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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is with the tiktoks of new moms over explaining absolutely everything to supposed inlaws and grandparents? If my daughter ever spoke to me in that condescending "you're an idiot" manner I'm not sure how I would respond.[/quote] So the way I handled it with my Boomer parents is acknowledging that technology has changed in the 35 years since they had had small children (like we have a picture of baby me sitting in the car seat and it literally looks like a bucket with straps on it) and then the 30 years when they were babies and car seats did not exist. The first time they watched her overnight I gave them an extremely elaborate schedule. They thought it was doing too much and just took her to the zoo and then learned the hard way what happens when a 17-month-old doesn't get her scheduled naps and snacks and has a cranky meltdown[/quote] I am clearly older than you are. My oldest could have been in one of those plastic buckets. Your parents are boomers? I didn't need to explain the car seat to my boomer parents. They managed it just fine. Changes in feeding - no problem. The only one I explained anything to was my Grandma. She thought he should be fed on a schedule with water in between, and car seats were cruel. I hope new parents aren't actually doing these long, drawn out explanations. That's just as annoying as someone 40+ talking about how they raised their kids. (It seems like anyone over 40 is now a boomer)[/quote]
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