We asked MummyPages mums to share the funniest or weirdest advice anyone has ever given them, and this is what they said:
1. Monica King: "I remember meeting an elderly neighbour about two weeks after having my first baby and she advised me to go again straightaway while I was still 'wide open'!"
2. Catherine Kearney: "An old lady once told me that I would not love my baby as much if I did not feel the pain of childbirth... I loved my sons more because I was not wrecked!"
3. Siobhan Maher: "I remember driving my mother-in-law somewhere while I was heavily pregnant, and she told me it was probably time to stop wearing my seatbelt... Needless to say I didn't listen!"
4. Helen Bromley: "I was told by my nan not to pick my baby up so often as he would get used to it. She suggested I just sit and look at him rather than cuddle him! As if....I will cuddle my kids forever - my 16-year-old boy hates it but I still manage to get a sneaky one in!"
5. Claire Foster, Athlone: "I was having problems with baby latching on and was told: "Maybe the baby doesn't like your milk."
6. Catriona Lillis: "I was told by mu mother-in-law that if I lifted anything too heavy after having my baby my womb would fall out..."
8. Beverley Charlton: "I was advised to pop some hot chocolate into my baby's bottle at six-weeks-old because he was refusing to take a bottle..."
9. Louise Moriarty-Makins, Northwich: "I was told by my mother-in-law to leave my 18-month-old if I needed a sleep because it would teach him independence and show that I trusted him. - no comment!"
10. Debbie Chisnall, Aberdeenshire: "I was once told by an older midwife to some vacuuming when the baby starts crying so you can't hear them..."
