What do you do that other moms might judge?

Echowysp · February 2010

I'm sure I do a ton, but one is that I tend to not wash his paci after its fallen on the floor (our floor or a family member's floor, not public). In fact, I tend to forget to wash them a lot.

What about you?

LukeAndAmanda · February 2010

Give her juice, give her junk food, let her ride in the back of the cart at the grocery store, give her a milk sippy at bed time, have the tv on all day, there's bound to be more

haha

Sunndraggon · February 2010

I let her make out with the dog!! Seriously, she loves to give him open outh kisses and he almost always licks her in her mouth. It is gross, but they both get so much pleasure out of it. Pus i would be on them both constantly if i tried to stop it...not worthe battle

betsnup · February 2010

LOL, what don't I do? Let's just say that D gets home from daycare and immediately walks to the couch, grabs the remote, and points it at the TV. Luckily, he hasn't quite figured out how to turn it on himself yet.

mamamoos · February 2010

my 20 month old still eats purees. it's the only way i can get veggies and fruits (besides bananas) into him. i've just started dumping a fruit and a veggie puree into his sippy with water when we're out to deter the looks. but bonus: it acts as un-evil juice! i'm also bad with the paci washing.

oh, and DS is still RF, which gets many a side-eye IRL (zomg, his poor legs!!!!!!!!)

Gin*In*TN · February 2010

There's A LOT that I do that I'd get judged for. I'm not a germaphobe at all, so I tend to not care as much if DD crawls around on the floor or plays at the mall play area during cold season, etc. I don't use a cart cover, I don't use those wipes that they have at the stores for the carts, and such. Those are the minor ones. There are more major ones, I'm sure, too.

EastCoastBride · February 2010

I dont' wash the paci either. I'm actually pretty lax about dirt. I mean- he doesn't roll around in it, but I'm not paranoid about keeping him in a 100% sterile environment.

We watch some TV. Especially this past week. He was really sick for a couple days so just sitting on my lap watching TV was all he wanted, but then being stuck at home (snow-pacolypse) for a week - I ran out of stuff to do w/ him and would turn on Sprout TV occasionally.

I'm sure there is more. Oh- feed him french fries when we go out. He LOVES them.

naturelle25 · February 2010

Sunndraggon:
I let her make out with the dog!! Seriously, she loves to give him open outh kisses and he almost always licks her in her mouth. It is gross, but they both get so much pleasure out of it. Pus i would be on them both constantly if i tried to stop it...not worthe battle

LOL...hilarious!

pamelainswo · February 2010

Echowysp:

I'm sure I do a ton, but one is that I tend to not wash his paci after its fallen on the floor (our floor or a family member's floor, not public). In fact, I tend to forget to wash them a lot.

This exactly. Oh, and she still gets her suckie pretty much any time she wants it. Not just at bed and naptime (she is almost 18 months).

If she is teething/having trouble sleeping/wakes up too early in the morning, I bring her into bed with me and snuggle her.

She watches more TV/videos than she should.

CelticWife · February 2010

I let DS ride in the back of the shopping cart. I let him go to bed around 10:30 and let him sleep until 8:30. We let him take sips of our soda and I let him have fast food every two weeks or so. (he gets his own kids meal!)

EastCoastBride · February 2010

betsnup:
LOL, what don't I do? Let's just say that D gets home from daycare and immediately walks to the couch, grabs the remote, and points it at the TV. Luckily, he hasn't quite figured out how to turn it on himself yet.

Two comments- one, DS is pretty darn close to figuring out the remote.

Second, I just bought him the same swim trunks as in your picture! :-)

LilMissLadybug · February 2010

too much tv, DS is still on the bottle, DD still gets sippys if she wants them, juice, junk food, run around in undies/diapers, spank, let DD chose her dinner if she won't eat what we do. I'm sure theirs more.

Devil's Advocate · February 2010

Sunndraggon:
I let her make out with the dog!! Seriously, she loves to give him open outh kisses and he almost always licks her in her mouth. It is gross, but they both get so much pleasure out of it. Pus i would be on them both constantly if i tried to stop it...not worthe battle

Ick!

EastCoastBride · February 2010

mamamoos:

my 20 month old still eats purees.

