Noémie: waah, waah, waah
Everyone In The Entire World: Oh, she's teething.
Me: Aaargh!
Really, strangers on buses who have spent a grand total of two stops-worth of time in the vicinity of the No feel the need to tell me that the reason she's crying is that she's teething. Really? Not that she's hot, tired and hungry? Well, I suppose you're the expert aren't you, whoever you are?
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A fellow expat living here in Switzerland once termed this "The Mommy Drive-By." It's not too bad now, but the older No gets, the more critical it will likely become. Prepare yourself.
I once lost it in a grocery store after a complete stranger, who knew nothing about the situation, decided to tell me what was wrong with my parenting. It had been a very bad day and I let her have it in both English & German. Very much doubt she will ever comment on someone else's parenting.
And you know what? It felt good to let her have it!
At this point I'm being fairly positive-minded about it all, assuming that people are a)"consoling" me that my crying baby isn't crying because I'm a bad mother, and b)feeling smug about their expert status ("ooh, that baby is young and crying! teething! i know everything about babies, don't i?"). Since no one is telling me what to do, I don't really care all that much, but yeah, I can imagine it gets more annoying as time passes. I'm bracing myself for the end of summer and people telling me to put another 3 layers or so of clothes onto the No because of course she must be cold, she's a baby!
so i take it she's not teething then?
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