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POLL: Things parents would JUDGE YOU on...
The TV and squirrel posts got me thinking....What are some things you easily allow in your house (and/or parenting style) that you think others would totally judge you on (and you could care less). I find I've surprised myself the things I am so careful about ...and others where I could give a sh*t...
MINE:
*I let DS jump on his bed, our bed, couch etc. Yes, he's fallen off, several times., that's life (yet I still can't let him walk/run on cement alone, go figure)
*Splash in the bath...no limit., water is everywhere...oh well.
*Eat...well, anything...paper, flowers, dirt, gross whatever. He doesn't do it much, but I figure he needs to try gross things and decide for himself. I stop at dog food because it's the perfect size for choking though.
*Pet and hug random dogs (we do ask the owners permission every time). He loves dogs so much. ... realize this could "bite us in the butt" someday
*The dog licks his high chair tray clean every night (then I wipe it down with organic cleaner after of course)
*Climb trees - this seems an easy one, but my little brother fell from a tree when he was 9 and was in a coma for a week(!)....my mom would flip!
MINE:
*I let DS jump on his bed, our bed, couch etc. Yes, he's fallen off, several times., that's life (yet I still can't let him walk/run on cement alone, go figure)
*Splash in the bath...no limit., water is everywhere...oh well.
*Eat...well, anything...paper, flowers, dirt, gross whatever. He doesn't do it much, but I figure he needs to try gross things and decide for himself. I stop at dog food because it's the perfect size for choking though.
*Pet and hug random dogs (we do ask the owners permission every time). He loves dogs so much. ... realize this could "bite us in the butt" someday
*The dog licks his high chair tray clean every night (then I wipe it down with organic cleaner after of course)
*Climb trees - this seems an easy one, but my little brother fell from a tree when he was 9 and was in a coma for a week(!)....my mom would flip!
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Re: POLL: Things parents would JUDGE YOU on...
Ooo, lunch time poll, thanks!
I do all kinds of things w/ Cambryn that I am sure I get judged for...
- TV, the kid always has a movie on. Her favorite is Over the Hedge (RJ!!) and all of the Shrek movies (totally not age appropriate, but oh well
- She knows what a beer is and asks DH and I "You drink beer with dinner mommy?" then "Beer yucky for Camen"
-She gets caffine free soda at resturants. It makes her happy and lets us enjoy our meals
- Her clothes regurarly dont match, she picks them out herself usually.
- I refuse to cut her hair so it is often hanging in her face.
- We call her rear a butt. And she says butt all the time (I think its a fine word, I know others dont like it)
- I have smacked her back when she smacked me in the face (it hurt! and I didnt smack her very hard, but it scared her and she thinks twice now).
- I will keep Cambryn in her crib as long as possible and will entertain a crib tent if needed.
- On the same token as above, I have ignored her for up to 30 minutes on Saturday mornings just so I can get a little more rest and I know she cant go anywhere or get hurt.
itskacie=mother of the year
Judge away!
He can open the fridge and get out a beer for DH. He's teaching him to use the opener
On weekend mornings DH is home with him alone he lets him watch tv while DH sleeps in: sometimes up to an hour.
I fold laundry while he's in the tube. The laundry room is next door to the bathroom. We talk the whole time.
He plays games on my phone while we are out to eat: it lets us have adult conversation
He won't eat 90% of the things served to him and I still will give him a snack before bed if he's hungry instead of making him finish his dinner
He's got gobs of toys he never plays with
he's at day care way to long on most days. We don't eat dinner until 7pm at least 3 or 4 days a week
I sometimes treat Luke more like a friend then I should. But, we have pretty open conversations because of this.
I have no set sleep schedule for my kids.
On any given night, our whole family can be asleep in our bed (or bedroom).
I still rear face Ella in her car seat. (Here in MI, it seems like I am the only one).
I don't care if Ella's shoes are on the wrong feet.
- We yell. All of us. Drives me nuts but the whole house is loud. What can you do?
-My kids know bad words and the correct context in which to use them. They also know not to say them in front of other adults especially Grammy. We wouldn't want others to think we are crass.
