A friend from college came by this week to meet Mo for the first time. Now, I know better than anyone that people without kids sometimes have a hard time coming up with things to say about new babies. I’ve been there. I am not a baby person, and I have never pretended to be. However. I would think that it would be obvious that “She’s not pretty” is a completely inappropriate thing to say to a new mom about her baby girl. I don’t care what kind of backpedaling, feminist bullshit excuse you try to come up with, it’s just not right. Friend, if you’re reading this, I forgive you but you need to seriously work on your tact. But you know this already, right?
And yesterday, my mom was babysitting while I had a doctor’s appointment. She tells me that while she was feeding Mo, she sneezed or coughed or whatever, which startled the baby. Mo doesn’t like to be startled, so she cried. This happens often, especially when Mo is groggy while eating. My mom, however, thinks that Mo needs to toughen up, so she decided to randomly BARK at my daughter while feeding her, to get her used to loud noises. I mean, it’s a wonder I didn’t end up a serial killer.