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Toddlers: 12 - 24 Months
what things do you do that the BUMP majority would frown upon?
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Re: what things do you do that the BUMP majority would frown upon?
Forward Face since just before 1.
Juice(50/50) since he won't drink plain water.
He gets dessert treats, not everyday but at least 3 days a week.
He eats hot dogs.
If we have somewhere to go and it is near bedtime or naptime, we go and he either sleeps there or his sleep time just gets adjusted. We don't schedule around his sleep time.
Nothing organic for us. Too expensive.
He still uses the paci in the car and at bedtime. He screams nonstop if he is in the crib without it. He holds it most of the time and only shoves it in his mouth if he thinks we are going to take it away.
I rarely feed him things that are organic. I think people who bust out with the comment "it's cheaper at the farmer's market" are on crack. They have never been to a farmers market in Miami. He eats lots of veggies & fruits.
I hate fried food. I can't bring myself to eat it since having issues with my gall bladder so Matthew never gets fried food.
Matthew watches the Sunny Side Up Show in the mornings. It is background music while we play.
I love Super Why, Word World & Dinosaur Train. I watch them when Matthew is sleeping. He does watch it as well (not every day)
It's currently 107 degrees where I live. It was still 90 at midnight last night. I try to return the carts *MOST* of the time, but if it's majorly cold/windy or super hot, I skip it. I don't feel okay leaving LO in the car if the corral is too far away and obviously I want him out of extreme weather as soon as possible.
See, I knew this one would get people fired up. Endanger your kid, feed him crap, go against AAP guidelines, people laugh and joke..don't return the damn carts to the stall, ooh, you're a dirty b****
DD got hold of a used dish sponge last night and I let her have it. We were trying to clean up the house we just moved out of and she was underfoot, but once she got that thing she toddled around "cleaning". I actually said to my husband that the women on the baby boards would be having a fit because of all the germs in sponges lol. She puts everything in her mouth and it doesn't phase me. She eats off the table at restaurants and I don't own a highchair or shopping cart cover.
I also buy minimal organic due to cost, though I have to imagine there are a lot who do the same!
I still nurse at night if she wakes and I don't believe she's manipulating me or should be be weaned. We also still nurse to sleep and the one night a week I work she gets a bottle.
She wears her amber necklace at all times, even to bed.
I'm glad you finally see it my way!
I didn't know some of these things were even looked down on here! Granted I mostly lurk...
DD gets juice daily. Full strength juice, too, sometimes SimplyOrange/SimplyApple and sometimes just the "natural" CapriSuns because it's easier to put in my purse and take on the road with us. She drinks plain water, too, but she likes juice so I give it to her.
She eats the Happy Baby fruit/veggies puress like daily-. Lately, she'll only eat if she can feed herself, so I've been giving her GoGurt, too. Oh, and Nutrigrain bars. And we pretty much never buy organic.
She still gets bottles in the middle of the night, if she signs "eat". And she only sleeps through the the night like half the time (<- and I don't really mind if she wakes up at night, as long as I get a few solid nights here and there).
One more, we turn the tv on pretty much daily. Right now, it only holds her attention long enough for her to hear the theme song (Arthur and Word Girl are her favorites) so I wait until the theme song is over, then I switch it to something I want to watch instead.
My kids (and I) drink raw milk.
I let DD run around in just her diaper, frequently. Same with barefeet, whenever possible. Clothes and shoes are highly overrated.
I have, on more than one occasion, lost my cool and yelled at my kids. Gasp, I know. It's not frequent, but it happens.
My kid ate cookies today for breakfast. Mostly because she had woken up about an hour before it was lunch time, so I figured she just needed a little something to tide her over.
Little Ceasars is my go-to I don't wanna cook tonight place to eat. Real health food there. We get the cheesy bread too, just to make it that much healthier.
I'm still nursing and she's 19 months. And I don't plan on stopping until she stops. So she might be 3. Maybe even 4. Who knows.
I try to park near the cart return otherwise, I don't return my cart either. I acidently locked Keira in the car, returning a d@mn cart, so if it is too far away too bad, I am not taking the thing back.
I am barely every on here so I can really care less if I get flamed, my e-feelings are bullet proof
that being said, I am the bump demon child for sure! here goes:
My daughter LOVES chefboyardee... EVERY KIND! She stays up until 10:30 PM with me
Cookies are another favorite-- she gets one daily. I put her in a "big girl bed" at 14 months old, she drinks juice a few times a week (I was a juice nazi with SS! He very RARELY got juice) I forward faced DD for a few weeks when she was only 13 months old (dont worry, she is rear facing again 
we have one car seat between the 2 of us, and one day I was in a rush and wasnt messing with the hooks so I just forward faced her with the belt, and really didnt think to turn her back around for a few weeks) UMMM, let's see... she is still on the paci, in fact, she gets it more now during the day than she EVER did her first year (but in her defense those teefers are killing her!) I am sure there's more, Ill add later if I can think of them. No, I am not mommy of the year, but my baby is learning, talking, we spend all day together, she watches TV, yes, but not all day (she doesnt care too much for it), she is developing normally, healthy, happy, and eats pretty healthy (she eats what we eat, and rarely eats fast food... BUT SHE HAS eaten fast food a few times!)
Now I am off to see what you all wrote
DD wears a bikini as well.. She looks so darn cute in it too!
