Sometimes I want to be sassy.

I really don't understand why people don't think through the things they say sometimes.
Especially mothers to mothers! Come ON!!!

Lately, I have had people asking me all the time if Danielle is crawling yet. She is not. Which is perfectly ok for her age. In fact, right now there are no hopes of her crawling. I'm sure it will come, but as of today, she HATES being on her tummy. Maybe she'll be a scooter...and maybe she'll just go to walking. She already can stand up by holding onto something. She's got strong legs and wants to walk. She can walk a little bit if we hold her hands.
But goodness gracious- she's only 7 mo. old!

So anyways, when people ask me, usually it is the strangers that make me want to be sassy.
Typically, they engage me in conversation about her crawling, and I tell them what she's like.
I usually hear about how it's important developmentally for babies to learn to crawl (which I already know), and they stress to me how important it is that she MUST learn to crawl.
Well yesterday, I told a lady that her Daddy (Morgan) didn't crawl, but went straight to walking.

And she had the nerve to ask, "And does he have any learning disabilities?"

What the heck???

This is where I wanted to be sassy and say something like, "No he doesn't, not that it's any of your business, thank you. He's just fine, and I'm sure my daughter will be just fine as well. Stop trying to freak out a new mother and instead you could be a little more encouraging."

But instead, I politely said no and tried to get away from her as fast as possible.

I also have people ask me all the time if Danielle is "always this good/sweet". When I say yes (because I really do have the easiest baby in the world I'm sure- God probably knew that was all I could handle!!! ha), they always say, "Well-enjoy it, cause the second one is always the nightmare!"
Ok- I'm tired of hearing that too. As a good friend of mine described it once- stop pouring curses over me and instead bless- encourage!
Why not say to someone instead, "That's so great. I bet you just can't wait to have another one."
lol
Because I can't. I look forward to having another one (someday- not soon- so don't get any ideas)- and I will love him or her to pieces even if he/she's a handful!

This is ALOT of venting.
Let's just try people- myself included- let's try to speak blessings. To speak encouragement. To think about how what we're saying might affect the person we're saying it to.
Gracious!