when I was born and I had my days and nights mixed up somebody told my mom to hold me by my ankles and swing me upside down and that would straighten out my body, ***?

I was also told by my grandmother that it isn’t safe to breastfeed because breastmilk isn’t sterile and if I insisted on doing it I needed to at least be scrubbing my ******* before each feeding (how nasty does she think my ***** are??)
She also insisted that I put a hat and gloves and heavy blanket on my son when he was a newborn (he was born in July and it was 102 degrees outside)

it wasn’t given to me but it was given on a radio show by a caller. the topic was advice for dealing with a slightly unruly and hyper 1 year old. some lady told the radio host to get a ****** bottle, like you would use for a disobedient cat, and spray the back of the kid’s neck with bleach. bleach!? the radio host disagreed with that vehemently, but…gee, have you read a bottle of bleach? you’re not supposed to get that on your skin.

My cousin had a very bad habit of constantly picking her nose when she was a small child. My aunt was told to tape my cousins fingers together to prevent her from inserting them back into her nose.

nothing too off the wall, i just think its funny when people who have no kids give you “advise”.

This isn’t weird, but it’s still a pet peeve of mine. I **** it when people (especially people at work because then I’m forced to be nice) say “your son is 9 months old and he’s still not sleepign through the night?! That’s ridiculous, have you tried x, y, and z”. When I reply that yes, indeed, I have tried all tricks adn he’s just nto a sleeper they reply with “well, that’s impossible because I did x adn it worked like a charm”

Oh yeah, and my parents suggested putting brandy on his gums for teething. When I say, “no, I would rather not give my child alcohol thankyouverymuch” they say “well, we did it with you and you turned out alright.”