Don't you love the advice you get when you are a mother?  From relatives, aunts, uncles, mothers, cousins . . .  from friends and neighbors . . .  from strangers in the grocery store. . .  from books, magazine and websites.  So many people feel free to give advice to mothers.

Occasionally the advice is just what we need.  But so many times, the shoe just doesn't fit. Below is a selection of some of the worst advice given to mothers of babies.  I hope it gives you a chuckle.

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<strong>Worst Advice I Ever Heard ... on Babies</strong>

'You're going to starve that baby.'
This from my mother every time she saw me breastfeed my baby.
<em>R.F., mother of three, ages 17-months, 3 and soon to be newborn</em>.

'Just let her cry!'
My daughter had newborn colic for several months. I discovered that both she and I were if I held her.
<em>J.T., mother of two grown children, two grandchildren.</em>

'Don't let your baby suck his thumb!'
Ridiculous! Thumb-suckers are usually happy babies.
<em>C.N., mother of two, ages 13, 15.</em></blockquote>




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