Good to know! DS still loves purees. I tend to mix them w/ oatmeal now, which he loves! But I've thought to myself "do people give me the side eye?". :-)

Oh, and yes - no cart covers for me either. I do wipe it down w/ a wipe, though, if I remember to take one w/ me.

VinBert · February 2010

Don't wash off the paci every time it drops to the ground or will put it in my mouth to 'wash' it off, gave DD an Oreo, let her eat ketchup.

blueshirt2003 · February 2010

We are not germaphobes at all and feel that a good amt of germs/dirt/etc is actually healthy to be around.

WifeofaMarine · February 2010

DS is still taking several bottles a day at 17 months, including before naps and before bed. He'll drink water out of his sippy, but not milk.

Kateysomething · February 2010

TV, back of shopping cart riding.. she had a popsicle at breakfast. Normally I wouldn't humor that particular request, but she has a fat lip. LOL. Oh, and she still gets bottles, though I may finally be able to start weaning us off at least one of them (generally an AM and a PM).

Mrs.State746 · February 2010

DS watching TV every day and it's on ALL day. I hardly wash his Paci's either BUT I also have them on those string things that clip to his clothing. Yeah he sleeps with that on (and no there isn't a choking hazard). I also don't change his diaper every 2-3 hours unless it's poopy. I let him eat and walk around with it in his mouth, which I am constantly judged from SIL.

LynnJones · February 2010

blueshirt2003:
We are not germaphobes at all and feel that a good amt of germs/dirt/etc is actually healthy to be around.

Yeah I'm the total opposite of a germaphobe. Unless if something looks nasty/dirty the thought of germs never crosses my mind.

avz2azb · February 2010

I can see how other mom's might think I am pushing DD. We do a lot of learning- shapes, colors, counting, letters. She seems to like it though. She gets so proud of herself when she recognizes letters or gets all her shapes right.

EastCoastBride · February 2010

I also don't change his diaper every 2-3 hours unless it's poopy.

I know at daycares,t hey do every 2 hours, but do people normally do this? Unless poopy, I'll change before or after his naps as needed. He sometimes only uses 2 diapers a day (not including the ones he sleeps in).

Karen_77 · February 2010

I actually heard myself getting judged the other day, a woman at work walked by office door and just realized that I had pictures of DD up on my door. She stopped and looked, said DD was cute. Then walks down the hall and I can hear her talking to on of the receptionist and starts making comments about how bad it is to take kids to see Santa (one of the pictures on my door is an old one from xmas) and let them sit on Santa's lap, that it sends mixed messages to kids about strangers, and how she never let any of her kids go see santa and how she tells her kids to not take her grandkids to see Santa.... blah blah blah.

I've also gotten some passive aggressive statements about getting DD vaccinated on the reg schedule from people.

ncbelle · February 2010

Sunndraggon:
I let her make out with the dog!! Seriously, she loves to give him open outh kisses and he almost always licks her in her mouth. It is gross, but they both get so much pleasure out of it. Pus i would be on them both constantly if i tried to stop it...not worthe battle

We have dog kissing here too ;-) And kiddo has been spotted with a dog toy in his mouth on more than one occasion - they do look just like his toys so how is he to know?!

LilMissLadybug · February 2010

EastCoastBride:
I also don't change his diaper every 2-3 hours unless it's poopy.

I know at daycares,t hey do every 2 hours, but do people normally do this? Unless poopy, I'll change before or after his naps as needed. He sometimes only uses 2 diapers a day (not including the ones he sleeps in).

I don't let DS sit in it until it sags but I don't change it every 2hrs either. Don't do it at daycare, only when needed. DS poops ALOT so he does go through plenty of diapers lol

MrsVictoriaB · February 2010

Let him eat cookies, ride in the basket of the shopping cart, use the 5 second rule for dropping things, etc

MrsG2B07 · February 2010

She watches too much TV, she still had a bottle at 16 months, I give in to her alot to avoid a meltdown if its not over something serious. She gets a milk sippy in the crib sometimes. She still eats alot of purees (stage 2 cause she won't eat stage 3) Those are the biggies I can think of.

IckyThump · February 2010

LynnJones:

blueshirt2003:
We are not germaphobes at all and feel that a good amt of germs/dirt/etc is actually healthy to be around.

Yeah I'm the total opposite of a germaphobe. Unless if something looks nasty/dirty the thought of germs never crosses my mind.

lol. I feel like I get judged for being a germaphobe - I have definitely gotten looks in Target for wiping off a cart before putting DS in it.

