Something fun: What would you REALLY like to say to new PARENTS?

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I thought this would be funny...."advice" that you would like to give new parents...if you could.

Mine:

"Please don't try to feed little Suzy baby food when she's two weeks old. Yes, she'll open her mouth, and yes, it will appear that she likes it, yes, she'll try to swallow it...but understand if you put dog poop in her mouth...she'll do the same thing."

Specializes in OB.

I'd love to tell them:

"You made it - it's yours" (To change, feed, etc.)

To some mothers - "You can't be the baby now that you have a baby"

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Specializes in L&D.

"You made it - it's yours" (To change, feed, etc.)

I want this on a t-shirt. Or a badge reel. Or a scrub jacket!

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Specializes in ICU.
I'd love to tell them:

"You made it - it's yours" (To change, feed, etc.)

To some mothers - "You can't be the baby now that you have a baby"

HAHAAA :yeah::yeah::yeah:

I love it.

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I did have a teenage mom who was doing her birth certificate worksheet "waiting for her mother to fill out her part". I had to break it to her " YOU are the mother". Heaven help these babies.

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I did have a teenage mom who was doing her birth certificate worksheet "waiting for her mother to fill out her part". I had to break it to her " YOU are the mother". Heaven help these babies.

Oh brother......:uhoh3:

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Specializes in OB, CASE MANAGEMENT.
I did have a teenage mom who was doing her birth certificate worksheet "waiting for her mother to fill out her part". I had to break it to her " YOU are the mother". Heaven help these babies.

better yet it is time to quit sucking your thumb mom. you are the grownup now act like it

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Specializes in Neuro/Med-Surg/Oncology.
I did have a teenage mom who was doing her birth certificate worksheet "waiting for her mother to fill out her part". I had to break it to her " YOU are the mother". Heaven help these babies.

:chuckle:yeah:

It is a different mindset though, isn't it? Kind of like the first time someone calls you Mrs. X after you get married and you look for your MIL over your shoulder. :D

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Specializes in Neuro ICU and Med Surg.
I was asking permission . . . . begging to be allowed to do so . . . .so if you think it is ok . . . then I'm gonna do it!! :yeah:

Thanks!:heartbeat

steph

Sometimes when you point it out to them they come to their senses. I just think of the poor kid who isn't able to spell their name when the parents can't either.

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Specializes in Specializes in L/D, newborn, GYN, LTC, Dialysis.

A couple things come to my mind immediately:

1. That guilt is a hallmark of parenthood. Don't let it eat you alive---don't let others add to it, and go with your gut when it comes to your babies.

2. That the word, "parent" is a VERB not just a noun.

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Specializes in NICU, Post-partum.
I did have a teenage mom who was doing her birth certificate worksheet "waiting for her mother to fill out her part". I had to break it to her " YOU are the mother". Heaven help these babies.

Ok...don't laugh.

Yeah, the teenager went too far, but when I had my first child, the first document they gave me to put down where it said, "Mother" out of habit, I put down MY mother's name.

I was also over 30.

Ok...go ahead...everyone try not to laugh all at once :)...no, I'm not blonde. :)

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Specializes in ED.
Ok...don't laugh.

Yeah, the teenager went too far, but when I had my first child, the first document they gave me to put down where it said, "Mother" out of habit, I put down MY mother's name.

I was also over 30.

Ok...go ahead...everyone try not to laugh all at once :)...no, I'm not blonde. :)

only laughing with you darling, not at you:yeah:

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Specializes in Nurse Manager, Labor and Delivery.

How fun is this?!?!?! In response to the "I think I lost my mucus plug" question...I would love to respond "where did you leave it last?".

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