30 Ridiculously Silly Things Childless People Have Told Parents

Cooking and cleaning can wait. Sleep is crucial

This was told to me in Lamaze and by the public health nurse. My mom had other ideas what I should be doing despite that maybe having a nap with the baby would have been a better idea. The bit of dishes and laundry aren't going anywhere.

I have 3 kids, and when they're asleep, and you're exhausted, yeah... you sleep when they sleep when they're under 4. This one is ridiculous to me.

Yeah, but my youngest only took "power naps " and didn't sleep through the night until she was 8!

That is actually quite a funny and good response!

Depends... had a few dozen of the creatures at ours, all fine. Wasn't very formal though.

Thank god you have common sense to understand this about your child and a formal occasion.

If I had received such an invitation, I would assume that the hosts realized that the baby cannot keep silence and use cutlery.

depends whose wedding it is…

Oh I know that, not that there have been any invitations, but the completely feral toddler part :D

I actually did get more sleep once my baby was born. Then again, I was only sleeping 2-3 hrs a night while pregnant, so it really couldn't get much worse.

Honestly I think I slept better after I had my baby. He foot was in my ribs for months and I had symphysis pubic disorder. Those 2 nights in hospital were some of the best sleep I'd had in months, despite the pain from my c-section and waking up to feed her. I get where this mom is coming from

Had a coworker that recently became a father. Before the baby arrived, he said he been reading all the parenting manuals and articles to get ready. I said "throw them all out and keep your parents phone number handy. Most of those articles are written by well meaning psychologists that actually have zero experience as parents. Nothing will prepare you for fatherhood. You will constantly feel like you're getting it wrong. Your parents will be there to tell you that you are doing fine and to give you advice when you are stuck. That's what they are there for...."

8 1/2 months pregnant with my 3.68 kg son, girlfriend asked if I wanted to go to the Sunday markets @ the town Showgrounds, I couldn’t even get out of a chair by myself let alone get in a car & walk around for a few hours.

Maybe I was lucky with mine but I definitely slept better once they were here - newborns sleep loads and would go straight back to after a feed whereas I couldn’t sleep at all for the last few weeks - I’d go days between finally passing our from sheer exhaustion for a max of 4hrs then I’d be awake for days again - t’was brutal

Not to mention this is the second, so even less time for such things!

People think being home with your baby is lounging around, relaxing, being able to keep up a super clean house with just a 30 min clean up and having all the free time because they think a baby is just a blob that cries and needs to be cleaned once in a while. That is laughable.

This isn't so much the other person doesn't have a kid so doesn't understand as much as they're just dumb as ass.

My son was born in November and our first outing that wasn't a Dr visit(shots,check up), was in January.

I said my kid will never eat crap like Ramen noodles. Now if he eats anything at all l consider it a win

Famous last words.....

Having 2 children I always laugh when I hear someone saying that

While still in the hospital after their baby was born, my son and daughter-in-law said, "He's not going to be entertained by cell phones". Less than 3 years later, he was able to unlock a phone with a number code, and maneuver on his own to the apps he wanted to use. Never say never.

Yep. To be fair I did this too pre-kids and during pregnancy with my first. But that's why I never take parenting advice from child free people.

No baby should be crying it out, smh. Babies cry as a way to communicate

I was NEVER able to tune out my daughter. I went to her every time she cried and she is 15 now and well adjusted. I can't stand that let them cry business

What a cruel person to ever say this.

Not only is letting them cry it out a bad idea, but doing this in public is going to make everyone else uncomfortable and irritated.

I'm not a fan of the cry it out method but then again, I never had to with my son. It just seems cruel to leave a baby all alone to fall asleep. As a baby, the only time my son didn't sleep peacefully was when he wasn't near me and my husband. We all got very used to skin to skin contact. And as a toddler, he did the typical fighting sleep thing because he didn't want to miss out on anything but once we recognized the signs of him being sleepy, all we had to do was gently guide him to bed. Kids aren't very good at lying or hiding their tells.

"Pop out" like run to the end of the driveway to check the mailbox, okay. "Pop out" like go "grab a quick drink" f you. Hopefully this person's friend doesn't have any kids.

That's child abandonment. It doesn't take a parent to know this. Anyone who tells you to neglect the welfare of your child is not a good friend, and may even be someone who might harm your child one day. Be aware.

When my daughter was a baby we lived in an apartment and had two dogs. When I would take the dogs out for them to do their business it was just a few feet out the door. That would give me panic attacks and I was only out there for a few minutes...... how can anyone think this is okay... Oh I know how, my ex used to do this!