What is the weirdest advice you have gotten about raising your kids or about pregnancy?

I've seen a lot of serious questions tonight. So I thought I would ask something light hearted.





I know as parents or as pregnant women you get a lot of advice. Here I see a lot of the good advice that is shared.





So what is the weirdest, strangest, or something that made you laugh out loud advice you have gotten? Either about pregnancy or parenting.What is the weirdest advice you have gotten about raising your kids or about pregnancy?
I call those people the pregnancy police....





While I drinking my 1 measly small cup of coffee a day, someone was like, ';You can't have that! What are you thinking!!'; all frantic...I'm like, what the hell, are you my doctor??





One of my friends actually was like, ';Your going swimming this summer? What are you going to WEAR?!?!'; Ummm, a bathing suit?!?!? Haha





I get a lot of ';Don't lift that'; or ';You can't do that'; (things I already obviously know) and it's really annoying! I am 27 and a nurse! Everyone thinks they know better than you and you doctor





How can we shush the pregnancy police?What is the weirdest advice you have gotten about raising your kids or about pregnancy?
I've gotten a lot of good responses to my questions and a lot more weird ones than anything...


one thing would be to use a humidifier any time my daughter caught a cold of some sort. whether it be a little cough or a bad fever. i swear those things work miracles! That $9.99 and a late night trip to walgreens was well worth it!


one thing my m.i.l. did to my daughter when she got a bad fever at their house was to rub her down in vinegar then cut up thin slices of potato skins and soak those in vinegar, then wrap them in a head wrap of some sort and let her sleep in it... so weird! all it does is cook the potatos which soaks up the heat from her head... i've only had to do it once but it worked! it was one of those things that her mom did to all the kids and now she does it to her kids/ grand-kids.
I thought it was very odd to get the advice to let my daughter run the house naked when she was showing signs she wanted to potty train. I swore I never would, and then on a summer day she kept wanting to use the potty - but was only 2, and so i figured i would try it, and to my suprise she had no accidents on the floor - and was pretty much potty trained from then on.
A woman came up to me, butted into the conversation I was having with a friend and basically accosted me for wanting to co-sleep. she practically predicted my baby's death! I was so pissed who the hell was she to say something like that? I am all for a conversation about the pros and cons of a subject but seriously that lady got in my face and practically called me out for child abuse. I don't think some people don't realize how ridiculous they sound.
i am pregnant with my 3rd child i am still getting dumb advice from everyone including family. but the one that tops it all is when my 6month old got poison sumac cuz my mother n law had it and negleted to tell me and then she held my son. she told me to put clear nail polish all over his rash to help clear it up! i told her she was insane!
Ok here is one for you dear! My mom told me not to drink pop because it would eat the brain cells in the baby's brain! OMG! And she also told me that if i sleep on my back i would cause the baby to be fat. Too funny right? Good question!!
keep sock on baby never get colic = it either worked or a really good luck son never had it...