Early..but anything you will do differently once next child comes?

jaxxx15 · May 2011

I will put baby in the crib from the start for naps and bed...forget the bassinet!

I don't think I will let the swaddle habit go too long....such a pain to break.

How about you?

Molluskwrangler · May 2011

Every kid is different, I would love to say that I would do this or that, but I'm sure the next LO will have it's own plans just like Molls did/does.

Unless I can make sure the next one doesn't have colic I don't want to do that again.

waspreggointhecity · May 2011

We won't call ANYONE until after labor & delivery. Seriously, people were out of control.

mishu917 · May 2011

We swaddled for 3 mos until she was breaking out so we knew she wanted out. Unswaddling went even better bc she wanted her arms out... so no probs there. We will prolly swaddle for about six weeks with number 2.

I'll definitely only buy clothes from 6 mos up, 9oz bottles and I plan to buy a freezer for frozen BM. DD STTN for 8-10 hours at week 6 and while I still pumped for my frozen stash, I stopped once our freezer compartment was full. Now that I'm back to work, my supply has dipped and I'm struggling to keep up with her.

I will also do a maternity shoot and in hospital newborn pics.

Oh and I'll quit my job and become a SAHM lol

daenikoffre · May 2011

Ditto to Baz, but one thing I WILL do for sure is ask for more help.

My friends would have helped out more had they know I wanted it, but I was just way too modest / didn't want anyone to bother, and they all never really had a pregnant friend before, so.. it was new territory for all of us.

Now for the next LO I'm going ot be more like, "Hey you! Make me dinner!" "Hey you! Do my laundry!"

but much more tactfully, I hope

Molluskwrangler · May 2011

daenikoffre:
Ditto to Baz, but one thing I WILL do for sure is ask for more help.
My friends would have helped out more had they know I wanted it, but I was just way too modest / didn't want anyone to bother, and they all never really had a pregnant friend before, so.. it was new territory for all of us.
Now for the next LO I'm going ot be more like, "Hey you! Make me dinner!" "Hey you! Do my laundry!"

but much more tactfully, I hope

My mom was here the first month and it was the best thing ever.

skoogirl · May 2011

Not have my parents stay with me for a week. Maybe have my son go to my ILs to help or something, but my parents drove me nuts that first week.

sbuxsweetie · May 2011

Next time, I'll try to BF again, but with a different approach. I'll try to avoid bottles and pacis for a while so nipple confusion isn't an issue. I will also see a LC from the beginning.

JustDoIt62009 · May 2011

I will only have me and DH in the labor & delivery room- I didn't get a lot of those first few hours with DD because everyone came in right after she was born and I was cleaned up. They can wait until I'm in the recovery room next time.

I will have professional newborn pics done- not just the lady walking around the hospital.

I will not give up trying to breastfeed- still disappointed with myself even though I worked with several LCs and nothing was working. I will continue pumping until me and LO have it down.

I will cloth diaper from the beginning- I never realized it was so easy.

Everything else will be up to LO, but I agree with Baz if I can stop colic I would do anything!

MomlovesEloise · May 2011

Ditto on not telling anyone until after the birth. And all cell phones will be off, cause it's really hard to concentrate on pushing when your phone keeps going off. Security actually kicked my Mom out cause she kept sneaking past them behind other people and my room was do not disturb.

I'll definitely invest in a RNP and sleep in our room instead of spending the first month on the couch. I kept saying every night that I'd put her in her crib, and every night she either slept on top of me, or in her swing.

kristen0393 · May 2011

Next time I'll put LO down sleepy but awake from much earlier on. I'm still nursing him to sleep. He sleeps well at night but naps terribly (never longer then 45 min) because he can't put himself back to sleep.

themissizz · May 2011

IF we have another one, I'd take more pictures with a real camera instead of my phone. I'd also have a newborn shoot done.

Hmmm, I wouldn't stress so much at the beginning. I didn't know that a schedule with a newborn was basically a cycle of sleeping, diaper change, eating - repeat all day long. I feel like if I realized that, I'd have been much calmer.

Also, now that I recognize the symptoms of a reflux baby, I'd have it treated right away if my LO suffered from it. It made the first two months misery.

Jessie_ea · May 2011

I'm going to tape the birth next time. I was concentrating so hard on pushing with DS that I feel like I missed out on something because the whole thing is kind of a blur. I also hate that I didn't get to see my little man come out. DH just keeps telling me how amazing it was to see. Before I had DS I thought people who did that were weird and that I wouldn't want to see that, but I guess it's different when it's your and your baby.

kwitt22 · May 2011

I don;t want to give up on breastfeeding so early. I stopped at 6 weeks bc I got a staph infection on my aerola they thought was MRSA. I was done after that. Next time I wanna go longer and build up a nice freezer stash.

LordValuemart · May 2011

Next time around I'll probably invest in a RnP for nap time because his swing freaked him the freak out for the first 2 months and he didn't nap in his crib for long. He napped great in his bouncer but if he stirred it wasn't the easiest thing to settle him back down. I'm also with PP on the bigger bottles thing, didn't use the 4 oz ones for long, we're still at 5 oz a feeding though, so the smaller ones in some brands work fine for us. Other than that I'm digging the routine we have now, he STTN at just before 3 months, was in his crib at night from the get-go, only swaddled for 2 weeks, he was never particularly colicky, at least not near as bad as some of the horror stories I've heard. I'll probably try again to BF next time, see if it works out better, but if it doesn't I'm not gonna be near as heartbroken as I was this time. I have one happy FF baby, so it won't be the end of the world to have another Smile

MrsDe2008 · May 2011

We only plan on having 1, but if that changes and we do decide to have another, he/she will definitely be in his/her crib from day 1! It took 5 months to transition this kid into her Nursery...wanted nothing to do with her crib.

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