Evan walks, ok? Enough with the pissing contest

So this weekend Evan became a "full time" walker. It literally happened over night.

• Friday: He was stepping and lunging at furniture. 
• Saturday: He walked in the morning and resorted to caveman walking most of the afternoon (we skipped a nap)
• Sunday: He was a biped (he had many wipe-outs but he was walking no less).We tested his walking abilities by going camping, he had dirt and rocks to walk on and he mastered the dirt to cement transition. 
• Monday: We tested him even more by taking him to the beach. He walked pretty will but all he really wanted to do is lay down in the sand and run his hand through it.
• Tuesday: Uneventful, just perfecting some skills. He became an expert faller as he really really wants to run.
• Wednesday: He added a hop to his step, literally. The kid started hopping.

After all this amazingness that my child is doing, I am STILL getting crap about how old he is and that he should have been walking sooner and their child or grandchild is way better than Evan because they walked before their first birthday. Ugh. Evan started walking well within the normal age range. Then they proceed to tell me that my life is over because he will get into everything. I reply with that's not true. Anyone that knows Evan knows that he can already get into everything. I kept saying that he had no motivation to walk because he could already climb and reach the counters and cause plenty of destruction. I should also mention that the climbing milestone is supposed to come after, well after walking. But my super awesome kid has been climbing since 9 or so months. And he can get out of our bed without tumbling.

None of this matters to judgmental women. Its walking or not. There is no developmental gray area.

Maybe I should just nod and smile when people tell me that their kid is better than mine. But I am sick of nodding and smiling. I am sick of parenting "advice". I am sick of people acting like I'm holding Evan back or implying that he is developmentally slow. I am sick of people that feel like they can say insulting crap after asking about your child. Why did you ask me how he is doing in the first place?