by Jamie Reed posted in Pregnancy

The first time I noticed how inconsistent parenting advice was, came when I overheard two older women at church discussing a new mother's choice of outfit for her baby.
"Poor thing, someone needs to tell her that baby needs a heavier jacket."
Not ten minutes later a different woman approached the mother and mentioned how the baby was probably burning up in his outfit.
"Babies create a lot of natural heat, you don't want them to get too warm!"
Huh" Same baby, same day, same outfit. Two very different opinions.
How in the world are moms supposed to figure out what to do when there's so much conflicting parenting advice out there"! Don't do too much, don't do too little. We support new moms, but don't inconvenience us. Considering people love giving unsolicited advice, particularly to pregnant women, I can't even begin to try to sort through the mixed messages I receive.
1. Whatever you do, don't be a helicopter parent. Those kids always end up in therapy. Kids these days have no supervision! They have no guidelines and are all going to end up in therapy.
2. If you don't breastfeed the baby won't emotionally attach to you and will have years of developmental issues. Isn't that child a little too old to be nursing"
3. This workplace is pro-baby and pro-nursing! We love moms! There's a nursing room in the old men's restroom in the basement of the office building. You can use it in six-minute increments and ...