I'm sure someone would judge how much we have the tv on (not all day, but a lot) and for the fact that we did Ferber with DS. Granted, he was 8 months old at the time, but I'm sure someone from the AP board would still like to report me to CPS.

Amrice78 · February 2010

betsnup:
LOL, what don't I do? Let's just say that D gets home from daycare and immediately walks to the couch, grabs the remote, and points it at the TV. Luckily, he hasn't quite figured out how to turn it on himself yet.

ds can and does turn on the tv - as soon as we walk in

his binkies hardly ever get washed

I forget to brush his teeth frequently

he eats fast food

he eats junk food

I've lost my temper and yelled at him more than once

MrsG2B07 · February 2010

betsnup:
LOL, what don't I do? Let's just say that D gets home from daycare and immediately walks to the couch, grabs the remote, and points it at the TV. Luckily, he hasn't quite figured out how to turn it on himself yet.

Mine does that too! I told DH that's a big sign that we let her watch it too much. ha!!

columbiamommy · February 2010

DD hates high chairs when we go out, so we don't make her sit in one. She watches some tv everyday, and I don't try to make her sit through story hour at the library. She likes to run around the room and look at books, so I let her.

mrsmorris1 · February 2010

Oh, where should I start?! DD watches too much tv, gets a bottle before bed, eats hotdogs and mac/cheese. I don't care if she eats the dog's food. I've tried to stop her and it hasn't worked. The dog's food is super organic and better food than we eat anyways. Also, I let her wander the aisle at Target/Meijer, etc. because she loves it and it gets us out of the house.

kgb1411 · February 2010

Sometimes I don't put DS's coat on when we walk into daycare. It doesn't seem worth it to put it on for less than a minute. This is the only one I have actually heard someone judge me on.

nicoleRI · February 2010

What's wrong with ketsup? Someone wrote their kid eats ketsup- sign me up for that one too, only way to get DS to eat eggs- I thought it was a good idea! LOL!

And, IRL, I get comments all the time about DS still rear facing.

faBriezy · February 2010

My DS is a little monkey and I'm really nonchalant about it. He is always climbing up on things and i let him get down by himself. If he falls but looks fine I dont make a deal about it, I just tell him "you're good, go play" and he does. I cant tell you how many random people have run up DS to catch him, help him down from something, or pick him up when he falls and then give me the judgiest look when I just shrug my shoulders! Meh, oh well.

Oh and sometimes I let him eat a meal in front of the TV.

momtoRaegan041008 · February 2010

She helped herself to Fritos this morning out of the pantry. We were in a rush and I took her breakfast with us to the babysitter's, but I guess she was hungry. She got her own tupperware container out for them, so how could I get mad. Yep, that's right, she ate Fritos for breakfast! I'm sure I'll get judged for that.

violetvirgo · February 2010

around where i live now i get judged from everything from NIP/BFing at all to RF to no "letting" her drink soda and have junk food. seriously. the bump is where i come to feel slightly "normal".

in nyc i didn't have my kid on some preschool waiting list at 6 months and apparently that was an eyebrow raiser. i also chose to SAH which was a shock to most. when i announced i was pg a lot of people looked at me like i was a teen mom b/c i was "so young to have a baby" (at a whopping 26).

my judgers differ by location.

momtoRaegan041008 · February 2010

nicoleRI:

And, IRL, I get comments all the time about DS still rear facing.

We used to always get this. We just recently turned her forward facing.

KNS_61805 · February 2010

DD is still RF and people IRL always make comments about how uncomfortable she looks.

I'm going to start PTing DD next week using the 3-day method, and I'm sure I'll get judged on her for that. If it's a total failure I'll wait a couple months and try again.

LaLaSweets · February 2010

I let dd come into bed with me some times which i don't let family know because they think it's so wrong. Also the tv.DD knows how to turn it on. She comes in from daycare asks for her cheese stick, plops in her chair and waits for her show to be put on

loveumike · February 2010

Amrice78:

I've lost my temper and yelled at him more than once

This exactly. I have felt soooo bad about doing it and it has made her cry.

I also don't change her diaper every 2-3 hours and when I say Yo Gabba Gabba she heads towards the tv.

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