Being caring and attentive is a common grandparent trait. They want only what’s best for their kin, which is why they might go to extreme lengths to make sure nothing bad ever happens to them. Though in order to make sure that it doesn’t, one has to take certain precautionary measures, which might sometimes seem illogical or cuckoo at best.
For instance, according to some grandmas, moms have to bite off the nails of their babies instead of using clippers, or else the little one might become a thief. Other grandmothers have something against socks, as they say that putting them on babies can stop the growth of their ankles.
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My MIL told me to not let my son stare at the ceiling fan bc it’s demonic.
My grandma said: ‘Don’t take so many pictures of her, it ruins their eyes.
My grandmother told me if I let her blow cigarette smoke in my 4-month-old’s ear, it would cure his ear infection.
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When I was pregnant my mom slapped my legs and told me to uncross them because the umbilical cord would get wrapped around the neck.
My great grandma told my mom we’d have a heart attack if we looked in a mirror as babies.
My husbands grandmother always said if my child (who was inside) wasn’t wearing socks, he’d get hypothermia. in the middle of the summer too.
‘Don’t tickle his feet, he’ll get diabetes’ was a real one we heard.
I was told not to tickle babies feet or they will be incontinent as adults.
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My grandma used to tell us not to sit on the cold concrete cause it will ruin our internal organs
My grandma yelled at me and said that I could get scoliosis from holding my WEEK old little brother “too much”
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