Serious question ladies! Im so insulted?

Ach. I guessed you were, you know why? Because you give good, unbiased, un judgemental advice. Only us young mums do that. The reason she did it was because she was jealous and couldn't cope with the fact that someone "only" 18 could be, in her eyes as she was taking your advice, more capable than her.

Not your problem hun, just hers.

I'm also 18, and a mother to a 4.5 month old baby.

- I breastfeed - which i've been told is 'revolting' because I'm young.

- I study at university via corrospondence.

- My daughter is very well provided for, my partner owns his own business and home, we also have 4 cars between us (including work utes)

- I go out MUCH less than women around here who are 30 and have kids younger than my daughter

I think I'm a great mummy, my daughter is happy and healthy and I don't think my age should play a part in being a mother.

Granted, a lot of teen mum's ARE useless, and their own mothers end up raising their kids - but people forget about the mother's like us, young, but doing the best job we can, and doing it well!

I'm sorry for this idiotic woman and for you, I know how much it hurts - you don't need to prove yourself to anyone!

To be honest it's just harsh that someone older can be so judgemental of your age. I am 18 so i would know how you must have felt. My mum gave birth to me when she was 18 and got married at 19 and she is still happily married now with 4 kids. Just goes to show how good young mums can be.

Just ignore the jealous ones x

Yeah, it was rude of her, and she is insinuating a generalization that young women wouldn't have any experience. At least she could've pretended she didn't need any more advice. She sounds uncertain of her abilities, and was embarrassed that you could help her.

However, you do kind of have a "know it all" tone. Possibly she took that and thought that you were about 40?

I also resented KatKat's comment that ONLY young moms seem to know anything. That is a generalization the OTHER way.

I was just talking to another mother yesterday (she is 44, I am 42). We both have many children--she has 12 of her own and started at age 14. But now we have the issue that people don't understand why an "older" woman (I cringe to be considered that) would have babies.

What this tells me is that once again, overopinionated people are making generalizations. I don't care how young you are or how old you are. I am willing to take advice from somebody who can help me. Period.

Good luck with your child.

Some of the best and sensitive advice i ever received on here was from a 15 year old!! I obviously didn't know she was 15 until we started communicating via messenger and when she told me how old she was i just thought wow what a mature, responsible person she is, i hope i can raise my little girls to be as sensible.

I don't believe age has anything to do with life experiences some of the middle aged mothers at our school wouldn't know their calpol from their sudocreme!!

I'm 27 and if an 18 year old can give me good advice in what I am asking for it's fine by me. It's great to get advice from a variety of people and that variety should also include age. She's just insecure.

I know what you mean, I was 17 when I had my son, I've just turned 19 and some people give me 'that look' as if to say I don't know ANYTHING just coz I'm young but think nothing of asking people who've never had kids!! lol, drives me crazy, have no time for people like that, you shouldn't waste your time either, live life to the full, enjoy yourself and ignore the worthless people Xx

makes no difference to me, then again im 18 myself so i cant say much. however just goes to show how brainwashed older mums are into buying into the belief that no-one under the age of 25 is capable of being a good parent or in anyway intelligent, makes me feel rather sad that some people can be so small minded.

To be honest i would feel pretty insulted too.

WOW! thats crazy. im 18 and have a 9 month old. i believe im the same as you. i do everything for my son. even thou were 18 dont mean anything. im with my son day and night 24/7 ..i believe teenage mothers r stronger then others bcus most of us can juggle alot mre then older women(no offense to them) just ignore her shes just jealous that you know things that she dnt while hes older she thinks shes wiser but obviously not so its okay forget it cause im sure your a great mother =] good luck with your baby

Bah! I'm a 20 year old mother and I have 42 best answers on here! Your age has nothing to do with it, its your experience. An 18 year old mother probably knows more about babies than a 40 year old who has never held one! One of my biggest pet peeves is people who think they are better than younger people. Come on! You were a child, teenager, and young adult once! Why does being wrinkly make you better than someone else?

I'm 22 and get the same hassles and it really bothers me too.

When my son was born, I lived in a small town, and there was a baby massage group, so i decided to go along. All the other mothers there were at least 30. We all chatted and got along great for a couple of weeks, then when they found out how old i was, they suddenly started looking down their noses at me. I just told them to look around at the drug takers who would rather score a hit than take care of their children, and to get some perspective when they come to judging people based on their age.