Worst Things to Say to a New Mom

1 "Can't you just sleep when the baby sleeps?"

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As it turns out, those intermittent 20-minute power naps don't constitute a full REM cycle.

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2 "Are you thinking about having more?"

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Maybe . . . one day. But today is most certainly not that day.

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3 Any comment that puts into question the way she's feeding her baby.

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Whether it's "You know how good breast milk is for them, right?" or "He's still not taking a bottle?" the matter is really no one's business but the baby's parents. The baby will eat, and the baby will be fine.

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4 "I don't really see either of you in him/her!"

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How would you like me to respond to that? Should we get some DNA samples?

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5 "Is (s)he a good baby?"

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What's a good baby? To be honest, she cried for six hours straight yesterday. But she came with a no-returns policy, so we're going to try to make this work.

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6 "Just let me know what I can do to help!"

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A loaded question if ever there was one. If you want to offer help — in the form of babysitting, a home-cooked meal, running errands, or whatever else — lay it out there. Most new moms won't come asking for help, but just may accept it (with pleasure!) if it's offered.

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7 "When are you due!?"

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Unless you are 1000-percent certain that the woman you're looking at is in fact expecting, don't ever make assumptions. Some postpartum moms carry around their baby bumps well into the "fourth trimester" — and that's OK!

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8 "Wow, you're going back to work so soon?"

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That's right — I get six weeks of maternity leave. Thank you for making me feel worse about it than I already do.

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9 Is (s)he sleeping through the night yet?

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At six days old? No. That's all I have to say about that.

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10 "So, are you enjoying the downtime?"

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The downtime? Ha, ha, ha. Sitting in an office, surfing the web, running to Starbucks — that's downtime.

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