What is your worst habit as a Mommy?

bourk997 · April 2010

My worst habit is definitely comfort nursing or nursing him to sleep. I know it's just making things harder for me later, but I just can't stop doing it!

BethD76 · April 2010

I do that too. I don't feel bad about it either.

JDWNYC · April 2010

I do the same thing - and I actually tend to plan to nurse him to sleep for his late afternoon nap bc sometimes it's the only way I can get that nap from him. And I do it in a way we call a "boob nap" and I just let him sleep while sucking and sucking even after I know he is done eating, and I don't move him...I either sleep myself or watch TV or read and don't move an inch for up to 2 hours.

lilmissmuffin12 · April 2010

i do it too and it makes everything a lot less stressful right now. its also the only thing ive found so far that works to get her to sleep.

Krisx2 · April 2010

I agree with all PP. It's hard not to just nurse and nap when it makes life easier for all involved.

Mereou12 · April 2010

It's a tie between rocking him to sleep for naps and nursing him to sleep at bedtime. Both nasty, nasty habits.

mrs_sherod · April 2010

Nursing him to sleep and bed sharing.

ACR · April 2010

Going to him as soon as I hear a peep at night. I really should give him a minute or two to see if he can fall back asleep on his own.

Cornbreadsmom · April 2010

I'm do this too! It's just so hard not to when I know it will put him to sleep.

MrsPatterson · April 2010

Not keeping up his weekday routine on weekends. At daycare she has DS on an awesome schedule but I can't bear to drag myself out of bed at 6:30 on the weekends, so when he wakes up at 6-6:30, I bring him back to bed with me and continue to replace the paci until he goes back to sleep. Then we sleep till 8 and it feels heavenly, even though his naps are effed for the rest of the day. I wish I could break this one because then he'd take 2 really awesome naps during the day, but I just can't do it.

itkatydid@gmail.com · April 2010

Nursing to sleep or swaddling. I know we need to stop swaddling but it is just so much easier!

Prinycesa07 · April 2010

Brining her to sleep in bed with me when she wakes up in the morning and im too tired to wake up. I know she will sleep another hour with me so i do it almost every morning.

RBC · April 2010

Sounds like we are all guilty of nursing to sleep. I'm trying hard to break this habit. Today she feel asleep twice without the boob!!! The other one is having her sleep on my chest. She has acid reflux and although she's on meds and sleeps elevated, she wakes up uncomfortable at night. So when it's 3am and I know we only have about three hrs left to sleep I bring her into our room. Bad bad and I think I've developed a habit now.

Abinormal · April 2010

ACR:
Going to him as soon as I hear a peep at night. I really should give him a minute or two to see if he can fall back asleep on his own.

I do this as well, I know I should just give her a minute to see if she'll fall back to sleep.

I also am bad about getting up and bringing her to bed with me when she wakes up at 4 AM. I know that it's better for her to learn to sleep longer on her own in the morning, but if I bring her in bed with me I guaranteed an extra 1.5 hours of sleep!

ibis · April 2010

Mine is definitely the bed sharing snackathon from 2 am onwards. I don't do it every night but often enough.

margauxlicious · April 2010

lilmissmuffin12:
i do it too and it makes everything a lot less stressful right now. its also the only thing ive found so far that works to get her to sleep.

Me too!

Harms80 · April 2010

I did that with DS#1- it was so much easier. Now, my worst habit is saying "Just a minute" 50000000 times a day. I wish I could do everything my little boy wanted the minute he asked but I just can't. Now, I hear him say it whenever I ask him to do stuff. Turnabout sucks.

gravoide09 · April 2010

I wake up every one and a half or two hours to check if my little pumpkin is still breathing. I cannot stop it. It is even worse now that we got her the crib.

Although the crib is just next to the bed and she sleeps there without any complain from the first night, I get up to take her back to the bed with me once or twice a night to nurs her. She goes to sleep right away but I still keep her a little bit there so I can watch her breathing.

cinthia2914 · April 2010

Nurse him to sleep & bed sharing. I know I shouldn't but it makes my life easier specially since am sleep deprived lol Tongue Tied

ucpinky · April 2010

Harms80:
Now, my worst habit is saying "Just a minute" 50000000 times a day. Now, I hear him say it whenever I ask him to do stuff. Turnabout sucks.

