Comments on: Spill-It http://www.mymommymanners.com/blog/spill-it/spill-it/ Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:21:35 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.mymommymanners.com/blog/spill-it/spill-it/comment-page-1/#comment-210 Anonymous Sun, 11 Apr 2010 02:44:34 +0000 http://www.mymommymanners.com/blog/?p=88#comment-210 Well many moms judge when they do not have all the facts. What may look like a 'typical child' may not.. They may have underlining conditions that causes outbrust or a mom to react differently then a different ability child. I have been told mean things but they just do not understand my situation Well many moms judge when they do not have all the facts. What may look like a ‘typical child’ may not.. They may have underlining conditions that causes outbrust or a mom to react differently then a different ability child. I have been told mean things but they just do not understand my situation

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.mymommymanners.com/blog/spill-it/spill-it/comment-page-1/#comment-163 Anonymous Mon, 05 Apr 2010 21:18:15 +0000 http://www.mymommymanners.com/blog/?p=88#comment-163 My worst moment was when my son was 18 months old and another little boy bit him in daycare. I found out who bit him and I didn't speak to the mom for weeks. It seems so ridiculous now, but I was a bit traumatized and thought it was the mom's fault, till my little one started into his oral phase, then I felt like a hypocrite! My worst moment was when my son was 18 months old and another little boy bit him in daycare. I found out who bit him and I didn’t speak to the mom for weeks. It seems so ridiculous now, but I was a bit traumatized and thought it was the mom’s fault, till my little one started into his oral phase, then I felt like a hypocrite!

]]> By: Jill http://www.mymommymanners.com/blog/spill-it/spill-it/comment-page-1/#comment-161 Jill Mon, 05 Apr 2010 17:09:56 +0000 http://www.mymommymanners.com/blog/?p=88#comment-161 I just saw a five year old in my daughter’s kindergarten class who “just dyed her hair blonde” hello – she’s 5! Who lets their 5 year old do that, or more accurately, does that to a 5 year old? I just saw a five year old in my daughter’s kindergarten class who “just dyed her hair blonde” hello – she’s 5! Who lets their 5 year old do that, or more accurately, does that to a 5 year old?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.mymommymanners.com/blog/spill-it/spill-it/comment-page-1/#comment-160 Anonymous Mon, 05 Apr 2010 16:31:14 +0000 http://www.mymommymanners.com/blog/?p=88#comment-160 The other mother is my daughter in law. She was watching me and her son bake cookies. She told me he couldn't have a cookie because he hadn't finished his dinner. I said that these were healthy cookies. And rightfully so, she reminded me that she was his mother. That would have been it if she hadn't continued by saying that she knows what is best for her children. That is when I lost my cool by mentioning for the first time that she left her 10 month old alone in a running, unlocked car in the mall; got caught and was arrested. It certainly doesn't look like she knows what is best. She accused me of emailing all her relatives a letter I had sent my son saying bad things about her.. I did not do that. The letter was one of fear and concern for the children and I wrote that perhaps she had a medical issue that confused her thinking process. When my son came into the room he reminded her that she sent the letter to her mother. I suggested that perhaps she was angry at the wrong mother. I told her she owed me an appolgy for accusing me of what she did. She wouldn't budge. By the way when this happen it was in the newspaper and television. I never told anyone about it, but a few friend did contact me after hearing about it . Being upset I chose not to talk to them about it. What should I have done when my DIL said she knows what is best for her children. A worried grandmother The other mother is my daughter in law. She was watching me and her son bake cookies. She told me he couldn’t have a cookie because he hadn’t finished his dinner. I said that these were healthy cookies. And rightfully so, she reminded me that she was his mother. That would have been it if she hadn’t continued by saying that she knows what is best for her children. That is when I lost my cool by mentioning for the first time that she left her 10 month old alone in a running, unlocked car in the mall; got caught and was arrested. It certainly doesn’t look like she knows what is best. She accused me of emailing all her relatives a letter I had sent my son saying bad things about her.. I did not do that. The letter was one of fear and concern for the children and I wrote that perhaps she had a medical issue that confused her thinking process.
When my son came into the room he reminded her that she sent the letter to her mother. I suggested that perhaps she was angry at the wrong mother. I told her she owed me an appolgy for accusing me of what she did. She wouldn’t budge. By the way when this happen it was in the newspaper and television. I never told anyone about it, but a few friend did contact me after hearing about it . Being upset I chose not to talk to them about it.
What should I have done when my DIL said she knows what is best for her children.
A worried grandmother

]]> By: Kari http://www.mymommymanners.com/blog/spill-it/spill-it/comment-page-1/#comment-155 Kari Thu, 01 Apr 2010 01:04:25 +0000 http://www.mymommymanners.com/blog/?p=88#comment-155 on the airplane, my daughter had to go to the bathroom. cart in the aisle so we try to use the first class bathroom. someone is in there, so we wait behind the curtain. they come out but before we can walk up to the bathroom, someone from first class jumps up in front of us. we politely tell them that our daughter really needs to go. they ignore us and spend 10 minutes in the bathroom. my daughter wet her pants. i wanted to throw the wet undies in his face. nice manners! on the airplane, my daughter had to go to the bathroom. cart in the aisle so we try to use the first class bathroom. someone is in there, so we wait behind the curtain. they come out but before we can walk up to the bathroom, someone from first class jumps up in front of us. we politely tell them that our daughter really needs to go. they ignore us and spend 10 minutes in the bathroom. my daughter wet her pants. i wanted to throw the wet undies in his face. nice manners!

