BTDT: what did you swear you'd never do, but did

WhitWed · February 2013

I know with my first I swore I wouldn't do a lot of things, but then I wised up and found some of the things I naively tabooed to be helpful. What are things you ended up doing with your newborns/LO's that you thought you would never do?

I said I'd never co-sleep and I did for the first month and loved it! I swore I'd never use pacifiers and we busted one out week 3 and never looked back! I said I wouldn't waste new clothes and try to have her wear them all, but I swear we lived out of one repeat laundry basket for three months with the same onesies being washed over and over because it was easier. I said I'd never take DD to a nice restaurant, but we have a couple of times when family visited and it was surprisingly fine!

hjk5000 · February 2013

I said I'd never bed share and that went out the window the very first night. I said I would never feed my kid fast food but that happens once a week. I said I would never be that mom with the child throwing a tantrum in public, that just makes me laugh hysterically now looking back.

Ou! I also said I would never leave the house unshowered and dressed like a bum.

superace27 · February 2013

Also said I wouldn't bed share, got a co-sleeper and everything. But she would only sleep while being held or beside me for the first month and sleep was important!

I said she would never watch tv before 2. Yeah, that didn't happen.

Emmakins87 · February 2013

Um get married and pregnant with in 2 months of each other.... well that ship has sailed.

+Preppy+ · February 2013

I didn't have many "I'll never" moments, because I'm pretty laid back and knew this parenting thing was something completely radical to me.

One of the few ones was I would never let baby stay in bed with us. He didn't stay in bed with us a lot, but there were some nights when he was a newborn, we were so desperate for sleep, we'd bring him to bed with us. Even now, whenever he wakes up in the morning (5-6) we bring him into bed for an hour or two. It's a wonderful compromise that I never had thought I'd do.

Another one was that I'd always look nice. I never wanted to be a dowdy housewife. Well, I am. I have no problems leaving the house in sweats with no makeup. Pre-baby, I'd never have done that. Those are about it though.

RedCherry1109 · February 2013

Pretty much what other PPs have said. I do it all and I have no problem with it!

kmkaull2 · February 2013

A million things! Like give my kid processed food. Yeah right. We don't do fast food, but my kid would starve without Goldfish.

One is that I said I would never let my kid wear commercialized clothing. Well, today my kid is wearing Spiderman shoes and an Angry Birds t-shirt. He LOVES them and it makes him happy. So whatever.

jlml2008 · February 2013

+Preppy+:
Another one was that I'd always look nice. I never wanted to be a dowdy housewife. Well, I am. I have no problems leaving the house in sweats with no makeup. Pre-baby, I'd never have done that. Those are about it though.

This. I swore I would never be the housewife in pajamas at 3 in the afternoon or leaving the house without doing my hair or makeup. That ship has definitely sailed. DD always ends up with the bath, hair do and cute clothes and then I realize how lazy I am or how late I am and throw my hair up and some sweats on...oh well.

bumpuser8448316 · February 2013

The only thing I can think of that I'm sure I said was no bed-sharing. We planned to co sleep and had DS's crib in our room but he wouldn't have any part of it.

I'm sure I said lots of things over the years before I was ever pregnant though. I was the perfect parent until I had kids.

Fuzzy21 · February 2013

We swore that we would not bed share. I did okay, but DS just it 18mo and we just now brought him into bed with us for the first time. Damn teething molars.

DS didn't take a paci, and I was very happy about it, but I have a feeling if this LO will take one, I'll probably give in and use one (fyi: nothing wrong with them, I just didn't want to use one)

TeamHayes · February 2013

We didn't want to use a paci, we gave in around one month.
We were only going to use cloth diapers after the newborn stage. I have dozens of unopened cloth diapers in his dresser.
I was going to make all his purees. He wouldn't eat them.
No processed food this kid loves goldfish, crackers and bread.
No tv. While he doesn't watch it it is always on in the background and he will occasionally watch it.

happywife2b · February 2013

Most of the previous. Also, I got my first pair of flipflops while pregnant with #1 and became a lifelong convert. I gave in to the Disney princesses. I actually started thinking Hello Kitty was cute. Bubble baths became routine. Pizza became one of my acceptable dinner options. I would give my LO a cheap toy to play with while were shopping and then buy it for her to keep her entertained and quiet. Ugh. I let my LO watch TV (gasp!).

CindyRelluh · February 2013

Everything everyone has said, except bed share. We swore we wouldn't, and we are 19 months going strong, lol. DD loves her crib, so I can't complain since she sleeps like 12 hours a night! Anyway, I swore I'd get in the best shape ever, nope. Swore I'd make my own baby food, and she would never eat processed food, nope. She LOVES hotdogs, so to make myself feel better I buy kosher ha. She has been watching Disney Jr since she was born, well I've had it on since then, and I don't regret it because I can see and hear her learning things from the shows. She also has an innotab and loves my iPad, mostly for taking pictures of herself. One thing I DID stick with was no overly sheltering.

ohdrama09 · February 2013

Use cloth diapers

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