Does anyone else have a infant sister and what do you do when this happens?

Question

I have a infant sister and I'll be holding her in the mall while mom goes to get the car, or is in the changing room, or somewhere like that. Strangers walk by and assume she is mine. They give me weird looks and make rude comments. What should I do or say to get them to stop. I'm 14 and this really annoys me.

Answer 1

I don't have an infant sibling but when I babysit my baby cousin and we go to the mall people will come up to me and congratulate me. Theres nothing you can really do about it unless you want to go around with a big red sign on your head that says "This is my sister not my child" Most likely people assume that shes yours because of all of the teenage pregnancies that there are everywhere. If people look at you weird just give them a look right back

Answer 2

this happens to me all the time, with my 1 year old niece and 6 month old nephew.

i will be holding them and i will get looks from complete strangers.

i just kinda smile and pretend the kids are mine. i find it hilarious, because these people really have no idea what they are talking about.

it also makes them feel like complete idiots when they realize that the babies are not really mine.

i'm 15 and live in a city where teenage pregnancy is not un-common.

Answer 3

My cleaning ladies have a 1-year-old baby, and they are Puerto Rican. I am Irish and people always assume she is mine, even though I am too young to have a baby. I just ignore it and I continue to take her for walks.

Answer 4

I'm fifteen and have an infant DAUGHTER, and people give me looks all the time. You just can't do anything about it but ignore it and keep your head held high. What else can you do?

Answer 5

Just ignore them, people can be rude. You're never going to see them again so don't worry about it. Good luck. =]

Answer 6

when they stop and stare say oh shes not my youngest.

Answer 7

ignore them

Answer 8

Just ignore them. The people who mind don't matter & the people who matter don't mind.

Answer 9

Ignore them.  

Answer 10

I have sister that's 17 months old.  If people give me dirty looks when I'm with her I make a scene.  I'll be like "wtf you starin at?" and then say something about how they look. Another thing that works is making the most disgusting face and staring straight back at them.  Some people would just ignore it but I don't care what strangers think of me, I'll be as rude as I want.  

Answer 11

Say: "Do you like my little sister? I do. She's the sweetest thing in the world to me and our mom thinks so too." or something along those lines.

That should do the trick.

Answer 12

i got a sis shes 2yrs old and i got to do that stuff 2 and many times ppl have asked me if shes mine and im like no shes my sis and they dont belive me so i say if u dont belive me ask my mom but all u really got to do is ignore them and smile back at them they wont think that ur the mom.

Answer 13

You just ignore it, period. My sister was 14 and I was 10 when my mom had our brother, and my sister went through this all the time.

Answer 14

i just ingorne them and sometimes i would be like shes my sister

Answer 15

Weird looks=Ignore them.

Rude comments=Tell them off.

Answer 16

just ignore it  

Answer 17

this happens to me all the time when i was 12 my mom had a son and i always looked older than my age and when i would hold him in the grocery store or any where people would tell me things like oh your baby is so cute or look at me with weird looks. Then when I turned 16 they had a baby girl and every time i take her places people think she is mine. It is really annoying but I just simply smile and move on now and if anyone says anything rude I just ignore them.

Answer 18

give them dirty stares back! lol. my aunt had twins 2 yrs ago and when she was in walmart, she left one of them with my little cousin and my cousin was rocking her and singing to her to keep her calm and some indian woman said something like " [humph] look at her. small and already has a baby''...but way more disrespectful. and when my aunt came around with the other twin she was like 'oh' and had a really dumb stuck look on her face.LOL ha ha ha. and the lady the indian woman was talking to told my aunt they were beautiful, and she still looked stupid.

Answer 19

well i agree with others  that you should ignore them

but if it really buggs you you could be like"i love u my little sis" or something like that

Answer 20

Get a shirt/sweater that says in big bold letters on front and on back "I'M A BIG SISTER" and if they still give you mean looks and make rude comments, say "read my shirt, jackass". and you shouldn't care what they think, anyway. They're just low-life passer-by who only know how to judge people. My mom is about to have a baby and I'm 13... I will feel your pain.  

Answer 21

Pretend that it is your baby and make them think the worst of you. It'll be funny in your head :)

Answer 22

all the time! i have a nephew (he's 2 months)  and he looks JUST like me so i'll be in the store and they all look at me like i'm crazy. plus my stomach is a little chubby it looks like i really had a baby. then when i bring him out to the car (i babysit and i have to carry him because my mom's arms are no good) kids my age just stare. i just ignore them because there's no need to explain your situation to complete strangers

Answer 23

It makes me really angry, I totally understand. My favorite thing was when a mom walked by and pointed at me and says "See, that's what happens when you mess around". I could have killed her.

But it would have been a bad influence on "my" daughter."  

Answer 24

Ignore them.

But then again, I can understand that people's reactions may bother you sometimes..

But..

There is no reason you should have to explain to a bunch of strangers about your situation.

It is none of anyone's business what relation the infant has to you..

Only ignorant people find time out of their schedules to worry about other people's business.. :-)