A couple of weeks ago, we asked readers to send
in the strangest comments that they received during pregnancy or since
becoming a parent. You didn’t disappoint! It’s incredible what some
people will say. Here are a few of our favorites and the winners of a
free copy of Mama Never Told Me:
From mother-in-laws:
“How do you expect her teeth to come in if you
aren’t feeding her anything hard enough to push her gums down passed her
teeth?’”
“I am happy you are having a boy, but we really
would have enjoyed a girl more.”
After deciding to be a stay-at-home mom – “Well that is too bad that you won’t be using
your hard earned education for so long.”
From a new grandma:
“Whenever you and your husband are ready to start
having sex, it is important that the baby isn’t anywhere where she might be
exposed to it or become confused. Just bring her over to my house whenever you
want to have sex and I’ll watch her and keep her happy until you’re
done.”
From a new grandpa:
“Duck tape and peanut butter, peanut butter to keep them quiet and duck tape
to keep them still.”
From co-workers:
“They used to
give women a beer to get their milk to come in when they started breast
feeding. I was having some trouble producing enough milk for my daughter so I
thought I would give it a try. I tell you! My ta-ta’s grew three sizes and were
so full I couldn’t feed her enough. So if you ever drink a beer while
breastfeeding be prepared to look like Pamela Anderson for a day!”
“I just thought
you were getting fat!”
From strangers:
“The best way to go into labor is to DRINK a
margarita or two and go home and have sex with your husband.”
“The comment that I find the strangest is when people look
at my baby and say, ‘She’s a keeper!’ I always wonder if they have
ever seen a baby that’s not a keeper!”
Others:
“My mothers friend told me that if i did not want my hair to fall
off after the baby is born while in labor I need to have someone cut my ends
or when the babies urinates for the first time put it in my hair.”
“The very best ‘tale’ that I have been told during pregnancy is that if you ever put
your hands above your head the baby will get tangled in the umbilical
cord.”
“Does being out in the wind give infants gas?”
Thank you so much for your submissions!
January 18th, 2012 
