A baby story on TLC mothers question?

Question

Hi, for anyone who watches TLC A Baby Story or Bringing Home The Baby...do you ever think some of these mothers are a little pathetic..I'm in no way trying to offend them but the way they act just annoys me, yet I still like to watch it. This morning there was one of a woman who made her husband change all the diapers and there are some many more that will be interviewed on a morning then just start sobbing about having to wake up 2 or 3 times in the night!

I'm not saying I did perfect my first weeks but I certainly didn't cry about it, and def. never made my husband do all the stuff I didn't want to do.

But anyways does anyone else think some of these mothers are little bit over dramatic or do you think they are just acting this way because they are on tv?

Answer 1

Hah - I just watched Bringing Home baby this morning - and the woman was pathetic - she complained about the fact that she had to go home and deal with her baby because the nurses had been taking him during the nights - and then they took him several times throughout the day to bottle feed him.

Had she been recovering from a horrific birth and was not in the right state to care for her newborn - then, fine - but she had an easy birth, no problems.

She was not worth making a programme about.

Answer 2

I think so.  I watch that show sometimes.  I barely watch it.  I think they are only acting that way, because they are on television.  Life isn't like that at all!  I mean, it is sometimes, but how often?  It's not so often!  

Answer 3

JE JE I think definitively they are not being sincere at all! The ironic thing of the "reality shows", they are not reality! But, thinking a little about them, I think I'll act VERY funny if I had a camera filming everything I do... I don't think I can take it... How about you?

Answer 4

I don't get that feeling from the show.

I think that its hard enough being a new mom, and then when you have everyone in the world viewing your house and new baby and yourself, you get over excited, and break down.  

Answer 5

I like both of those shows and only occasionally do I see someone on there that really gets on my nerves.  Did you see the one where the dad thought for sure his wife was going to do something "wrong" with the baby?  That one really ticked me off.  But, for the most part, I don't see most of the parents on there as being over the top.  In fact, they probably show a little more patience than most of us would be able to muster in those early days simply because they know they are being filmed.  

Answer 6

EXACTLY! I AGREE WITH YOU. PEOPLE LIKE TO GET ATTENTION, SYMPATHY WHEN THEY KNOW THEY ARE ON TV. PATHETIC IS THE WORD!

Answer 7

I watched those shows A LOT when I was pregnant. They gave me a very false sense of what was going to happen. I did not end up like any of those women. I left the hospital as soon as I could and walked out on my own. I wanted to have my baby at home and start our normal life as soon as possible, and the hospital wasn't doing anything for me except restricting where I went and feeding me. I never cried over how hard it was to stay awake at night, I was happy to be seeing my baby. For weeks I felt like I could have sat in the rocking chair and sung lullabies to him all night. (I know I really couldn't but...) My partner did do a lot of things for me and brought us a lot of things while I was still sore but he didn't do everything, and I defiantly didn't make him! For me, those shows made motherhood look a lot harder than it turned out to be.

Answer 8

When I had my daughter there were times that I would cry. Just because you didn't get over whelmed with emotion doesn't mean everyone wont. She was my first child, I never really knew what to expect and there were times she would cry and nothing would console her, I felt like a horrible mother and cried right along with her. Now that I have more experience as a mother I'm more calm and collected, but everyone has their moments.

Answer 9

I agree 100% with you. I feel like by being on that show they take away from the personal experience of having a baby. the moms are too worried about the camera etc.  

Answer 10

I disagree with you. I do not get annoyed because another new mom (especially new moms) feel over whelmed or ask their husbands for help. Maybe they have the baby blues or postpartum depression. Good for you not feeling this way after you had your kid(s) but not every woman is like you. I cried and didn't want much to do with my 2nd child for the first 2 weeks because I was depressed. I am now pregnant with my 3rd baby and even tho I know what to expect as far as waking up several times a night, I actually cannot wait. I have been waiting to do this again for 5 years.  

Answer 11

yea  i agree. my husband doesnt change any diapers and he doesnt stay up at night i do b/c he works and it is a mommas job too me. yea they act like that for tv i think

Answer 12

Agree, it's a script, better to learn from their mistakes.

Answer 13

oh I love that show! lol, yeah some of them get on my nerves too. I remember one lady who would make her husband get up in the middle of the night to WATCH her feed the baby! Seriously, not help her feed him but just sit and watch even though he had to go to work in the morning! Some are very dramatic and some are really sweet. It definately might have something to do with the cameras but who knows!

Answer 14

Sometimes I think they are being a little too dramatic, but then again I'm not in their shoes.  When I think about having to get up several times a night to feed or change a diaper, the only time I think I would start crying is if I had absolutely no sleep and the baby was too fussy to be calmed down quickly.  I would likely cry out of frustration, not because I got no sleep.