Expectations.

JayandEmm · March 2013

We have all, in the past, said we'd do/wouldn't do blah blah blah with our kids.

Now, that we're all here and our Lo's have little personalities of their own, what have you done/haven't done that you said you would/wouldn't do?

I said I would only breastfeed for the first year, but I didn't realize how much I would love nursing. I can't imagine stopping at one year, now!

I said I would have ds in our room in his pnp until 6 months, then in his own room after that. Even if it meant doing sleep training to get him there. That blew all to hell. Ds is not an independent sleeper, and never has been. No amount of sleep training can fix that.

I said I would go on dates with DH every month, and leave ds with a sitter. That didn't happen. He doesn't take bottles so I couldn't leave for long for the first 6 months of his life, and he is also just now getting to the point where he doesn't scream the whole time when I leave. I never thought I would be just now starting date nights with DH, 7 months later!

Your turn!

poppyseed1017 · March 2013

I said I would only BF until I went back to work, but I'm still going.

I said she would be in our room until 4 months then we would move her to her room. She's still in our room.

Jnmac83 · March 2013

kikimo327:
I said I wouldn't CIO, and I did, and now he sleeps better. It is heaven.

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Jnmac83 · March 2013

JayandEmm:
We have all, in the past, said we'd do/wouldn't do blah blah blah with our kids. Now, that we're all here and our L

aroman1 · March 2013

I said she would sleep in our room for the first 6 months but we only made it 5. We all (including her) sleep so much better now. She went from waking up 3-4 times a night to only waking up 1.

&nbs

HeartsOnABand · March 2013

Ahh, there's so many.

I said I would CIO and we dont.

I said he would only sleep with us for the first 2 weeks and it lasted 6.5 months. Sadly, he made the choice to sleep in his crib and will not sleep in his cosleeper or in the bed w

Jnmac83 · March 2013

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mamahawk12 · March 2013

DS1 slept sooo much better after we put him into his own room around 6 months, so I swore we would put H in his room sooner. Well, wouldn't you know he was 6 months to the day when he slept in his room for the first time? I just couldn't let him go! </

ccam · March 2013

I thought I would breastfeed for a year. I lasted 4.5 months with 2.5 of those exclusively pumping, but it was a few of the hardest months of my life! I had a hard time forgiving myself for stopping but I need to do what's best for both of

HeartsOnABand · March 2013

Saltylove:
I said I'd BF for a year. Nope. Lasted 2.5 months. Extenuating circumstances, but I still quit way early.
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megmb24 · March 2013

I planned to breastfeed and have her in our room until 6 months. She is going on 8 months and we are still doing both. Plus she has been ending up in our bed by morning which I said I would NEVER do.

Maizey06 · March 2013

I said I would never bedshare. It became essential for me to function at work.

I also said we would have a date night at least once a month - ummm, we are averaging about once every 2 months and usually I just want to sleep.

I said DD

brandyleighxx · March 2013

I thought DH was crazy when he said we'd want LO in our room for the first year-ish. Here we are 7 months later, he's still in our room.

Tula214 · March 2013

I wanted to BF for at least 6 mo. Maybe if we had better BFing help I would've. I EPed for almost 5mo.

I said my baby was NOT going to ha r a pacifier. That lasted about a week.

I said I would be reading to him every night. I do

ashS10309 · March 2013

meaknigh:
DS1 slept sooo much better after we put him into his own room around 6 months, so I swore we would put H in his room soon

ashS10309 · March 2013

I said I would breastfeed for a year I lasted 3 months and that was pumping. I did have some issues but next time I will try harder.

I said no bed sharing. Well we did for 2 months.

I said he would be in his room at 3 months he

twoitalians · March 2013

brandyleighxx:
I thought DH was crazy when he said we'd want LO in our room for the first year-ish. Here we are 7 months later

bigbootyjudi · March 2013

Another one that said we'd never CIO. He sleeps like a dream now and I'll be forever grateful for it. My whole house functions 100% better when we all sleep.

We said we'd go on dates once a month and we've stuck to that. We at least go out to din

Buona Fortuna · March 2013

I was going to cloth diaper- I have a bunch of them but couldn't get DH on board and he kept buying sposies so I caved. I now have cloth diapers that were only used 1-2 times (after DS grew out of his newborn ones).

I also swore I'd never

JayandEmm · March 2013

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JayandEmm · March 2013

HeartsOnABand:
Ahh, there's so many.
I said I would CIO and we dont.
I said he would only sleep with us for the first

PaisleyRuth · March 2013

I think the main thing I expected that didn't happen was that I would enjoy being a SAHM more. It's way more boring & isolating than I thought it would be. And naps & feedings are much more constraining than I used to think too.

erjarv · March 2013

Said since I was a SAHM I'd have the house immaculate, work out every day, be really crafty and get back into writing.
Let me tell you...this is the expectation I failed the most on. I am the worlds worst housewife.

Said I would never e

britvahok · March 2013

I think the biggest thing that I've gone back on is co-sleeping. I said I would never let him sleep in our bed (remember that magazine cover with the sleeping baby laying next to a knife and they said that's how dangerous co-slee

CLeigh03 · March 2013

Is it weird I didn't have any really? After having my first I know all too well how exceptions can fly out the window.

JayandEmm · March 2013

kikimo327:
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sosoph · March 2013

With my first, I expected to be more in tune with parental literature. I quickly realized how biased, political and subordinating most of it is for parents (namely mothers), so I spend more time thinking about rationale and data behind recommendations

abbyful · March 2013

No TV until 2. - That lasted about a month or so. Now he watches TV with us. We don't use it as a babysitter, but I quickly realized that never having him in the room with a TV on was not feasible.

Reading every day

latnprincess · March 2013

I expected LO to be like ODS. I expected an easy nap schedule, bedtime, CIO, like clockwork eater, and just an easy baby. ODS was all those things. Boy did he spoil me. Nap schedule we finally have, but it was work. Bedtime d

Jnmac83 · March 2013

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piphigirl · March 2013

I don't know, I feel like DH and I went into this with some pretty firm ideas of what sounded good to us, tried them consistently, and they all worked. I think we got an easy baby.

We said she was going to sleep in a crib in her own room an

bkayem · March 2013

I wouldn't cry it out.
I wouldn't let him sleep with us very rarely does he do this
I said I would keep him in our room for 6 months. That lasted 6 weeks.
I wouldn't give him tastes of things like ice cream. He loves ice cream. <br /

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