-I have no problems dropping my kids off for a couple of nights in a row to sleep at Grammy's. Never have. When Liam was 9 months old, we left the kids here and went to the East coast for a week. We left Logan at 15 months and went to Mexico.
- My kids are horrible at doing chores and we aren't really that concerned about it. I'd rather they do their homework and get to play sports, do chess club then for me to rag on them because their bed isn't made.
- I let my kids fight and don't get involved. I will separate them when one hurts the other but I can't referee everything.
-My kids eat well but we do treat them with McDonalds when I'm too tired to cook or the day is crazy. We also eat pizza about twice a week. It makes them happy.
We took Edmund out to run errands at 3 days old.
He went to a Soccer match at 2 weeks old.
-My IL's judge me and think I'm a total hard-as$. But, we don't allow toys/books at the table (except when we're at a restaurant) and I won't let Lucy bang her cup or utensils on the table either
-Lucy likes to take "sips" out of my wine glass. She never actually gets any liquid, she just thinks it is fun pretending.
-My kid will lay in bed for up to an hour sometimes reading her books and jabbering to her stuffed animals before going to sleep. I let her, I actually don't think it is a bad thing at all, I like that she has learned to entertain herself and is comfortable hanging out on her own.
-She loves the dogs and cats and kisses them all the time, some people probably think that is gross.
-I kiss her on the lips. I used to think that was so gross and wrong when parents did that, but I can't help it now. I love her little face and mouth. I'll stop when she's older and its weird, but right now, I love her little smooches.
(my kids are teens so my list is a little different...)
* I'm in their business 200% - I have passwords to their online accounts, I monitor what they do online, I know where they're going, who their with and what they're doing. And if they deviate from the plan, they catch Holy Hell from me. they have to earn freedom.
* Despite the above statement, they're very independant: they both take public transportation anywhere and everywhere (have since they were 11), they both bus from Everett to Seattle/Shoreline for school every day, they can get themselves out of just about any jam they (or their friends) find themselves in. In that regard, I'm very hands off.
* I don't allow texting, online chatting, or video games. My daughter has earned limited texting at age 17 but she knows that if she goes over the limits, she'll be 18 and living on her own before she can text again. I know they both play video games at their friends' houses and I don't object to that - but I don't really allow for "down time" at our house.
* Down time...my kids have always been on the go and active (their choice). If they sit around and do nothing, they turn into the grumpiest children on the planet. It's not that I don't believe in down time, but it's like the opposite of naps at our house - if they get downtime, they are *impossible* to deal with. So they're always busy at home - chores, homework, playing outside, etc. Sitting around is not an option. We do occassionally as a family sit and watch a movie but they have to conscientiously be polite and respectful despite their mood afterwards.
* I'm a really strict mom (especially in comparison to their friends). I require certain grade points to participate in sports, my daughter at 17.5 still hasn't earned the right to drive (she has to have a 3.0GPA min and a job to pay for her own car insurance) but I believe I'm teaching them life responsibilities the best way I know how. I cringe at the thought of how some of their friends are going to fare in the "real world". I have set consequences for misbehaviors and I stick to them no matter what. I'm very strict.
* they do the majority of the housework in our house. DH and I work full time (and then some) and they have set chores that we consider to be their "jobs". No allowance, it's their contribution to the household.
* I don't believe in being their friends. If they "hate" me, I'm doing it right. They can be my friends after they move out of the house. But - that being said - we have a fantastic relationship (most of the time). They're well behaved, hard working, respectful kids. I'm always proud of them and I think (think!) they respect me - they don't always agree...and we've had many a discussion about it...but for the most part they know that I'm doing my best and am always in their corner.
Things I judge myself on...
I think we're really inconsistent with discipline as we're trying to find our "way".
I give her far too many warnings on stuff.
Will doesn't have nearly the set routine at bedtime that Madelyn did at his age. I'm not reading a story to him every night the way I did her. Books are Madelyn's *favorite* and I fear I'm setting him up for failure in that department.
Things others judge us on...
