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    8 Pieces of Parenting Advice that No One Wants to Hear

    I recently wrote about the 10 pieces of parenting advice I'm tired of hearing, and it turns out, I am not alone. Based on the emails I've gotten since then, it seems that the unsolicited, even rude, parenting advice isn't just coming my way, but that it might be a bit of an epidemic. So I decided that since I'm not alone in this misery that it might be interesting to see what advice other parents were tired of hearing. I asked other writers what their least favorite piece of parenting advice was, and what follows is perhaps a cautionary tale for those of you who like to dish out the unsolicited advice. - By Katie

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    5. "Your baby needs a haircut."
    6. "Rub some whiskey on the baby's gums."
    7. "Sleep while you can."
    8. "Lock your child up until they can behave."

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      "Sleep while you can."
      "Before I had my first baby every parent smugly told me to 'sleep while you can.' As if. Did they expect me to store up on sleep or something? Collect it in a box in my closet so I could break it out after the kid was born? Shut up already with the sleep while you can business. Everyone who is about to have a baby knows by now that babies are up a lot at night. Yeah, they may not grasp just how horrifying the... more 
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      "Sleep while you can."
      "Before I had my first baby every parent smugly told me to 'sleep while you can.' As if. Did they expect me to store up on sleep or something? Collect it in a box in my closet so I could break it out after the kid was born? Shut up already with the sleep while you can business. Everyone who is about to have a baby knows by now that babies are up a lot at night. Yeah, they may not grasp just how horrifying the lack of sleep is but they'll find out soon enough, just like you did, so your little warning is for naught."
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