]]> By: Jane http://www.mymommymanners.com/blog/spill-it/spill-it/comment-page-1/#comment-127 Jane Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:31:06 +0000 http://www.mymommymanners.com/blog/?p=88#comment-127 We are at a birthday parts Thurday evening, have hired a baby sitter and I am having a conversation with another adult when a child comes up under me on a chair, put both hands on my breast and SHAKES them. Her mother smiles. I said, "There's no milk in there, and look at her mother. The little girl is 4. She proceeds to do the whole thing again and yells I feel the milk!" still, nothing from her mother. I remove my body from her reach and tell her that ther hasn't been milk there for a long time. She then throws herself down on the chair head first - which everyone notices and then her mother states. "She's been thinking about breast feeding a lot lately." My adult conversation is over. Unbelievable!!!!! We are at a birthday parts Thurday evening, have hired a baby sitter and I am having a conversation with another adult when a child comes up under me on a chair, put both hands on my breast and SHAKES them. Her mother smiles. I said, “There’s no milk in there, and look at her mother. The little girl is 4. She proceeds to do the whole thing again and yells I feel the milk!” still, nothing from her mother. I remove my body from her reach and tell her that ther hasn’t been milk there for a long time. She then throws herself down on the chair head first – which everyone notices and then her mother states. “She’s been thinking about breast feeding a lot lately.”
My adult conversation is over. Unbelievable!!!!!

]]> By: LH http://www.mymommymanners.com/blog/spill-it/spill-it/comment-page-1/#comment-117 LH Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:21:00 +0000 http://www.mymommymanners.com/blog/?p=88#comment-117 Starting when my daughter was two months old another mother became very "concerned" because she was so "fat"! Every time I saw her, about once a week, she would constantly quiz me as to what my daughter ate (nothing but breast milk) and how much she weighed. After about six weeks of this, she took me to the side during a meeting we were both attending and asked me if I was concerned because of how heavy my now three month old daughter was, when I explained that I wasn't concerned that I thought she was doing fine and her weight was not a concern to me she told me that I should be worried about how her weight might affect her (again, she is 3 months old at this time!). The following week she asked me if I had been to the doctors lately. Unbeknownst to her, my daughter had been seeing a number of specialist to help determine whether she had a birth defect that we had been worried about since 18 weeks prenatal, I thought she knew. When I told her that we just had some great news from one of the specialist she said, "Oh, I didn't know there was an issue, that is great, but did they say anything about her weight?" I was horrified by her complete obsession with my daughters weight, who cares, she is an infant- I wasn't feeding her Twinkies! I then stopped seeing her for a while...saw her again when my daughter was about 6 months old...her first question..."Wow, she's big how much does she weigh now?" My daughter is a beautiful, not overweight toddler now, she has outgrown the baby fat, I am sure that this other mom would be very happy, indeed. What scares me is that she has a daughter a little older then mine...that poor girls self esteem! Needless to say, we aren't friends. Starting when my daughter was two months old another mother became very “concerned” because she was so “fat”! Every time I saw her, about once a week, she would constantly quiz me as to what my daughter ate (nothing but breast milk) and how much she weighed. After about six weeks of this, she took me to the side during a meeting we were both attending and asked me if I was concerned because of how heavy my now three month old daughter was, when I explained that I wasn’t concerned that I thought she was doing fine and her weight was not a concern to me she told me that I should be worried about how her weight might affect her (again, she is 3 months old at this time!). The following week she asked me if I had been to the doctors lately. Unbeknownst to her, my daughter had been seeing a number of specialist to help determine whether she had a birth defect that we had been worried about since 18 weeks prenatal, I thought she knew. When I told her that we just had some great news from one of the specialist she said, “Oh, I didn’t know there was an issue, that is great, but did they say anything about her weight?” I was horrified by her complete obsession with my daughters weight, who cares, she is an infant- I wasn’t feeding her Twinkies!

I then stopped seeing her for a while…saw her again when my daughter was about 6 months old…her first question…”Wow, she’s big how much does she weigh now?” My daughter is a beautiful, not overweight toddler now, she has outgrown the baby fat, I am sure that this other mom would be very happy, indeed. What scares me is that she has a daughter a little older then mine…that poor girls self esteem! Needless to say, we aren’t friends.

]]> By: Andrea http://www.mymommymanners.com/blog/spill-it/spill-it/comment-page-1/#comment-100 Andrea Sat, 09 Jan 2010 09:37:59 +0000 http://www.mymommymanners.com/blog/?p=88#comment-100 My mother in law is very tan and kept trying to put our 10 month old baby in the sun. We explained that babies are not supposed to be in the sun, so she suggested a spray tan. My mother in law is very tan and kept trying to put our 10 month old baby in the sun. We explained that babies are not supposed to be in the sun, so she suggested a spray tan.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.mymommymanners.com/blog/spill-it/spill-it/comment-page-1/#comment-99 Anonymous Sat, 09 Jan 2010 02:13:19 +0000 http://www.mymommymanners.com/blog/?p=88#comment-99 My mother in law believes that her pit bull terrier is perfectly safe to have around my six month old. She refuses to put the dog outside while we're there. My mother in law believes that her pit bull terrier is perfectly safe to have around my six month old. She refuses to put the dog outside while we’re there.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.mymommymanners.com/blog/spill-it/spill-it/comment-page-1/#comment-98 Anonymous Sat, 09 Jan 2010 02:08:10 +0000 http://www.mymommymanners.com/blog/?p=88#comment-98 pushing a double stroller through the supermarket, I kept colliding with the same woman. I was trying to go out of my way to let her pass, and she just starting screaming at me in the middle of the supermarket, in front of my children. pushing a double stroller through the supermarket, I kept colliding with the same woman. I was trying to go out of my way to let her pass, and she just starting screaming at me in the middle of the supermarket, in front of my children.

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