Madelyn still has her binky and I don't have any plans to take it away anytime soon. By 3...that's what I keep telling myself.
Madelyn will be in her crib until she crawls out of it.
I don't give William a bath every day or even every other. His skin just freaks out when I do.
We watch far too much Sprout - and Barney, Elmo, Calliou and Dora don't bother me one little bit. I actually like them.
My parentless friends judge how much my children's schedules control our lives. I don't enjoy being out in the evenings with my kids when I know they're going to melt down at a certain point. It's no fun.
I take Madelyn and Will to daycare in their PJs. I don't even wake them up enough to change them - they are asleep the entire car ride there and may wake up a tad when we get there, but go right back to sleep.
Madelyn doesn't consistently pick up her own toys yet. It's just easier to do it myself after she goes to bed.
Ella slept in bed with us or in someone's arms until she was 9 months old and fell asleep by the boob or a bottle.
I haven't completely taken bottles away. I know I need to do this soon, but she won't drink milk out of sippys (any other beverage, yes, but no milk) and her doctor is monitoring her weight right now, so I don't want her to lose any!
She always has something to snack on or sip on in the car and in the shopping cart if we're at the store. I feel like I'm creating a bad habit when I put her in her carseat and she says, "nak!"
I have not left her for more than 2 days, but if my parents offered to have her stay for a week, I'd take them up on it!!! I've never felt bad leaving her overnight... even when she was really small.
When I was working, I actually liked having a break from her and wanted to go back after maternity leave... although by the end of the 12 hour day, I was so excited to see her. A 5 hour work day would be perfect!
And now that she's older and easier than an infant, I'd much rather be at home with her.
I never get her out of her crib until she starts whining/crying (DH jumps up and runs in there the minute he hears her! haha!). Sometimes in the morning it will be more than an hour and if I'm lucky she goes back to sleep!
She will also be in her crib until she can climb out, oh wait, then I'll get a crib tent!
I really am hoping we can keep the crib until she is 3.
- Lila uses the words butt, boobs and hoo-ha.
- TV... she watches at least 1 episode of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse or Yo Gabba Gabba every day. Usually 2 or 3.
- She takes forever to fall asleep. At bedtime it's usually around an hour, and at nap time it's sometimes 2 hours. The only things in bed with her are a little lovie blanket, a crib blanket and her stuffed monkey, but the kid can entertain herself forever in there. She's happy, so I just let her stay until she eventually falls asleep. (Though at nap time I sometimes have to pop my head in there to tell her to calm down and stop jumping, kicking the slats, etc.)
- I don't sweep/vacuum nearly as often as I should. Usually it isn't until L's bare feet collect debris that I realize it's been too long.
- I will take her out with a runny nose. Not if its the thick, nasty, green snot. But if I kept her home every time she had the clear stuff we might never go anywhere.
- Lila has never once slept in our bed. (Well, except napping on me while I sat on the bed.) And I booted her from the bassinet in our room to her crib at only 1 month old.
- We Ferbered at 4 months old.
Good for you! We took Lila to U Village when she was 3 days old. A few people thought we were nuts, but it was great to get out and about!
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-he only drinks chocolate milk or Apple juice
- He eats chicken nuggets ALL the time
- A tv will go in his room when we move this weekend
- His favorite band is AC/DC
- his crib mattress is on the floor of the crib, because he can climb out.
- he has stayed at my parents for 5 full days with out me
I'm sure there is way more.
* I get judged for my kid acting like a two-year old all the time because people think he's older than he is.
* I let him bang his toys and trucks on the coffee table at home all he wants, but he isn't allowed to do it at other people's homes.
* I let him drink apple juice and chocolate milk because otherwise, he wouldn't drink enough liquid. Unless bath water counts. He drinks his bath water all the time. It's disgusting, but I don't stop him anymore because he has a mind of his own (go figure).
* I put him in his crib for time outs because otherwise, N and I have to hold him down and I don't want to be punished too!
* I swear like a truck driver, I call him names like booger butt and turd in public, and I we joke about farts and penises.
* I let him eat popcorn and nuts, even though they are choking hazards.