Our's is "I can't right now. I'm busy" It has become our 3 year-old's favorite phrase!

fairiedusst · April 2010

Have you tried an Angelcare monitor? It was a must for my baby girl because I have a cousin who died on SIDS. I can't sleep without the "tick" sound that it makes to let me know she's breathing. Despite what some people say in the reviews, I've been using it for 4 months and have NEVER had a false alarm.

Emoleee · April 2010

I really don't think these are bad habits. There's a reason we all do them and there's a reason they work so well. It's natural! I nurse him to sleep, swaddle, wear him, and bed share and don't feel bad about any of it. He's two months now and on his own is needing less swaddling and getting his best sleep without the help of a boob. You can't spoil a baby.

LuckyT101 · April 2010

I honestly have to ask...... What's wrong with nursing to sleep? I also saw somebody post "swaddling" as a bad habit... what? How?

Anyway, my worst habit is definitely bringing him back to bed with me in the middle of the night.

KLovesOrange · April 2010

I'm with you bourk997........sometimes it is so difficult otherwise to get my little one to sleep......day or night! (She is 10 weeks this week.)

gaughan258 · April 2010

bourk997:
My worst habit is definitely comfort nursing or nursing him to sleep. I know it's just making things harder for me later, but I just can't stop doing it!
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I do this too. ?I'm not sure how I would even go about stopping. ?

Karla and Alex · April 2010

My worst habit is letting DD sleep in her swing. She co-slept with us for the first 6 weeks of her life. Then got sick and needed to sleep sitting up; so we put her in the swing. And now that she's out of our bed we are getting amazing sleep and so is she. She doesn't even need it to swing all night, just a few gentle pushes at the beginning and she is out for 9 hours! I know this is going to cause major issues but I guess I'll deal with that when the time comes.

vkitten11 · April 2010

your baby Morris is so darling!

Calips · April 2010

Nursing to sleep is natural. I did this with my first too until she was 6 months (then I stopped nursing). Then I fed her a bottle before bed most of the time. No bad habits were created. She is 3 now and a great sleeper -- no bad habits.

I def nurse my son to sleep now at night. Not for naps though -- I give him a paci. Some may think a paci is a bad habit, but my daughter never took one and now that my son does, I find it very helpful.

Do what works.

BellaFiama · April 2010

I also do the bed sharing snackathon from about 3:30/4:30am until the time I actually get up for the day (about 8 or 9am). I let him nurse on 1 side until we both fall asleep and then switch sides when we wake up again. Drives DH up the wall! I am trying to break this habit,but it is so easy!! and I get to actually sleep in sometimes!

rojashill · April 2010

I don't understand what's wrong with it either - somebody please enlighten me!

reyn_grey · April 2010

oh good, I am not the only one who comfort/sleep nurses. We are trying to break the habit...its horrible to hear her cry but my boobs have reached the end of their endurance and breast feeding has become so painful now. How do you balance the crying without nursing?

(we are trying to break the habit because when dad has the kiddo and she gets upset he has no boobs-and she doesn't like binkies)

ighematda · April 2010

I nursed my first son to sleep too, and although it made him fall asleep easily it actually instilled very poor sleep habits. He is over 2 now and I am still paying the price even though I stopped nursing him to sleep at 16 months. By one year, he was still waking up 3 times per night and the only way I could get him to fall back to sleep was through nursing. With my second (who is only one month right now) I plan to do it completely differently. I know that every kid is different, so some kids may have no problems sleeping on their own even if they are nursed to sleep, but trust me, you could be setting yourself up for lots of problems down the road!

vkitten11 · April 2010

but i dont see these as all that "bad" of habits there can be worse.

little_cupcake · April 2010

How is comfort nursing a bad habit? I don't know if you've forgotten, but you have a BABY. They need comforting! One day your baby won't want you to cuddle him to sleep!

