Something You Thought You'd Never Do as a Parent

winecastle14

It's a rainy, slow work day and I need entertainment. What's something you have done/do as a parent that you never thought you would do. 

winecastle14

I never thought I'd BF past a year and I never thought I'd become so crunchy, but I love it and am not looking back

datagirl79

I never thought I would give in so easily.  I'm very stubborn, but DD just melts me away.  Its very hard sometimes not to give her what she wants.  (like begging for snacks or the pacifier).

winecastle14

@datagirl79 I'm kinda bad about that too...especially at night.

Oh, and I never thought I'd bed share. We did that until she was 4 months old. 

ssmb_clarinet

I never thought I could be so happy and sad at the same time about some of her big moments. I can't believe my baby is so grown up! (

vettymama

Be a SAHM

kjmommy1214

beane4018 said:

pobrecita said:

Bed share for sure. We didn't do it regularly, but it definitely saved my sanity there for a while. I was very against it before I had a baby.

This exactly.

Thirding this one.

datagirl79

We don't bed share, but secretly, I think I would love it. Although DD is all over her crib at night, so I probably wouldn't. 

I imagine it as all happy snuggley.

Jenner37

Use a pacifier.

Jenner37

Own so much crap...

winecastle14

Jenner37 said:

Own so much crap...

Yes!!

winecastle14

+MeganS+ said:

Be a SAHM

I want to be a SAHM and I never thought I would want to. Hopefully by baby #2

datagirl79

Jenner37 said:

Own so much crap...

This would be DH's reply.  He refused to registered for things because he didn't think we needed all that crap.  Ha!  We have all of that and then some!

 

credcat7

I never thought I would have such a hard time hearing her cry.  I always said "kids cry, they eed to figure it out" but I cannot seem to get on board to getting her to put herself to sleep.. and I regret my inability

I never thought I would be sooo anti clutter

I never thought I would work so hard when she naps

kjmommy1214

So.much.laundry!

fusionbride

let baby cry it out.

best decision we ever made; she quickly learned how to fall asleep on her own and bed and naptime is now a nonissue. 

maven212

Look at every single expense in the context of someone else's future. It's odd, but I look at anything off budget as money that belongs to LO. This is particularly strange given I don't have much put away for retirement.

maven212

I would never have imagined the heart racing panic I feel when she cries out - or how irritated I would be with people who talk over top of my baby crying or complaining. She's talking. Wait your turn!

maven212

I never imagined that I would stop making Friday night plans for more than a year and not notice until just now.

shella923

pobrecita said:

Bed share for sure. We didn't do it regularly, but it definitely saved my sanity there for a while. I was very against it before I had a baby.

I should have done it more! M's heater is acting up again so we've been bringing her in from her crib once she's asleep and I have to say it would have made things easier v

shella923

Let my one year old watch a few minutes of tv here and there so I can get stuff done like cook or dress for work.

GHBEA

Bed sharing.  HELLO!!!  with my first husband and my first two DDs nope never ever was that going to happen.  Then many years later got divorced and re married had another DD and wasn't going to be share but it happened.  Then we had another DD and she bed shares with us more then DD3 did.

Oh well no regrets.

persephonerose

Bed sharing, using the tv as a distraction tool

credcat7

Oh yeah and I never thought my stroller would look as crummy as mine does... you have to take apart the stroller to wash the seat!!

maven212

maven212 said:

I would never have imagined the heart racing panic I feel when she cries out - or how irritated I would be with people who talk over top of my baby crying or complaining. She's talking. Wait your turn!

LOL. Seriously? This made me laugh.



Happy it made you giggle It really does drive me nuts.  It kind of feels like two people are yelling at me at once. Plus, and I realize this might mean I'm actually crazy, but it really feels impolite. She's trying to urgently communicate with me, and someone else is talking over her to tell me about their bunions. It's worse when the other person gets exasperated because I can't pay attention to both a crying baby and them at the same time. Then I just feel like saying  "stuff your bunions. She's a baby. You're an adult. She has to come first. Get over it".   

maven212

Something else I never would have imagined doing - spending hours looking at rashes online.

maven212

...and becoming completely desensitized to the strange things that come up in Google images when you just search "baby rash"