* Sometimes, all he will eat is hotdogs. We buy them in bulk.
The only Easter Bunny I can get behind.
Maxwell Joseph 4/09 Lucy Violet 10/12
You're so not alone in either of these. I quit trying to get her to stop drinking the water because otherwise she would never get a bath.
And I thought of some more...
*M doesn't get a tooth brushing every day...and I laughed when the dentist told me to floss her teeth. I'd say we have a 60% of the time average.
*She doesn't get vitamins every single day either.
You can judge me because I'm jealous of your tv watching kids. I have tried and tried to get Maeve to watch something so I can have 10 minutes to get something done and she's just not interested. I've tried Sprout, PBS, Nick JR. Disney and she could care less. She'll watch sports but only for a minute. Judge away.
hmmm..what else...
I call her fuss butt when she's fussy. I ask her why she hates me and threaten to sell her when she doesn't sleep. I always have cheerios and a sippy for her. Her pacifier might as well be another appendage she's so attached to it. Unless she has a fever or green snot she goes to daycare. I rock her to sleep. I give her warm soy milk before bed.
I'm sure the list could go on and on. I'm the first one to admit that I have no clue what I'm doing. I'm in survival mode 24/7.
Max was the same way as Maeve. Now, I find myself being that bad mommy who plants her kid in front of Dora, Diego, or Super Why so that I can get just one more drawing done. Before I know it, it's 4:00 pm and daddy's home. The whole day wasted to TV. Ooops.
The only Easter Bunny I can get behind.
Maxwell Joseph 4/09 Lucy Violet 10/12
*Em always has something to drink in the car, usually water. She gets an Icee at Target sometimes and I know people give me the side-eye, but she almost always only drinks water, so it's a treat now and then.
*I let her throw fits in public. I ignore her. I'm not going to ditch my cart and leave the store just because she's upset that I told her "No". If she gets really bad, then we take a trip to the bathroom and she gets a talking to.
*If she hits me, I hit her back. I don't hit her hard, but she never likes it when it happens to her and it makes her think twice before she does it again. (and it's a long while before it happens again)
*If she doesn't eat dinner, she doesn't eat. She's so picky and DH and I decided that we can't cater to her every night. She'd only eat mac & cheese.
*I have conversations with Emma while we're shopping and it could be about anything. Today, while at Target, she tried to convince me to let her try on a bra and that her boobs were big enough. I figure she can say "boobs, butt and fart" because trying to always correct it gets old after awhile.
*My MIL thinks I'm a total hard-@$$ because I won't let Em have dessert if she doesn't eat dinner, regardless of where we are. And because she now has to ask before giving Em anything since she was sneaking her stuff at a very early age that we'd specifically told her not to. I don't care. I'm the mom, it's my call what my kid can have.
I'm sure I'll think of more, but that's all I've got for now.
At 3.5yrs, we have yet to take Payton to a dentist appointment.
My kids are the pickiest eaters ever. They refuse to eat vegetables and P gags on corn. (Who gags when eating corn??)
Both kids brush their teeth before bath but then drink half a sippy cup of (chocolate) milk before bed.
I refuse to let Ryan out of the shopping cart when we're at the store as I can't deal with two kids running around.
I take the kids to my parents' house every.single.weekend (when DH works) so I can get a couple of hours of quiet time.
My kids each have more clothes than both DH and I combined, and I have a lot of clothes.
Payton says "G*d dammit" in the right context, way too often.
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Emma wouldn't sit still for anything until she was closer to two. Now Emma watches WAY too much tv. Especially when I don't feel well or I have work to do. She never just watches whatever is on, she's always playing, so I don't feel that bad about it.
* Coop watches too much TV also but I figure if it keeps him happy then why not!
* He drinks bath water too
* I feed him popcorn - he loves it
* He says "ship" when he bangs his head. DH and I know what he really is trying to say
* We pack the loaded up IPad with Coop's fav games & movies out to dinner all the time so that he can do something that he loves & we can still enjoy a night out.
I forgot to add to my list that Lila has several apps on each of our iPhones and on the iPad and plays with them all regularly.
