Pieces of advice I'm tired of hearing/seeing even when they're not addressed to me

[ailbhe]

If you breastfeed exclusively, your period won't come back until you introduce solids.

If you can talk through them, they're not real contractions.

You mustn't [anything] while you're pregnant or breastfeeding.

It's ok never to sterilise bottle-feeding equipment (especially when it's said to someone seeking advice for a newborn).

You need to prepare your breasts for breastfeeding by [arcane and painful ritual].

You have to / must never attempt to set a routine for the baby.

I forget the rest, because it's hot and I'm very very pregnant today. And I have an NCT coffee social this afternoon with ONE attendee so far. And she has a bump, not a baby, which may well make it even harder to talk. I may scavenge some others up somehow.

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[hfnuala.livejournal.com]

This hasn't happened to me yet, but I see it all the time. Mother lets off steam about a tough evening/night with baby/toddler/child. Instant reaction - 'oh, you need a bedtime routine.' Because people with bedtime routines never ever have tough evenings! It's the cure for everything! And having a fractous baby on a particular evening is evidence that you must not have a routine.

[ailbhe]

Or swaddling, or a bit of rice in his bottle...