Anonymous wrote:I won't mention the crawling because we're from a different school of thought so it's irrelevant here.
I have no idea what this means, but I'm sure it's hilarious.
Anonymous wrote:I won't mention the crawling because we're from a different school of thought so it's irrelevant here.
I have no idea what this means, but I'm sure it's hilarious.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I do not read OP's post the way many do. It is uncomfortable when people remark about what your child can do when their child of a similar age or a little older cannot do the same things. I will not go into stories about my children or I will be treated the same way but just wanted to chime in that I did not read OP's post as bragging about her child. Not sure what the answer is, my advice would be not to overemphasize but also not to downplay your child's accomplishments, it can become a habit your child will eventually begin to understand.
Perhaps you don't relize this, but pp's are a group of experienced mothers, most of whom have been on both sides of this experience.
Anonymous wrote:Wow OP -- you sure sound defensive. Didn't you post this as a vent about another mother's defensive attitude?
Also, this isn't CONSTANT comparison. You met these people for lunch and your child's skills made that mother a little insecure. Where is your compassion? I'm happy that, for as delayed as your DD is, she's still above-average in all of these skills. I'm sure you're happy too and that's why you posted about it.
I won't mention the crawling because we're from a different school of thought so it's irrelevant here.
Anonymous wrote:I do not read OP's post the way many do. It is uncomfortable when people remark about what your child can do when their child of a similar age or a little older cannot do the same things. I will not go into stories about my children or I will be treated the same way but just wanted to chime in that I did not read OP's post as bragging about her child. Not sure what the answer is, my advice would be not to overemphasize but also not to downplay your child's accomplishments, it can become a habit your child will eventually begin to understand.
Anonymous wrote:OP here and I'm sure defensive. I came to vent and I'm being attacked. I apologized for the way I sounded and I agree that I still have to work on how I interact with other parents. I was just not prepared to face that overflow of comparison in just a few hours.
We've met them before and our children were very young. It was when we first learned about our DD's condition and while their child was rolling all over the place exploring our child was a blob laying on her back staring at the ceiling. By then all our conversations were regarding our DH's jobs (they're in the same field), if we were going back to work or not and the sleep deprivation.
I also had an awkward moment when we talked about our going back to work status this time around but I won't even go there today with you guys... This has been hurtful enough for me.