I nurse my baby to sleep sometimes, or rock him to sleep, but now he is perfectly happy to fall asleep on his own. I would never dream of letting him cry it out or somehow 'teaching' him to sleep. He is happy to sleep in his bed (right next to ours) because he knows it's a place to sleep, not a place to cry. He knows that as soon as he cries, his mommy and daddy are right there to help him. So we have a happy baby who enjoys sleeping in his bed.

We also wear him, and he sometimes sleeps in our bed with us if he wakes up at 5am and 'dozes'. He will sometimes continue waking up every 5-10 minutes in the early morning, but he will sleep happily in our bed at this time. So that's what we do.

Comfort nursing will not make things harder for you later. That's actually one of the millions of reasons to breastfeed...because it's comforting to the baby! Plus, I never heard of a teenager still comfort nursing. So I think you'll be alright.

Kinda makes me sad that everyone here thinks that nursing to sleep is a 'bad habit'.

nmc29 · April 2010

I let DS take all of his naps on me in our recliner.

I feel horrible guilt for being away all week and love to just snuggle with him while he naps during the day. I usually catch a few myself too

He sleeps in his bed at MIL's just fine during the week, but I can't bring myself to put him down on the weekends. Not much gets done around the house, but I don't really care.

jamandamartin · April 2010

ugh... yah i couldnt agree any much more with you. one day it was so bad that it was already 11am and i had yet to change my 2 1/2 yr olds diaper! how sad is that?!?yah... totally understand the "uh... hold on please".... broken promises is what a mom of two makes.

kimberlylam1207 · April 2010

i do it all and feel great about it! rocking & nursing to sleep, bed sharing, baby wearing, comforting baby when he fusses, letting him nap on me...you name it. but, no paci (i'd rather by boob, quite frankly) and he never liked swaddling. the way i see it is, what a beautiful thing that being close, snuggly and responsive to baby's needs and desires makes him happy. one day he's not going to want to fall asleep on my chest and it's going to break my heart. cherish it all while it lasts!

calvin2010 · April 2010

oh my gosh! i do that too. i feel bad that i am just on the couch for so many hours after i breastfeed him and he falls asleep but if i dont do this he is awake all day without napping and he gets grumpy at night cause he is too tired to sleep. he is not a normal 6 week old newborn. i get told that i need to stop doing this cause its gonna be harder to break him of this habit later. oh well...

calvin2010 · April 2010

ditto. im in the same boat with my son. too bad they dont like binkies. it would make my life a little bit easy if he did

smw1211u · April 2010

You are all creating emotional eaters! Obese children and adults who eat when they sad or worried or upset learn this from their mothers giving them food when they need comfort. Food should not equal comfort. Comfort is snuggling and hugs and kisses, not engorging their little tummies! No wonder America is so full of fatties. You have babies and they will cry. Sometimes they are inconsolable but you need to quit being lazy and deal with it, not take the easy way out by sticking your titties in their mouths. But feel free to continue your bad habits if you want to deal with an emotional over-eater that will struggle with their weight, all because you chose to do what was easiest for YOU. Try doing what's best for your child.

baby_soon_31 · April 2010

smw1211u:
You are all creating emotional eaters! Obese children and adults who eat when they sad or worried or upset learn this from their mothers giving them food when they need comfort. Food should not equal comfort. Comfort is snuggling and hugs and kisses, not engorging their little tummies! No wonder America is so full of fatties. You have babies and they will cry. Sometimes they are inconsolable but you need to quit being lazy and deal with it, not take the easy way out by sticking your titties in their mouths. But feel free to continue your bad habits if you want to deal with an emotional over-eater that will struggle with their weight, all because you chose to do what was easiest for YOU. Try doing what's best for your child.

wow - are you serious?! I see the ticker says you are 25 weeks along....I sure hope you change your opinion by the time your LO arrives!(both for child's sake and yours)

Breastfeeding on demand basically means letting your LO nurse to sleep because this is what babies enjoy, and drinking milk makes them sleepy. Believe it or not, it is actually good for their emotional well being and they will grow up independent and feeling secure and less clingy.

By the way - look at any serious study and you will see that BF babies follow a completely different growth pattern than the formula fed babies and that there is a statistically significant correlation between being breast fed and NOT having obesity / overweight problems later.

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