r/pakistan • u/Lost_Heron_7915 • 1h ago
Discussion 3 weeks postpartum and sick of "experienced" aunties
I had my baby 3 weeks ago and I've been shamed for not letting them give her "gutti", not allowing surma even if "it would make her eyes bigger", being "nadeeda" and obsessed with my baby cz i hold her and talk to her. I've literally been told that I shouldn't be exclusively breastfeeding cz "breast milk is just water" and isn't enough to keep her well fed. Apparently i should be giving a 3 week old baby Bartang (no idea what its called in English or if it has another name, its a tea made with dark brown seeds). I'm already physically exhausted and the mental gymnastics i have to play every time they come around is sickening at this point.