What will you do differently with next baby?

KTH919 · April 2009

I will definitely try to put the next baby down drowsy but awake so that he/she won't need to be held/rocked to sleep.

What will you do differently with the next one based on what you've learned from this baby?

Califlorida · April 2009

same. and i will resist the urge to co-sleep. it's too hard to get out of once you start. we've still got dd in bed with us half the night every night.

punkfiction · April 2009

learned from dd1 - get rid of bottles early

learned from dd2 - don't start swaddling if i can help it

BlueBelle2004 · April 2009

I will follow the EASY plan from the beginning, not swaddle as long, and worry a lot less :-).

auburnbride2be · April 2009

I will relax! I will keep a pregnancy and milestone journal and probably do a blog the whole time. I will wear my baby more b/c I still feel this guilt that somehow I caused her head to be mis-shapen. I will do more skin to skin contact after delivery and try BFing immediately if my delivery goes a little more as planned. I was unable to do either of these things this time. If BFing is difficult I will try harder b/c EPing was not ideal for me.

smiling76 · April 2009

I will get a moby

I will start giving the baby probiotics or go through me via BFing due to colick--I can NOT go through that again.

I want to make sure I take as many pics of the 'new' baby as I did my first.

IckyThump · April 2009

Since we're not planning on co-sleeping, the next baby will be in his/her own crib, in his/her own room from day 1. DS slept in his carseat for the first 6 months of his life because trying to transition him to his crib was torture.

I'm going to try babywearing. By the time I thought it might be a good idea, DS was really to big for it to work.

S&D_2005 · April 2009

I will not give a paci. I will try to work harder at EP'ing. I hated it, and because of that, my supply tanked. I will just have to try harder with it. I also like the idea of a pregnancy journal.

Janimal · April 2009

I have no clue, because with my "best laid plans" of what I WILL do or WON'T do -- they all go to pot in real time with an infant.

goillini823 · April 2009

We didn't co-sleep until she was like 5 months and she got sick. I will resist the urge next time around. I will also transition next DC from our bedroom to the crib much earlier. I will also put them down drowsy but awake much earlier than I did with DD. I think I could've avoided Ferber altogether had I done some of these things.

My pump broke when DD was about 5 months old, and I didnt go out and buy one right away. I never had supply issues unitl about 7 months, and when I did try and start pumping again it was too late. I had a nice freezer stash worth about 3 months that I just ran out of not to long ago. Next time if I'm lucky enough to have as nice of a milk supply I'll keep pumping until I have enough in the freezer to last them till they are 1. Seriously buying formula sucks. Not that I think it's poison, but just spending all that money on it sucks.

boo-bitz · April 2009

If B/F doesn;t work out again I want to continue to pump longer than I was able to with this one

Buckets of Moonbeams · April 2009

Delay solids longer.

Let the baby wear comfier clothes...poor K was in frilly dresses with matching panties all through her first few months of life.

I'll probably do the same for sleep- put her down in a PnP in our bedroom until 4ish months, then start in the crib. Before she STTN, we'd co-sleep from her nighttime feeding (about 3) until morning, and I don't mind doing that again. But the big thing is that the baby always goes down by itself.

Lucky_Dragonfly · April 2009

work harder to get them to sleep in their bed. DS slept in his car seat for 10wks. Don't know if I will BF but I will def be pumping. I think it will be better if MH can do more of the feedings.

wearewinelovers · April 2009

Probably not much except try to enjoy my pregnancy more :-) Raegan has done pretty well with the way we've done things

Worcbride · April 2009

Probably nothing--DD has been a very easy baby and being a mom seems to be second nature to me. With my luck tho #2 will be completely opposite LOL

njbride0603 · April 2009

ditto pp!!

BlessedMommy723 · April 2009

I will start pumping early on so I have a stash... that way DH can help with night feedings. Now I can't get anything out when I try to pump... and DD doesn't like DH to put her back to sleep when she wakes in the middle of the night. She gets really hysterical b/c I have always been the one to go in and now we are changing it on her... I'm sure when she grows up I will remember it fondly, but I would LOVE to get some uninterrupted sleep!

Poor DH too... he feels so helpless and actually once told me he thinks DD hates him! I had to explain that wasn't the case... she loves her Daddy!

KittenGator · April 2009

start rice cereal a little earlier, I will certainly buy less stuff, and expose her to friends and family earlier (we had no choice with Alana, we lived 2.5 hours away from everyone we knew).

akiernan · April 2009

I will RELAX and not take everything so seriously.

o2bme · April 2009

Worcbride:
Probably nothing--DD has been a very easy baby and being a mom seems to be second nature to me. With my luck tho #2 will be completely opposite LOL

Ditto this completely. I'm afraid #2 will be a holy terror.

miss_beckman · April 2009

* Try to Breast feed longer

*Pump more-

*start on veggies frst and longer (avoiding the sweet and more desirable applesauce and such)--that's all he will eat now is sweet stuff

*putting my foot down on No-no's for the grandparents. (Going behind mommy's back to give baby what he should have never had- soda-chocolate-cookies chips way to early for him to be attatched to those. I can thank my own mother for that.)

faBriezy · April 2009

Not too much actually, Im happy with all the choices Ive made. My DS napped in a carseat for 4 months, but it was because he was a terrible napper and I was desperate. I hope the next baby is better! If not, I not make that mistake twice. I will also do ferber if necessary sooner, we waited until 7.5 months and we could have done it a couple months earlier and saved ourselves some stress.

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