https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 14 May 2026 19:29:17 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-people-stop-you-about-the-most/page/2#post-2391893 Thu, 17 Dec 2015 09:29:46 +0000 ValentineMommy 2391893@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS1 - his hair. He had a full on pompadour from 3m - 2 years old.<br /> DS2 - his size and his smile. Seriously, he smiles at everyone. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-people-stop-you-about-the-most/page/2#post-2391870 Thu, 17 Dec 2015 09:17:17 +0000 Applesandbananas 2391870@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pumuckl: I don't either. I would never go up to someone and ask why they use whatever they do, a cane or a wheelchair or whatever or ask if something their mom did when they were pregnant caused it or if there's a surgery that can fix it or if they'll ever be able to not use it, etc. but people ask that kind of crap about his devices all the time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-people-stop-you-about-the-most/page/2#post-2391869 Thu, 17 Dec 2015 09:17:01 +0000 nana87 2391869@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Most often these days people stop to tell me lo lost a shoe--it's her favorite game when she's in the stroller to say "uh oh shoe!" and pull it off, so usually she's only wearing 1 shoe and I've confiscated the other one ;)</p> <p>In the elevator in our building, lo likes to say hi to everyone and point out their shoes, hats, etc, so we get a lot of comments on how verbal she is as well </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-people-stop-you-about-the-most/page/2#post-2391849 Thu, 17 Dec 2015 09:06:54 +0000 SugarplumsMom 2391849@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travellingbee: Lol. It's so true! A Russian friend once told me that in Moscow, a stranger would only talk to you if they're either drunk or crazy. It's the same here in Sweden! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-people-stop-you-about-the-most/page/2#post-2391804 Thu, 17 Dec 2015 08:47:06 +0000 My Only Sunshine 2391804@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD has had glasses since her first birthday. They provoke a lot of comments.<br /> Most of them are sweet - Oh she looks so cute!<br /> Some are curious - How did you know she needed glasses?<br /> Some are WEIRD - Are those real? Can she hear? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-people-stop-you-about-the-most/page/2#post-2391729 Thu, 17 Dec 2015 07:53:33 +0000 Modern Daisy 2391729@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hair! It's red and everon wants to know how he got it since neither of us have red hair :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-people-stop-you-about-the-most/page/2#post-2391710 Thu, 17 Dec 2015 07:19:08 +0000 travellingbee 2391710@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SugarplumsMom: Off topic, but we laugh about this about Sweden all the time. I wonder how anyone meets a SO when no one talks to strangers. Our friends say people only talk to others when they are drunk, LOL. That's how they meet. ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-people-stop-you-about-the-most/page/2#post-2391708 Thu, 17 Dec 2015 07:08:09 +0000 Bluemasonjar 2391708@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>His big blue eyes and how alert DS is, from birth he has always had his eyes wide open just taking things in. We also get comments about how cute he is which makes me smile. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-people-stop-you-about-the-most/page/2#post-2391705 Thu, 17 Dec 2015 07:00:29 +0000 Pumuckl 2391705@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Applesandbananas: Sorry to hear - I don't know what happened to tact these days. :meh: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-people-stop-you-about-the-most/page/2#post-2391704 Thu, 17 Dec 2015 06:58:56 +0000 Applesandbananas 2391704@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>His medical devices. I was shopping with a friend a few weeks ago and she was appalled at how much I was stopped and by how completely nosy and rude people were. It bothered me in the beginning, but nowadays, I answer their questions but am not afraid to shut it down when they start asking personal questions. It is appalling though, how many people feel so entitled to his medical history. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-people-stop-you-about-the-most/page/2#post-2391698 Thu, 17 Dec 2015 06:42:44 +0000 Pumuckl 2391698@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Usually how cute, smiley and friendly they both are. Once they hear how old LO1 is we get a lot of "wow, he is crazy tall" or "he is a BIG boy". Haha, granted he is 2.5 and looks at least a year older (he's 3' 3.5" (1m) and nearly 40 lbs (18kg)). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-people-stop-you-about-the-most/page/2#post-2391679 Thu, 17 Dec 2015 05:15:07 +0000 SugarplumsMom 2391679@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's crazy because strangers never stop to talk to each other here. An occasional senior citizen will talk to DD at the store, but its highly uncommon for strangers to talk to each other. If anything, they will make comments like, "it's so wonderful when they're always singing" (DD skips and sings whenever we're out and about). </p> <p>But when we're in the States, people will stop and comment on how cute she is :happy:</p> <p>Eta: Come to think of it, we only really get comments whenever we're traveling. An old man in Greece stopped to talk to us at a crosswalk to say how beautiful LO was and that we should have another! :shocked: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-people-stop-you-about-the-most/page/2#post-2391675 Thu, 17 Dec 2015 04:54:20 +0000 lamariniere 2391675@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO1: either his eyes, or the things he says. He's almost 5 and has a LOUD voice that carries (everyone on the u-bahn can hear him) and says such interesting things.<br /> LO2: her eyes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-people-stop-you-about-the-most/page/2#post-2391644 Thu, 17 Dec 2015 01:48:24 +0000 lemondrop 2391644@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>"You must have your hands full" Why yes, yes I do. </p> <p>"Oh that red hair, he must be trouble" Yes indeed, he is trouble. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-people-stop-you-about-the-most/page/2#post-2391632 Thu, 17 Dec 2015 01:04:28 +0000 anonysquire 2391632@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>1st: her lack of shyness. She's usually doing something crazy or singing or asking a stranger to hold her.</p> <p>2nd: his staring problem.</p> <p>But now people mostly stop and ask if my kids are twins, and then tell me how crazy it must be to have kids close in age. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-people-stop-you-about-the-most/page/2#post-2391584 Wed, 16 Dec 2015 22:46:32 +0000 loveisstrange 2391584@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>"OMG, she's so tall! How old is she?!" and "Wow, what a beautiful little girl"</p> <p>So be fair... she IS pretty much the most gorgeous child ever... and crazy tall. :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-people-stop-you-about-the-most/page/2#post-2391574 Wed, 16 Dec 2015 22:22:48 +0000 coopsmama 2391574@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Everyone comments on and wants to touch their red hair. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-people-stop-you-about-the-most/page/2#post-2391569 Wed, 16 Dec 2015 22:17:47 +0000 MrsRcCar 2391569@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>N: how polite and handsome he is.<br /> E: how handsome he is and how comfy he looks in his Tula or wrap. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-people-stop-you-about-the-most/page/2#post-2391474 Wed, 16 Dec 2015 20:39:39 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 2391474@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So tiny! How old is he/she? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-people-stop-you-about-the-most/page/2#post-2391444 Wed, 16 Dec 2015 19:52:09 +0000 mrsrain 2391444@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't get stopped about this, but I get a lot of comments from strangers like:<br /> "Oh, she's so serious!"<br /> "She's just taking everything in, isn't she?"</p> <p>She is 18 months old and rarely warms up to strangers, and when she does I am always amazed. She is very serious and watchful and just sort of takes in the room...</p> <p>OH, and when she was younger (6 months-1 year) I would get lots of comments about her rosy cheeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-people-stop-you-about-the-most/page/2#post-2391435 Wed, 16 Dec 2015 19:36:29 +0000 Reese 2391435@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Always his big bright eyes and how smiley he is. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-people-stop-you-about-the-most/page/2#post-2391430 Wed, 16 Dec 2015 19:25:35 +0000 JerricaBenton 2391430@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Tanjowen: lol I had curly hair as a kid too :happy: I think because lo has these soft loose curls people think I do it! I hope her curls stay as she grows up. Her curls are definitely nicer than mine! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-people-stop-you-about-the-most/page/2#post-2391372 Wed, 16 Dec 2015 18:09:22 +0000 mrswin 2391372@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The 3 most common are</p> <p>1.People alway comment on how comfy she looks when either of us wear her in the Tula<br /> 2. How big she is, 20# at 8 months and pretty long<br /> 3. How beautiful she is and what her "background" is. SO is Vietnamese and I am Italian and she is a good mix of both of us </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-people-stop-you-about-the-most/page/2#post-2391371 Wed, 16 Dec 2015 18:06:42 +0000 Tanjowen 2391371@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JerricaBenton: that made me laugh. I had ridiculously curly hair that came around puberty (yay hormones ) and people asked me all the time if my mom curled my hair every morning. Uh, no.</p> <p>I usually get stopped because my child is a major flirt and he is super cute. It's hard to not stop when a chubby toddler beams at you and says hi! Over and over until you respond too, haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-people-stop-you-about-the-most/page/2#post-2391368 Wed, 16 Dec 2015 17:57:43 +0000 Ree723 2391368@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oliviaoblivia: This exactly! We are stopped almost every single time we go out by people telling us how DD1 is one of the most gorgeous little girls they have ever seen. She is classically beautiful and does look like a little doll, but it makes me uncomfortable as well as the comments are usually directed just at DD1, despite DD2 being right there as well.</p> <p>DD2 gets a lot of comments on how friendly and outgoing she is, and how advanced she is once people find out she's not even two yet. She definitely has the more engaging personality of my two (not that DD1 isn't lovely, but she's a bit more reserved than DD1). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-people-stop-you-about-the-most/page/2#post-2391362 Wed, 16 Dec 2015 17:48:23 +0000 travelgirl1 2391362@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD: Her long hair and expressive eyes.<br /> DS: His size. Constantly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-people-stop-you-about-the-most/page/2#post-2391344 Wed, 16 Dec 2015 17:30:00 +0000 gilmoregirl 2391344@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hair for my son. He's got great, all over curls that people always comment on. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-people-stop-you-about-the-most/page/2#post-2391319 Wed, 16 Dec 2015 16:57:19 +0000 yellowbird 2391319@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both my kids eyes. They are super super blue. And dd's hair! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-people-stop-you-about-the-most/page/2#post-2391316 Wed, 16 Dec 2015 16:53:58 +0000 travellingbee 2391316@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MenagerieMama: we always get Ralph Lauren model. It's weird how many people have said that. I guess he looks all-American </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-people-stop-you-about-the-most/page/2#post-2391314 Wed, 16 Dec 2015 16:52:44 +0000 travellingbee 2391314@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hair and eyes. Lots of "He is so cute!" </p>