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* We also took Madeline out of the house early on. We went out at 5 days old, and the checker at Albertson's made a snippy comment about it. I needed to buy dinner, lady! We had also been to Target that same day.
* Madeline was EBF until 7 months, as in had nothing but BM up until that point. We got a lot of funny looks and comments about how we needed to start her on rice cereal, baby food, something other than BM starting at 4 months. I was ticked off at people for harassing me so I didn't tell them we had started her on solids even when they asked b/c I was tired of them being nosey and rude.
* Along those lines, I plan to BF until she is at least 12 months. I have no problems with extended nursing for morning/evening feedings past then if she isn't ready to wean.
* I also drop Madeline off at "daycare" (my parents house) in PJ's every day. I wish I could say it's because she is asleep in the morning, but she wakes up and hangs out with TJ in the morning and neither of us really feel like getting her dressed.
* I've never had a problem with M staying the night with my parents or MIL. She had her first over night at 11 weeks and has had probably 5+ more since then, in fact she is sleeping over at MIL's on Saturday night. We are going on a cruise for our anniversary in July and leaving her with my mom for a whole week.
* We don't have a bed time routine for Mads really. She sits in her high chair while TJ and I have dinner, and then we usually get her dressed for bed and I nurse or sing her to sleep. Some nights we throw a bath in there too. I cuddle with her and hold her until TJ and I go to bed 1-2 hours later (even after she is sleeping).
* My mom doesn't lay her down for naps. She naps in my moms arms every day, 2-3 times a day.
* Sometimes I take M out without socks on. She always kicks them off anyway, and we always put a blanket over her once she is buckled into her carseat.
ETA: We also bed share. M slept in her crib for a few weeks about 3 months ago when her sleep was REALLY bad in our room. Then it got REALLY bad in her crib and I just started bringing her into bed with us, forgoing the cradle in our room and crib all together. I am now trying to put her down at night in her bed first, but she ends up in our bed every night.
M/C 9/21/09 | M/C 12/24/09 | BFP 1/23/10
Madeline Rey DOB 9/30/10
TTC # 2 Jan 2013
BFP 3/12/13 | EDD 11/18/13
It's a GIRL! Lydia Marie!
We took Em out at five days, nobody made a comment about it and nobody but my parents held her while we were out.
And I EBF Em until 7 months when her pediatrician recommended that we start rice cereal once in awhile. I wanted to kick people who tried to sneak her food before then. Although I still want to kick people who sneak her food because it's usually junk food.
My kids ALWAYS have a t- shirt on under their clothes. Always. Even in the summer.
I travel ALOT for work. I leave my kids for a week at a time, several times a month. (some months) my mom says "poor kids....". And thinks this is so bad since I have no remorse over leaving them. They honestly do not care.
- LO goes to bed at 6:30pm... all his friends are up until 9pm or later
- LO still wakes up several times a night. I usually nurse him back to sleep as that is the path of least resistance. I also nurse him to sleep every night. We have not done CIO, and have no plans to (never saying never, of course).
- I am deathly protective of his sleep. If that means we skip the outrageously expensive Little Gym I paid for, or I show up late for outings with friends, or if the family needs to wait to play with him, so be it. The boy is a terror if he doesn't get enough sleep.
- We did BLW. I don't mind if he doesn't get "enough" solids to eat, and I happily give him almost anything we eat... I've seen him gag up the big pieces enough to feel confident that he won't choke.
- We don't use a bib most of the time, and I don't care if he and I get coated in food. We can change. I'm sure I horrify my super neat friends with their super neat babies in cute outfits.
- I let LO eat off the floor almost daily. Then I sweep up the crumbs, so I figure it's clean enough for the next day.
- We bought a crazy expensive stroller, and I never use it. I think LO prefers to be up with me in the wrap, and I prefer it too. That may change when it gets hot out, though.
- After one too many rashes, I finally went complete hippy and tried EC. We are on day 5, and loving it. He does 3-5 pees in the potty every day, and today we got our first poo in the potty! I realize the next step is family paper, and beg you all to stop me if it seems we are going that direction. Similar to my point on food above, I don't care if we get a few missed pees on our clothes. We can change.
