

If they don't wear wooly hats, wind blowing in their ears will cause an infection.

Jumpingt in puddles will cause them to catch a cold or the flu (the whole virus thing goes over her head).

(MIL)

 

[Twag]

MIL - Let him cry it will strengthen his lungs!! (no I have a happy baby he doesn't need to cry), Put him outside at the end of the garden in his buggy to nap!! (urrrm NO)

Lots of others too I mostly ignore anything she says

 

[AP]

When my MIL and grandmother in law brought out the sudocrem.

That used to be OHs...

Apparantly it was just fine to use, and grandmother in law proceeded to use it on her arm.

It sure didn't look like sudocrem inside let me tell Ya. I straight out said no, I wouldn't be using it

 

[Bex84]

These are my mil
- a baby should be fully weaned onto solid food 3 meals a day by 8 weeks old and didn't do her 2 any harm
-when I had first had my daughter who is now 3 that at 6 days old she was manipulating me by wanting to breast feed a lot- I fed on demand
- that both my youngest and eldest are hungry babies and my breast milk is not enough, funny how they both put on weight well

my mum is quite clued up as works with babies, my grandma who is 91 always says listen to baby so its only inlaws I get the really ridicules off

 

[christinelle]

My mil brought some stuffed toys her kids used, that she kept in a damp, filthy toolshed for the past 35-40 years. She said it's okay because she washed them (they stink and feel mushy). She also brought a really old woolen blanket that feels like steel wool and looks like ww1 standard issue.
She holds the baby like a sack of potatoes and then asks "why is she crying?". She came over once and coughed a lot, then asked to hold the baby. I said no because I don't want dd to get sick. She said that she wasn't sick but it was because of an allergy to pepper and sometimes she coughs for 2 hours because of it. A few days later she called to ask if baby got sick because she was sick after all. no kidding
She also fed babies raw eggs with sugar.

 

[Perplexed]

Don't let Thomas and Sophie outside past 2pm or a cough will settle on their chests (it's like 29 degrees Celsius outside and 4pm...)

If they don't wear wooly hats, wind blowing in their ears will cause an infection.

Jumpingt in puddles will cause them to catch a cold or the flu (the whole virus thing goes over her head).

(MIL)

Wow I've heard these before!

 

[Snow Owl]

Don't let Thomas and Sophie outside past 2pm or a cough will settle on their chests (it's like 29 degrees Celsius outside and 4pm.

(MIL)

Imagine with Thomas 'sorry teacher thomas can't come to school as he's not allowed out past 2....'

 

[christinelle]

Don't let baby's clothes out to line dry past midnight or souls will come and do something to them (don't remember what).

 

[Alyssa Drough]

Don't let baby's clothes out to line dry past midnight or souls will come and do something to them (don't remember what).

Lmao!

 

[mara16jade]

Wow. I thought I was the only one with a wacky MIL.

All from MIL:

After birth the mom can not have anything cold or room temperature. No water unless its warm, no milk with cereal, no ice, ice cream, yogurt, salads, etc. All bad for making breastmilk and will not let me heal properly. LOL It was the middle of July, 100-110 degrees Fahrenheit and I was drinking water with ice...every single day. They looked horrified.

I have to have fish soup. Period.
LOL I don't eat seafood. Never have, never will. So then she made chicken broth and froze bags of it and said I must drink chicken soup to produce milk.

Leave the baby lying down in the crib or playpen. And don't touch them. Just look at them and talk to them. If they cry, just let them cry.

Don't let the baby sit up on your lap and lean back on you, it'll hurt their spine.

Don't take the baby outside for 3 months. Period.
I told them LO loves to go in the backyard (starting at a few weeks old) and look at the trees and leaves. They were beyond shocked I took him outside.

MIL to this day still asks how my milk production is when she visits.

 

[Zinky]

My sister came out with these crackers when DS was born and she came to visit when he was 2 days old -

Don't take baby out until he's had all his vaccinations,
Give him a dummy with honey on it,
He was fussing at the breast - he doesn't like your milk, give him formula with a tiny bit of sugar in it so it's nice and sweet!
Wait 3 months before giving him a bath otherwise he'll catch a cold

Good job I've got common sense!

 

[christinelle]

I have a neighbor who is in her 30's and college educated. She said she doesn't take her toddler outside when there's a breeze or is has rained so he won't get a viral infection.