Don’t Let One-Upmanship Become One-Up-Yours-Manship

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Strollerderby — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 23:43:39 GMT

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re: Don’t Let One-Upmanship Become One-Up-Yours-Manship

RavennaJen — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:19:42 GMT

This type of shit drives me crazy too. When it's a newer parent, I figure life will sort it all out. If they're bragging that their little boo-boo is sleeping through the night at 2 months, I smile but think, "just you wait." If you get too smug, life will smack you down.

Funny, though. My oldest walked at 10.5 months and it kind of depressed me. Friends had placid little babies who just SAT where they placed them, and mine was running around like a little banshee. When my next kid didn't walk well until she was 14 months, I was relieved!

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Mom2Two — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 18:26:14 GMT

I am continually amazed at the things some people turn into competition over who is the better parent. Gerber recalls cereal because it clumps and it becomes, "That's what you get if you feed that crap to your kid." Or millions of lead contaminated toys are recalled and someone is bound to brag about how they make all their own toys from renewable bamboo because "that's what responsible parents do."

My 11 month old just started standing up on her own, in contrast to her older brother, who was walking well at 10 months. Someone on an online forum said, "Isn't that kind of late for standing up? Both MY babies were standing and cruising by 8 months!" Wouldn't a "congrats to your daughter on her milestone" been a nicer reply? And yeah, in my head I did say, "Fuck you then, my kids are cuter anyway."