Boundaries and advice I didn't ask for

With this being my first pregnancy, I have had a lot of people coming at me in a million different directions. My main thing is that I do not want any advice unless I ask for it. It will help me feel less overwhelmed and less like someone is trying to tell me how to do what I have prepared for, for the last 10 years. I am not clueless and I have been educating myself and have hands on experience etc. I don't know everything by any means but I have my own learning process and being OCD, I just prefer to do things my way first before I ask for help. I know I'm not the only one. I have 4 brothers and I am the 2nd sibling to be bringing a child into this world. One of my older brothers, who doesn't have any kids and isn't even in a relationship keeps telling me I need to be talking to other mother's and asking for advice, seeking therapy about pregnancy anxieties, buying books etc. I don't understand where all of this is coming from because I don't have many anxieties at the moment and I have a therapist that I see every 2 weeks. I am taking classes in 2 weeks and watching educational videos and reading educational materials constantly and most of it is just a refresher. I have been very firm on what boundaries I expect and I just can't get him to back off. Has anyone else dealt with this? How do I get him to back down? We both don't have the best relationship with our mother and I guess he's worried that I won't know how to be a good mother based off of what we were raised by? I live over 4 hours away and it's like I'm getting messages daily about this. It's stressing me out more than anything and I have told him how I feel and that I have all of the proper resources that I need at this point.
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People seem to love giving advice, my favourite thing is everyone I know says "every baby is different" whenever I mention research and the ways I have prepared myself. As if that doesn't make their advice just as useless😅 I don't really have advice except that I've found it's easier to look like I'm listening while in my head treat it like talking about the weather during a drought. I think sometimes people don't know what else to talk about, they're trying to be involved, and it shouldn't cost you your boundary but I've tried to focus on that to be understanding, and I walk away when it gets too much and use a random pregnancy symptom as an excuse

Let him see you read his messages, then dont say a word, if he asks if you read his messages tell him you been busy. You can also do what amber said ^^ that is good one as well. You have already tell him you are prepare, either he wantsnto be involced or has insecurities based on your upbringing, but this isnyour experience, not his. And he should know better. Dont stress yourself and dont tarnish the relationship with him, so just try to avoid conversations and make yourself "busy" when he wants to talk.

Quite frankly every parent is winging it, it just depends how many attempts it takes to find the solution. One solution doesn't work for everybody but you'll find what works for you. That same solution may not work the next day or the next week but we adapt. Perhaps just keep your responses vague - "I'll grow with my baby" or "I'll be responding to what my baby needs". Even just defining a mother's intuition to him. This is your experience, don't let other people tarnish it.

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