GTKY: what are a few things you said you'd "never" do

kellyrn9956

Thought it might be fun to look back at your plans, and how things panned out. What are some things that you said you'd never do, but find yourself doing now that baby is  here? 

 

1. Formula feed

2. Allow LO a binkie

3. Sleep with baby in the bed 

 

Motherhood can be a real reality check!  

lifewrite

Give LO a paci before she was three weeks.

KmfMjf1024

Here we go:

1) Give LO a bottle, at all

2) Give LO a pacifier at 2 weeks old

3) Sleep with baby in the bed

4) Yell around the baby (lol)

5) Let him cry it out, at all (we'll give him five minutes or so if we've covered al

prissy1479

I know it's silly but let my DD stay in her sleep-n-plays all day even for outings. We do change along with her bedtime routine. She has so many cute things but we just don't go out enough to wear them. And two, I always hated when my Granny would lick he

hansonam446

1) Formula Feed

2) Bed Share (I want to transition to the crib but I'm so nervous!)

giabean27

Hahahaha - I just had my 4th baby (11 weeks). My list would be so long it wouldn't fit on this page, but having 4 kids was definitely one of them. Before kids, I NEVER thought I would love being a mom as much as I do, and I never thought I would want to h

SidraJedi

I wanted to cloth diaper from the beginning and keep going, only using sposies if there was some lag time between laundrys. I never bought a CD safe detergent so when we ran out (I prepped with a free sample detergent) we've been using 7th generation d

Kingston54

1. Watch TV before two

2. Eat candy

3. Let them sleep in our bed

(This is obviously for my DS who is 3!  I haven't really been presented with any challenges with DD yet but I know I'll cave when I have to!)

sararn2004

I was too naive before my first to even think about "always" and "never" plans. But now, on my third I realize "always and never" are things FTM's say because they don't have a clue.And judging somebody without "walking in their shoes" is even more ridicu

VPGIRL06

1)Dress my little girl up in pink and headbands. we got so many of them and I told my husband I didn't want to do that. And then out pops this adorable, dad-look-alike and I find myself getting irritated when people tell me how cute my little boy is or

watermellens

co-sleeping/bed-sharing.

That's pretty much the only thing I said I didn't want to do and we've done both. I know it won't last forever though and it's how I've gotten sleep the last few nights. Oh well! 

ForeverEverAfter

TV watching. I swore she wouldn't see a single screen til she was 2-she watches sportscenter every morning with DH and she loves it. I try to keep it off when I'm home. No kids TV though, and she only watches if its something we had recorded. 

kellyrn9956

I love it! Sounds like a lot of us got a swift kick of reality

kellyrn9956

ForeverEverAfter:

TV watching. I swore she wouldn't see a single screen til she was 2-she watches sportscenter every morning w

mishka29

1. Bed sharing...do it every night. I had no idea it would be so hard to get babies to sleep.

2. Give a paci. It's hard to even force it on her.

Survival mode until 3 months and then sleep program

jennikarle

1. Give him a bottle before three weeks of age. (yeah. That actually lasted 4 days. I had a c-section and my milk wouldn't come in so I finally had to supplement at three in the morning. I bawled the whole time. Now I supplement like once a week...with

this decaf life

Sleep with baby in bed. I kicked DH out last night so I could bring her in the bed more comfortably.

 

babygirlva2013

 Said I would never give or consider giving formula. Also said I would never give a paci. I admit to judging mothers before having a baby and I now regret that and am eating my words. Don't judge until you've walked in someone's shoes...what a realit

DublinMama

I said I would put the baby into the crib right when we got home from the hospital. Our rooms are literally 20 feet away. I could almost throw something from my bed and hit his crib if I tried.  Yeah well, not so much. I couldn't imagine him being

ta78

I feel like more of the things I said I'd never do pertain to DS as he got older. The tv thing, sweets, the backpack leash. I am pretty open to everything being a possibility now. Sometimes you have to do whatever you need to do to remain sane or just kee

Kimber517

DublinMama:

I said I would put the baby into the crib right when we got home from the hospital. Our rooms are literally 20 fee

jkuhmann

I didn't want to swaddle until I saw how great it worked in the hospital.  Otherwise...nothing has really changed from our plans.

markhamgurl

DublinMama:

I said I would put the baby into the crib right when we got home from the hospital. Our rooms are literally 20 fee

wells2010

1. formula (this happened pretty much right after birth as DD had blood sugar issues and my breast milk wasn't doing the trick)

2. buy a swing ( I broke down this past week and bought a cheap one for day care that DD loves!). My house is so m

lakreuz

Ok let's see... DS is almost 10 weeks old and I said I'd never

1) formula feed- had to when I was on antibiotics

2) bed share- not all night, but it definitely happens

3) give a pacifier- I've tried a few times o see if he'd sleep be

rmp25

Use a pacifier...I didn't with my first DS, but DS 2 has been a whole new ball game.

ChrisMilewski

Letting baby sleep in bed. I've heard of many people doing this and then not being able to get their children to sleep in their own bed later but now that I'm breast feeding its just so much easier.

dande2129

After DS, I learned to never say never, which makes my parenting a lot more guilt free.