tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4248770061091562521.post5941712899119073182..comments2023-10-30T05:23:35.032-07:00Comments on Ot & Et: Kindly get your hand off my boob, please.OT and EThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02787944923260022913noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4248770061091562521.post-39296012879936673472010-09-25T05:27:57.407-07:002010-09-25T05:27:57.407-07:00Loved this story, I was laughing and mad all at th...Loved this story, I was laughing and mad all at the same time. Unwanted parenting advice about the weather would of got ole grand'gums told off on the spot, and the woman who tried to grab your boob would still be washing her eyes out from the mace. Smh. Keep up the good work mama.SingleMamaRantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05911436480175549129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4248770061091562521.post-6659850820452378492010-09-25T05:24:14.518-07:002010-09-25T05:24:14.518-07:00Great Post! We HAD a friend who was like that and ...Great Post! We HAD a friend who was like that and all about the breastfeeding and "you should do it like this if you are smart"... It was horrible! She knew everything and drove my wife and I up the wall. We had to cut her off and we are not friends anymore. We were more friends with her husband anyways, but that is all history. Advice is great when it comes from the right people and in the right way, but this mommy mafia better leaves us real parents alone. Even so many other people ask us if my wife was breastfeeding? WTF? Why is it any of your business? My wife wasn't able to breastfeed either and it was already hard on her enough... Thanks for sharing and I'm your newest follower on your blog! Looking forward to read your next posts. Have a great day! :-) <br />Mr. MomLiam's Mr. Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02747486164278241110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4248770061091562521.post-73540083422744457182010-09-24T20:18:11.894-07:002010-09-24T20:18:11.894-07:00Thank you guys so much for your comments and suppo...Thank you guys so much for your comments and support! I had so much fun writing this post and telling my story! You girls are the best! xoxoAlanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01994498070179566348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4248770061091562521.post-69598834649623743712010-09-24T19:30:51.111-07:002010-09-24T19:30:51.111-07:00Okay A: 70 degrees is SOOOOO far from cold, and I ...Okay A: 70 degrees is SOOOOO far from cold, and I speak from major experience here in MN! I will admit, I am actually tempted to tell some parents to uncover their children in Target. You see a crying and crabby baby with their full winter gear on and you know they are just steaming hot. However, I don't.<br /><br />Okay B: That is just not okay and I struggled with breastfeeding my first too. He was a horrible breast feeder and many nights I was in tears by the last feeding. He was colicky and cried. A lot. <br /><br />I am just so sad that this woman chose to do that to you. How about just striking up a convo and asking you about your baby...how old is he? where did you find that cute outfit? Those are just two suggestions that may have been better than the stunt she pulled. Sorry if she scarred you. <br /><br />On a side rant, I mean note, Bordstrom is the ONLY place to nurse your baby at the Mall of America. Every other dept store's nursing area is just nasty. I wish there were more places that made it a priority to provide a comfortable and clean environment for women to feed and change their babies. That's all.<br /><br />Great post Alana, thanks for sharing your and Baby D's stories!Sweet Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18180961682351267536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4248770061091562521.post-27013001368550401372010-09-24T14:49:09.090-07:002010-09-24T14:49:09.090-07:00Wow, the nerve of that woman!! I took Lil J out 6...Wow, the nerve of that woman!! I took Lil J out 6 days after he was born and people thought I was crazy but he was content with being out and I needed to get out!<br /><br />Fortunately, I haven't encountered any "mommy mafia" that's been worth remembering (my mind has been kind of out-of-whack since my pregnancy days anyways!) but I do have the odd "You should do this..." - mostly from family who probably only have the best intentions. I just smile, nod and tune them out.<br /><br />Us mamas know what is best for our little ones. Nothing will ever change that! Sorry to hear that you had to endure that crazy person!<br /><br />-Kristina<br />@swankmamaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07048981511364184648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4248770061091562521.post-829251366830722992010-09-24T14:11:56.920-07:002010-09-24T14:11:56.920-07:00**DISCLAIMER: This subject hits close to home for ...**DISCLAIMER: This subject hits close to home for me, so I do apologize in advance, for the long comment and cant say preggo hormones may take over at any time.