Do you have one of those in your life?
My co worker is and sometimes it's terribly annoying because she's so cynical about it. I usually just smile and nod. 
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HA HA HA. I know one.
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@mediagirl: don't you want to smack them?!
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Yes! There's always THAT co-worker. I stopped talking to them about my kiddos in any fashion because I don't want to hear the comments. I promise you that raising a pet is not the same. Not that being a pet parent isn't important, but pets do not equal humans.
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@MamaG: hahahahhahaah yes. She loves making that comparison. I never ever bring up my kids to her!!! She loves talking about it for some reason although she has decided she never ever wants kids...
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sure do!
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My sister at times. Her friend is a single mom of a sleep-hating baby. My sister has plenty of ideas for her
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OH lord. My brother has made some side-eye worthy comments a few times, about stuff like "not giving into kids just because they are crying" when my Lo was like, 4 months old. He doesn't have kids, obvi.
Um...STFU.
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@Mrs. Champagne: oh your sisters friend is so lucky to have all that advice.
Not too bad, but my little sisters (no kids yet) definitely throw around the "can't you just get a babysitter" comment like I'm looking for a dog walker or something. Yes, I can, but generally it's not worth it unless it's something special.
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Yes! She's my husband's annoying friend!
I am reposting because she drives me nuts AND she is coming to visit in two weeks!!!
She visited us when my son was around 5 mo. She (1) told me that she knows what it's like to be a parent because she has a dog (2) we had just started the baby on solids and I was concerned that my husband was giving him pieces that were large enough to be a choking hazard, and she told me not to worry bc she is an MD and knows CPR and would he just as concerned as I would about saving the baby if he chokes (?!) and (3) We waited too long to go out for dinner and the baby wound up being impossibly fussy because it was his bedtime. She told me that she had gone out for dinner with mutual friends of our in another city when their daughter was around the same age. Their daughter had behaved well so she suggested I contact them to find out what they did. Because obviously there is a single magic trick to getting any overtired 5mo to stop fussing in a restaurant. (4) She -- a former family doctor! who is not a parent! -- criticized me behind my back to my husband for choosing to breastfeed and said it was a waste of my time.
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@ElbieKay: #3 & 4
where's that jaw drop icon?! I hope she's not staying with you...?
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I just laugh (secretly) at the people who are like, "I can't wait for kids! We are around kids all the time and so we will be totally awesome parents and know exactly what it will be like." Babysitting occasionally is exactly like parenting, mmhmmm.
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Yeah that's my brother
The things he's tried to give me his 2 cents about... he just clearly has to much time on his hands. SMH.
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@regberadaisy: no, thank goodness!!
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These are obnoxious, but I find the daycare teacher know-it-alls to be even more annoying. One pretends she is a nurse and "diagnoses" DS all the time. She aline has cost me 4 vacation days for false alarms. I feel like she is always trying to find a way to send him home and always has a strong opinion on how I should handle things.
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YES!!! So obnoxious. I try to ignore but it is hard!
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@jedeve: I still cringe when I think about my response in an infant care class we took. The teacher asked our class of about 8 couples to go around and state on a scale of 1-10 how knowledgable/comfortable we were with babies. I said I was an 8 since I have 2 nephews that I've been around (for like a couple of hours at a time). She sort of smiled and nodded and probably thought to herself "you're in for it!"
I literally thought about that the night we brought him home and felt humiliated. Hahahaha.
ETA: Else in the class that they were like two or three and I think one set of four. That's why it's so embarrassing because I thought that I was OMGsoadvanced with babies. -
@SweetiePie: me too!! I worked in a daycare and baby sat for years! And have an 11mo who woke up 7 times last night. Obviously I'm doing awesome, haha.
But seriously, I didn't quite realize the difference between being good with kids, and being good with the complete identity shift and total responsibility that comes with parenting. I do think all my kid time helped for SURE, but it just can't compare to the all consuming ness of parenting.
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Heh, IMO, the childless chiropractor (whom we USED to see) who thinks he knows more than our pediatrician is the worst!
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@SweetiePie: I have a feeling that's going to be me. I'm a former nanny, and while I rationally KNOW that it's going to be totally different, I still expect it's going to be a shock just how different it really is.
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These are all crappy!
I know some are well meaning but even the ones that work for children's organizations (not directly with kids) and their article posting kind of annoys me... With their "but it's so simple!" attitude! (Don't get me wrong some of them give good advice though!) Or teacher friends who like to comment on their students' parents. Ugh. Thank goodness I don't really get direct comments from childless people anymore! When lo was a baby I think people were more apt to speak up.
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I knew someone like this. Now that she has a kid, she STFU!
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@SugarplumsMom: LOL!!!!! Awesome. You must be experiencing amazing satisfaction.
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@regberadaisy: I smile every time I think about it!
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ugh I hate when people act like this! particularly the dog references. dogs do NOT equal babies. I don't get to leave my kids at home and just go run errands in peace.
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My SIL - we don't speak any more at least in part for this reason. She totally knows what it's like to have a baby and it was obviously easier for us to travel an hour+ each way with a baby that screamed the entire car ride and wouldn't sleep than for 3 adults to make the same trip. And if they do have to suffer through that trip, the baby better not need to nap or nurse during the visit. I mean they can just do it later, right?
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Yes my aunt! She is always making comments about my extended breastfeeding, among other things. Women is nuts.
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I have a coworker that will totally be like this when LO comes, but in her defense, if I'm flipping out over my kid going down for bedtime 10 minutes late (something a lot of my friends like to do), I will fully appreciate her keeping it real!
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ugh there's a dear friend in our circle who does this. it drives me and all the other moms completely batty. she works with special needs children and somehow, thinks it's the same as raising a baby or your own child. she doles out advice constantly and "corrects" us... we've just learned to tune her out at this point.
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I quit my last job after maternity leave but I had a coworker like this. She made a lot of comments about my pregnancy including telling me that LO would have autism because I was drinking a Diet Coke. For real.
I used to love Supernanny but now I think it's weird she doesn't have children.
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My sister! She's great with kids and has worked at a daycare for years. I get all sorts of judgement and eye rolling over the way I do things.
where's that jaw drop icon?! I hope she's not staying with you...?
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