ETA: And of course we co-sleep half the night. LO goes to bed in his crib at 6:30pm, then I bring him to bed with us when he wakes up for his first feeding around 11:30pm.
I'm going to make an AWESOME big brother.
I should just quote everybody and say THIS! haha
>Let Connor eat food all over the house...family room, living room, play room
>Go up and down the stairs by himself
>Jump on the furniture
>Go outside without a jacket, sometimes just in a diaper and rain boots
>Play outside by himself while I"m in the kitchen (I can see him from the window)
>play with pretty much anything from the kitchen (not the knives)
>stand in the tub
>watch nick jr or sprout or movies
>sing inappropriate songs to him
>talk about farting and pooping
>sydney often doesn't have her socks on
>I took both kids to the store they day I came home from the hospital with them
>let Connor have sweets
>let Connor try and eat whatever he wants even if it's spicy
>I don't care if the kids get dirty and stain their clothes with food
>let both kids fuss in their cribs for a bit
>put Connor back in a crib b'cuz the big boy bed was not working out for us afterall
>tell Connor to lay back down over the intercom on the monitor instead of actually getting up and going to his room
>instead of trying to get Syd to go back into her crib when she wakes I just bring her to bed with us
I'm sure I could think of more...basically I try to let very little stress me out and as long as nobody is getting hurt I don't really care.
-Hudson also has more clothes than me - when he was younger there were several outfits he wore only once or not at all ..
-Our dog licks his tray after every meal (I do clean it afterwards though) ... on that same note,Hudson kisses/hugs and climbs all over the dog all the time and we don't really stop him (until he starts grabbing too hard at his face)
-If he doesn't STTN (which he does almost every night) and won't fall back asleep in his crib he still comes to bed with us
-I let him eat food off the floor .. and I definitely don't mop/vaccuum/sweep as much as I should ..
I can agree with so many of yours.
*Meg still sleeps in our bed consistently. She goes to sleep in her bed but ends up in ours at either midnight (I'm still up) or later. If I were to wake without her in my bed, something would be wrong.
*I let my babies fuss it out. It is the ONLY way it will work with multiples.
*Meg has a TV in her room. Granted, it is only used for DVD's and her room IS her playroom. There isn't a separate room for that. Since she shares a room with three siblings who nap and sleep a lot, she rarely watches it.
*Meg watches entirely too much TV (sprout and Nick Jr.), but she isn't glued in front of it. She watches while she does other things. The babies watch it, too.
*The babies eat finger food off the mat in their play area. I often feed them this way.
*The babies mostly don't wear clothes at home. Laundry is insane in this house and I just forget to dress them.
*I don't brush Meg's hair as much as I should. She loves her really long "lellow" hair but hates getting it brushed.
*I don't put socks on my little kids very often. And they have naturally purple feet which brings a lot of eye rolls of people who think I am freezing them. Socks don't stay on and they just take them off and cram them in their mouths. I'd rather a sock-less baby than a sock down their throat.
Steal my kids picture or pretend they are yours, I will find where you live and ship all of their dirty diapers to your doorstep. Promise.
* I love my job and don't regret working 40+ hours a week. Sure I miss my kid, but I need to work for my sanity.
* My kid is regularly covered with cat hair. We have three cats and I am not going to vacuum daily. On that note, I often pick cat hair off bottles, spoons, high chair trays. Gross, but still, short of getting rid of the cats there's no way to control it.
* My kid is a crawling dynamo and I've only childproofed a tiny bit of the house. I have a tile saw in my living room next to the bar full of booze that is unsecured. We just turn her around when she heads that way.
* Up until a couple of weeks ago, my child lived in sleepers. Closet full of cute clothes but it's so much easier to just zip her into a fleece sleeper. The only reason I'm putting her in real clothes now is because we don't have enough 18 month sleepers for daily wear and I got sick of daily laundry.
* K gets mostly organic food at home, but eats crap at daycare. I figure it balances out so I'm fine with it.