- She eats nothing organic... I can't afford to buy it at the grocery store, and don't have the time for a garden.
- She's Forward Facing
- Drinks Juice (EVERY day)
- Has Had Her Fair Share of Hot Dog's & PB&J's
- Watches Sprout (She LOVES Chica) Every Evening
That's all I got for now... But I'm sure there's more.
I sometimes don't return the carts, either, and I definitely don't judge people who don't.
However, if you're worried about locking/leaving your LO in the car, you can load up the car, take LO in the cart to the corral, then carry him/her back. I'm not flaming anyone, just pointing out that there are other options.
BFP(4) DD2 born 2.14.13 @ 35w5d due to pPROM
No we don't! My very first brand new car was 1 week old when I parked it in a parking lot at work and a loose cart was blown by the wind into the side. It forever had a dent. It's still a sore spot with me **cries** I always park right near or beside a cart return so it's nice and easy when I have to return it. If I'm too far away, I take the kids with me to the return and walk back with them.
He still uses the paci in the car and at bedtime. He screams nonstop if he is in the crib without it. He holds it most of the time and only shoves it in his mouth if he thinks we are going to take it away.
****Ha ha this DS does the same thing!!!!!!!!!
I rarely feed him things that are organic. I think people who bust out with the comment "it's cheaper at the farmer's market" are on crack. They have never been to a farmers market in Miami. He eats lots of veggies & fruits.
I hate fried food. I can't bring myself to eat it since having issues with my gall bladder so Matthew never gets fried food.
Matthew watches the Sunny Side Up Show in the mornings. It is background music while we play.
I love Super Why, Word World & Dinosaur Train. I watch them when Matthew is sleeping. He does watch it as well (not every day)
Ok here goes:
Don't always return shopping cart
DD gets diluted juice daily
We watch Sprout's "Wiggly Waffle"every morning and Sesame Street as well
Rarely do organic unless it's on sale
Still do mostly Gerber Graduates meals and definitely a fruit puree every day...she's not great w/ big chunks of food.
DD is forward facing
She loves ice cream and cookies
I curse in front of her (although I'm REALLY trying to stop)
I buy NOTHING organic
And probably many, many more!
Flame Free right!?!?!?!
-DD is forward facing
-I give her undiluted juice
-She has fast food once a week (chicken nuggets, apples, and milk)
-She has a cookie every now and then
-She loves Spongebob (only show she will watch)
dc still nurses, sometimes 5 times a day. he has had formula or cows milk maybe twice in his life. he doesnt sttn, and never has. he loves french fries and mash potatoes and apple sauce - he would eat these all day every day. we dont have a nightly routine, and he goes to bed around 10:30 often, and rarely goes to bed before 9.
i take dc out without shoes or socks. he pulls them off, and i really dont care if he wears shoes if he isnt walking on the ground.
I've given up on my "no TV" rule. DS now watches Sesame Street and Signing Time every day, and sometimes I let him watch Thomas the Train while he eats his lunch. Honestly, though, I enjoy all the shows more than he does. He stays mildly interested in Sesame Street and Signing Time (usually only when there's someone singing). Thomas the Train is totally for me.
He hardly eats any fruits or veggies. I sneak pureed fruits & veggies into his oatmeal, and into his dinner when possible, but he flat out rejects fresh fruit. He likes a few veggies.
I let him eat food off the floor, and I hardly ever mop.
Most days, I forget to brush his teeth.
I have a lot
FF since 18 months
Still on 3 bottles a day (with toddler formula and whole milk....DD has food issues from GERD)
still eats baby food daily (squeezable pouches)
watches sesame street, dora, and gabba gabba almost daily since I am nursing.
plays educational games on an ipad
eats mc donalds (when I am desperate and she hasn't eaten anything all day).
No it's not. They did make a pledge after consumer pressure to stop buying milk from cows given rBGH. The milk is by no means organic.
We have dessert every night. Some nights it might be fruit and cheese, but sometimes it might be pie, cookies, or ice cream.
DD2 still BFs 5-6 times a day. It is mostly for comfort, not for nourishment.
Good Post. Nothing like the internet to make you feel like the best/worst mom ever
Things you wouldn't even know were "wrong" if it weren't for the bump ha ha.
DD is still breastfeeding at 19 months and I'm proud of it. She will continue to do so as long as she wants to.
She still wakes up in the middle of the night every night and I *usually* don't mind a bit.
DD has never had a jar of baby food in her life. We just recently started those organic fruit/veggie pouches because they are great to carry in the purse.
I wanted to stay tv free until 2 years but well after a year that just didn't happen. She watches about an hour with DH in the morning and probably another hour at my mom's house each day.
She has slept in her Amber teething necklace since she was 2 months old.
We bedshared up until about a month ago.
And since this has been the topic of the post
I always return carts and never thought twice about it.Don't know why you wouldn't... Heck if I'm close to the door I have even taken them in the store before.
Damn that Super Why. My kid won't say Mama but she says "ee ee why!"
Yep, we watch it. Every day at 9.
Not flaming, but you could leave your son in the cart while you unload it, take it over to the return, and then carry him back to the car. That's what I do when I don't park next to a return.
Mine: When DS wakes up too early, he comes back to bed with us, grabs the TV remote and watches Disney channel until I am awake enough to function.