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Sometimes I feel like I'm too uptight?

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I've started watching a friend's LO, and I'm starting to feel like I'm too uptight? He is the same age as K, and he's eating rice cereal and bananas. She uses spray sunscreen, buckles his carseat in with no base(which I know is legal, it's just something I'm not comfortable with). She's let him cio since he was 1 month.

I know that I'm comfortable with the way I'm doing thing, but I get the weirdest looks when I say that we will RF for 2-ish years, wait on solids till 6-ish months, and when I say I rock her to sleep sometimes.

I just feel like everyone thinks I'm being that "over protective first time mom" and that I'm too uptight. **sigh**

Someone please tell me I'm not crazy, and that maybe someone else feels the same way?

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Re: Sometimes I feel like I'm too uptight?

  • denahamilton@cox.netdenahamilton@cox.net

    You will get tons of support from the mommies on these boards....I tend to be more like your friend. However, I use a base and don't CIO til at least 5 months..

    You are doing what is right for your family mama, and at the end of the day, that's all that matters! :)

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  • yankeebaby2yankeebaby2 member

    I'm exactly the same way and this is my third kid! I never relaxed about my "rules" and everyone in my faily says I'm too uptight.

    My hippie sister who is 10 years younger than me and has a 2 year old dd only has one rule and that rule is no rules! To each her own, I guess. She threatens to come over and burn my parenting books all the time. 

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  • denahamilton@cox.netdenahamilton@cox.net
    imageyankeebaby2:

    I'm exactly the same way and this is my third kid! I never relaxed about my "rules" and everyone in my faily says I'm too uptight.

    My hippie sister who is 10 years younger than me and has a 2 year old dd only has one rule and that rule is no rules! To each her own, I guess. She threatens to come over and burn my parenting books all the time. 

    he-he-he this made me laugh. :)

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  • Married2003Married2003 member

    Crazy that a 3 month is already eating bananas.

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  • asiabutterflyasiabutterfly
    OMG Im the exact same way as you. Better safe than sorry. Keep up the good work!
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  • amt1586amt1586 member

    My mom tells me all the time that I need to lighten up a little, but I am happy with the way I do things and so is DH and DD, so I don't care what others think or say.

    My best advice is to do what is right for you and your family and to just let what others say and do roll off your shoulders :)

     

     

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  • MamatoJacksonMamatoJackson

    Yeah.  Although I can't see into the future, I am fairly confident that I will never let DS cry it out.  And DS has been a HIGH-needs baby... I still won't do it.

    We do as much as possible by the book - Except putting him down drowsy but awake.  It just never worked for us - I have to rock him to sleep and I'm happy to.  It hasn't caused any problems for us. 

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    imageMamatoJackson:

    Yeah.  Although I can't see into the future, I am fairly confident that I will never let DS cry it out.  And DS has been a HIGH-needs baby... I still won't do it.

    We do as much as possible by the book - Except putting him down drowsy but awake.  It just never worked for us - I have to rock him to sleep and I'm happy to.  It hasn't caused any problems for us. 

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  • ourawesomebabyourawesomebaby

    There are many different types of good parents!! I will probably be fairly laid back. (I'm a bit of a "hippie" as someone put it before haha) Relax! Your rules are different, they are not wrong. If you were trying to do things you weren't comfortable with, you would be anxious or irritated and your little one probably wouldn't like that, right?

     

    Btw, I'm new at this stuff. What does RF mean? 

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  • pandagirl15pandagirl15
    imageourawesomebaby:

    Btw, I'm new at this stuff. What does RF mean? 

    Don't feel bad, I've been around for some time & I can't figure out what that means, either!

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  • kerrerinkerrerin

    you're not too uptight...this is your baby and you need to do what feels right to you. Besides, every baby is different.

    Since I have such guilt I always do things as recommended because if anything were to happen because I went against "the rules" I would feel just horrible.

    So, if that makes us crazy then hop on board the crazy train with me!!! :)

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  • happilyhishappilyhis member
    imagepandagirl15:
    imageourawesomebaby:

    Btw, I'm new at this stuff. What does RF mean? 

    Don't feel bad, I've been around for some time & I can't figure out what that means, either!

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