<br /><br />I think this is an all too common problem. I was very young when I started my family and the advice came round the clock. I was pregnant at 19, married at 20, with a 5 year old step-daughter and a newborn. I come from a family of 5 siblings and I am the oldest. <br /><br />I think people assumed because I was young that I didnt know what I was doing. Which may be true for a lot of young first time moms, but not me. I had a lot of trials in tribulations in my life growing up all of who had made me who I am today.<br /><br />Much of the 7th grade is a blur to me. Not because I wasnt a good student ( I have always been an A+ student and honor roll!) but because it was the FIRST time my mom was diagnosised with breast cancer. I was only 12 or 13 at the time, my sister was 9 or 10 and my little brother was only 2 or 3 at the time. <br /><br />I would get up and get my sister ready for school, walk her to school (lucky we lived in a nice good neighborhood) and then came home and took care of my mom and my little brother while my step-father was at work. My mom eventually got better and was in remission for a while. But taking care of my siblings prepared me to be a mom. Young or not.<br /><br />5/6 years later my mom was diagnosised AGAIN with breast caner this time with a different stan and a more aggressive type of breast cancer. My freshman year of college, just met my husband at the time, and i quit school and my job to again take care of my siblings because at this time my mom was divorced from her husband. I was my moms cargiver, my younger siblings still in school and there was no none to help out.<br /><br />When I had my son at 20 or even with my step-daughter I was in no wasy perfect or knew everything but I knew enough to ask for help when needed. I learned early on people are never short of giving advice even when not asked. And when you politely tell them "No Thank You" they get all bumb hurt and thier panties seems to get bunched in a place.<br /><br /><br />One of my new bff's is a young mother like I was is always asking for advice from me, which I have no problem telling her 'my experiences' and thats exactly how i leave it. I tell her what I did, how I did it or my thoughts but they are my trials and tribulations with my children and I leave her with her thoughts and to make her own decision. I dont want her to feel how I did when I had my first child. This is suppose to be a joyful occassion not one to be upset or stressed about.<br /><br />***For all you Mommy Mafia members out there, there are much politer ways of asking if we need help or to offer advice rather then just tell us moms we are wrong and you know everything! <br /><br />AND FOR THE RECORD:<br /><br />I WOULD HAVE DROP KICKED HER IN THE COOCHIE, CUZ I AM A JERZY GIRL!!!!<br /><br />Muaw!!<br /><br />Angie<br />@Angienfred01Angienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4248770061091562521.post-46819021709149090212010-09-24T12:47:48.727-07:002010-09-24T12:47:48.727-07:00Completely ridiculous! I find that everywhere - n...Completely ridiculous! I find that everywhere - not just the mommy mafia in parenting, but in business too. Let's just support each other (figuratively, we don't need to personally support each others boobs, that's what bras are for)? Why do we get all Tonya Harding and want to take every other mama out at the knee caps? So immature. And you know what, we've gotta stop judging each other. Just because something works for one doesn't mean it works for everyone. Have more kids, then you'll see just how different they are!<br /><br />You shoulda drop kicked her in the coochie. (scuse my Jersey Shore)<br /><br />LOVE you ladies :)Monkey Toeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18367235288716136087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4248770061091562521.post-3577143307775586252010-09-24T04:29:30.127-07:002010-09-24T04:29:30.127-07:00I'm afraid I might have drop-kicked the woman....I'm afraid I might have drop-kicked the woman. I am so sorry that you encountered the "mommy mafia" types so early in your motherhood. I just can't believe the audacity of some people to think it's okay to speak that way to a stranger...someone they know nothing of the trials and struggles that person has dealt with.Lindsay @ Just My Bloghttp://www.lindsayblogs.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4248770061091562521.post-11894827379113086472010-09-23T22:46:19.284-07:002010-09-23T22:46:19.284-07:00OMFG. That story at "Bordstroms" is hila...OMFG. That story at "Bordstroms" is hilarious. And yet so horrific. And simultaneously unbelievable and sadly, depressingly, totally believable. <br /><br />We've been talking on my blog lately about how the "mom mafia" (I love that!) is way worse in the online world than the real world, but obviously, we were wrong. I'm so sorry you had to endure that. But I'm really glad you had the wherewithal to realize how stupid this all is... I think a lot of new moms internalize things like that and are so freaked out about everything that they fail to see the idiocracy in people who get all up in their business... <br /><br />Okay. By "a lot of new moms", I mean me, 22 months ago. But still. :)The Fearless Formula Feederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08431179746019087708noreply@blogger.com