My BMB makes me feel inadequate

[karinothing]

I swear every baby on there speaks in full sentences and runs marathons.

[aspentosh]

Well, naturally that means you're doing a horrible job at this parenting thing.

But seriously- I am imagine at least half of the claims are false. Probably more like 2/3.

[karinothing]

Ha ha. Still! One of the babies can answer who the president is! My kid barely even says mama let alone Obama! Surely my kind is now doomed to work at McDonalds as his eventual career.

[aspentosh]

OOOOOR, a parents is hearing "Obama" when the kid says "mama". I'm just saying

[Deleted]

Your BMB still has posts? Wow.

What's annoying is that I hang out with kids IRL that are clearly talking, while Owen is more of a point-and-grunt kind of fellow. JUST SAY WHAT YOU WANT.

[karinothing]

Dec 11, 2012 12:06:54 GMT -5 @tokenhoser said:

Your BMB still has posts? Wow.

What's annoying is that I hang out with kids IRL that are clearly talking, while Owen is more of a point-and-grunt kind of fellow. JUST SAY WHAT YOU WANT.

Yeah, my BMB is VERY VERY active. They created the Drinking While Parenting board over here.

Yeah, at least none of the kids I know IRL are talking (they all walk though).

You know before I was a parent I SWORE I would not be one of those parents to compare my kid to others, but it apparently I have found it impossible not to do so.

[Deleted]

It is impossible to not compare, especially about the things you imagine would make life easier.

[bunch]

Eh, training a kid to say Obama is like getting them to say that a cow says moo (which, btw, dd always yells "neigh" for). They all do things on their own schedule yadda, yadda, yadda....

[anna7602]

Really? You seem so thoughtful and with it in your responses, as if you really think through what's best for you and your child. That means more to me than whether your child knows his multiplication tables at 6 months of age.

[Deleted]

This girl on FB from my Wedding month board has a LO 3 weeks older than mine. Her daugher says over 150 words at 18 months (insert side eye here)

[Deleted]

Aw, don't feel like that. You are a great mom!

[justjen]

Why do you read your BMB when you have usssss??

Seriously. Abandon the bump. It's good for the soul.

[karinothing]

Dec 11, 2012 12:53:47 GMT -5 anna7602 said:

Really? You seem so thoughtful and with it in your responses, as if you really think through what's best for you and your child. That means more to me than whether your child knows his multiplication tables at 6 months of age.

This was very sweet of you. Thank you.

[cjeanette]

Dec 11, 2012 12:53:03 GMT -5 @msstarry said:

I feel the same way on mine. I flammably noted before that it seems like the least educated on my BMB have the most "advanced" babies and it irritates me. People who have one month olds rolling around and batting at crap while my daughter just prefers to give an occasional smile so we can more easily ignore the screaming

Rolling at one month isn't going to give them some sort of edge in life. Having educated parents probably will.

[pugz]

ABANDON THE BUMP

seriously best thing I've done, this board is far superior and less braggy.

[Deleted]

Kari- you can totally train your baby to say Obama. That's absurd. FTR, kids are crazy. Sometimes DS yells UhOh at the dog for no reason, other times he sees a lion and roars. Who knows what they know when?

[karinothing]

Ha ha. I do actually like my BMB. The ladies are generally nice and they don't post specific posts to brag or anything. But I spend the majority of my time over here I promise!

I was telling this to my daycare teacher and she said not to worry becuase DS is clearly a genius who won't mimic words because he is above that lol. She told me he only talks when he has something important to say. I told her to keep it coming

[badtzmaru22]

Your kid is cuter than their kids.

[sewpinkgal]

Ha! If it makes you feel any better, J still only says Mama and Dada. He tries to say blue and zucchini (which is hilarious, by the way!), but not really talking at all. Just like that walking stuff, it'll happens when it happens. No worries mama!

[Deleted]

This makes me glad that BMBs were only just beginning on the Bump when I was PG with DD. July 2010 was never that active.

My current BMB is eyeroll worthy about 90% of the time.