This is a question new parents hear all too often. A funny video from BuzzFeed highlights some of the strangest unsolicited advice new moms and dads get from fellow parents and non-parents alike.
“Sleep when the baby sleeps.” Oh, and cook when the baby cooks and do laundry when the baby does laundry? This is well-meaning, but completely pointless advice. Yes, you should try and take as many naps as you possibly can. But adults need to do other things, and you probably need that hour of baby-naptime to…I don’t know, eat some lunch? Have a shower?
“He’s just crying to manipulate you.” Newborns cannot manipulate anybody. They’re totally helpless confused little pudgeballs, not devious criminal masterminds just waiting for the opportunity to destroy you. The only way they have to communicate “Ouch” or “Cold” or “What even is being sleepy?” is through crying.
“You should/shouldn’t circumcise!” Insert any hot-button topic here, and everyone has an opinion about it. You know whose opinions matter? Yours, because you’re the parents. Even if you make mistakes, you’re still the parent, and you know your kid better than anyone else will. Also, why is a stranger talking about your baby’s genitals? That’s weird.
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