* K's daycare lets her crawl around outside when the kids do outside play. She ends up covered in grass and dirt and I love it. I want her to be a tomboy like me.
* I love disposable diapers. They're easy. I don't have to do extra laundry. I use disposable wipes too and I'm totally okay with it.
We've barely childproofed anything. A few of the outlets have covers (the ones that are easier to get to), but not all. The only cabinet in the house that is secured is the one under the kitchen sink. And we also have a sideboard full of booze in our living room.
We cloth diapered until Lila was about 10 months old. I liked it and didn't really mind the laundry then, but now that we've been using disposables for a year I can safely say that we won't even attempt CDing with #2. I'm so sure that I'm selling off my $600 stash of BumGenius.
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These plus:
- We feed the girls on their boppies on the floor. They nap there, too. They've never napped in their cribs.
- We let the girls play with pretty much anything they can find. Shoe laces, jackets, burp clothes. If it keeps them quiet and isn't a choking hazard, it's theirs.
- We let Natty roll around all over the place and she always ends up underneath the coffee table. We don't stop her because A) it's really cute and
we want her to figure out how to get out of there without our help
- We haven't been consistant with giving them solids. We give them solids when we have time.
Unable to even.
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You don't understand the appeal of Benedict Cumberbatch / think he's fug / don't know who he is? WATCH SHERLOCK. Until you do, your negative opinion of him will not be taken seriously.
* A still sleeps in our bed, we put his crib in our room and that didn't fly. We took the crib to a toddler bed, he still comes to bed in the middle of the night. I don't know what the heck to do when second baby arrives....
* We still give him bottles at bedtime.
* He still has his binky, I have no intention taking it away anytime soon.
* His eating habits suck, and he drinks apple juice most of the time.
* We still haven't taken A to the dentist.
* We have a golden the sheds constantly so there is always hair stuck to A in some fashion.
I was so "by the book" with Sydney that I'm embarrassed. She didn't have sweets AT ALL until she was one, she never played in the dirt, got into things in the house. We were so strict with her. So most of this is Sarah...
- I let her crawl around in the playground bark. She puts some of it in her mouth but I figure as long as she doesn't choke on it I don't mind.
- Sarah will be one in a month and there is NO WAY she'll be off the boob by then.
- Syd slept in bed with us until she was 18 months and we couldn't take it anymore. Sarah is still in bed with us. It's just too big of a pain in the ass to sleep train.
- We turned Syd's car seat around when she was just over one. We'll probably do the same thing with Sarah.
- The kids play by themselves while I shower. Sometimes they get into things and fight but I'm not going to miss my shower because of it.
- I don't brush Syd's hair every day. It's a tangled mess, she screams and throws a fit and I don't like doing it.
* We also took E out when she was 4 days old - heck, I needed nursing bras (stat!) and I wasn't about to leave her home alone with DH for any amount of time at that point.
* Not only did I take her out in public before her 2-month shots, but it was winter - the height of flu/cold season (gasp!) - and I took her to work and let all my students hold her.
* I have had a drink while BFing (granted, she didn't nurse until almost 3 hours later and at no point did I even feel the alcohol, but some people say NO drinking AT ALL). I told the in-laws that yes, I would pump and dump to keep them happy, but I didn't.
* One of E's first foods? Steak. It was not pureed, needless to say.
Yeah, this post is what FFFC should be, real confessions!
- I don't have a single baby-proofing item up.... no outlet covers, nothing....
- I am the unprepared mom that never remembers to bring snacks. I need to just keep a bag of pretzels and baked snap peas in my car.
- After our post partum appointment, we went to Target and then to Teddy's for dinner. I think it was at 4 days. We went to our first Parent Baby class at 5 days old. I didn't get any $hit from anyone except a different Target cashier when she was like 4 weeks. Yeah right, lady, I'm not staying in my house for two months, sorry.
- She eats food off the floor. As long as it's not a choking hazard, meh.
- I think it's hilarious that she says "No" all the time and wags her little finger. Maybe encouraging bad habits, but I think she's awesome.
- I let her fuss/talk in her crib for up to an hour on the weekends. She keeps herself entertained.