I had honestly forgotten how big my kid is until yesterday. I was confronted with it all day. "Oh, your baby is so cute! How old is she?? (pause) Wow, she's big!" Yep....
Then, Emma and I encountered the be all and end all of rude comments while shopping for a Christmas dress at Dillards. I had found the perfect dress. It's so pretty and makes Emma's eyes pop. The cashier asked if we were ready to check out and directed us toward the cash register. That in itself was an obstacle course. One would think stores would make room for strollers in the baby section. Seriously. Anyway, the lady was trying to make casual conversation like cashiers always do. I was a cashier once; I know how it goes. I, however, NEVER would have insulted a customer's child.
Cashier: "Oh, this is such a pretty dress!"
Me: "Yea, I hope it fits. Thinking about getting her Christmas pictures taken."
Cashier: "Yea, she has kind of a big head."
What??? Are you kidding me? I was paying for clothes in her store, maybe she shouldn't have been so rude. Just a thought. Of course, she caught herself and tried to salvage the conversation with a "...but she's so cute." I wasn't having it. I simply informed her that she didn't need to try to compliment my child, grabbed my bag, and fought my way through the racks of clothes.
My daughter does have a large head, but I don't need anyone to point it out to me. If the cashier would have looked at Emma, she would have seen that her head is proportionate to her chubby body. :o) I don't understand why people think it's OK to criticize babies. Do they not realize that as the mothers of these babies, we think they're perfect and take horrible offense to anyone who tells us otherwise? Please, for the sake of everyone else, think before you speak.
