Parents Are Sharing The Funniest Things Childfree Folks Have Told Them About Parenting (15 Stories)

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“This one was from my ex who I should have know would be a terrible parent. In the hospital, I just had a baby and was struggling to breastfeed. I went to the washroom and when I came out my ex was feeding my newborn applesauce. FREAKING APPLESAUCE. She was only hours old and 4 weeks premature. Also he told me that I needed to wait for my 5 month old to calm down and self sooth before I fed her her bottle because when a baby cries when they are hungry that’s how they manipulate the parents. God I hate him.” — Life_with_lemonz

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“When I was pregnant and picking out bouncers my husband asked, ‘is this really necessary? Why can’t we just put the baby in a chair?'” — Trepidatious681

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“One of my relatives was always getting offended when she would call my baby to come to her and always get offended that the baby was ignoring her. The baby was 10mo., barely started walking at that point. I told my relative, ‘she barely knows that she is a person and has legs, she’s not exactly choosing where she is stumbling to.'” — anjubsm

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“Someone I know suggested using maternity leave to do your masters.” — Ninotchk

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“I had to call in to my last job because my 4 year old was sick. My boss asked if I could just get someone else to watch her. As if someone else would be willing to take off work, risk getting sick, not to mention- I’m her mother, I’m the one people call to take care of MY child when she’s sick. I just told him no after a confused pause. My current job is sooo much better about this. I was frustrated at the time, but now I think it’s just silly.” — Ashley777

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Patricia Grisafi

Patricia Grisafi, PhD, is a freelance writer and educator. Her work has appeared in Salon, Vice, Bitch, Bustle, Broadly, The Establishment, and elsewhere. She is passionate about pit bull rescue, cursed objects, and designer sunglasses.