Ok so I’ve always quite liked Cat. Or rather I’ve neither had a strong opinion one way or the other and find her reels quite funny.
However, sleep training gate had led to an unfollow. Any sort of baby feeding/sleep posts by instahuns always tile me because even when they are trying not to be they come across as very sanctimonious and smug.
My first born is 4 and from the moment he was born I devoured books/insta/websites on how to get them to sleep through the night as early as possible as naively I thought if I could achieve this then I’d nailed parenting. Our bond suffered because when they didn’t fit in the perfect routine I thought there was something wrong with them or me.
My second child is two and when they were born I didn’t have a routine at all. Not until they were at least 10/12 weeks and that was a natural routine they fell into and sleep was a big part of that.
Both of my children sleep very well, but the bond and memories I have of my second is so different to my first.
I’m expecting my third child and seeing Cats post made me actually quite angry. First time Mum’s trying to find their way can be like sponges for this sort of stuff and it is MASSIVELY damaging.
I know better than to let what she says penetrate my head but she should know better.
When will these instahuns just shut the hell up and stop thinking they have the right to bleat shite without considering the consequences!!!
It makes me very sad that you had that experience with your first baby - could you imagine if you had read a post like that by cat when you were in the thick of it?
My first baby spent the first three weeks of life in SCBU. When she came home, I didn’t want to be apart for a second and that was it, she was literally on me for years, 24/7. Never bloody slept, and everyone blamed me for what I was doing, but I didn’t care. A post like Cats might have made me second guess myself at the most vulnerable time in my life. (Next two, the same from birth, always with me, co slept, sling, contact naps. one slept, one didn’t,
duck all to do with routine and 100% to do with personality).
For all her “be kind”, she, like all the others only think of themselves.
I’ve noticed it’s gone from her highlights.
Someone must have had a word, because as far as I know, you don’t grow a conscience or self awareness overnight.
Oh and that orgasms and arseholes skit - you are soooo late to the party, Cat. I’ve seen countless other really unfunny people do that one over the past couple of week. Bonus points for not using the usual “he’s at the pub”, but still a poor show. 2/10.