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Anything you wish you knew?

MrsHartman7MrsHartman7 member
in Babies: 9 - 12 Months
Hi Ladies, I was just reading an article about 'things I'd do differently' and it got me thinking: what's the one thing you would do differently from the last year?  I always enjoy learning from mums who have been there!
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Re: Anything you wish you knew?

  • PleionePleione member
    I wish I had known not to let my husband give LO her first hair cut.
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  • traveltheworldtraveltheworld member
    That no matter how hard you try, sometimes your child just will not STTN.  I was very determined that DS should STTN after 6 months since I have a high stress job and I was exhausted from getting up multiple times a night to nurse.  Well, I tried every sleep training book and method out there (and I tried each for at least 3 weeks before abandoning said method); but DS was just a stubborn little man. I finally gave up and just rolled with it.  That made life a lot less stressful. 
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  • acbfreireacbfreire member

    imagetraveltheworld:
    That no matter how hard you try, sometimes your child just will not STTN.  I was very determined that DS should STTN after 6 months since I have a high stress job and I was exhausted from getting up multiple times a night to nurse.  Well, I tried every sleep training book and method out there (and I tried each for at least 3 weeks before abandoning said method); but DS was just a stubborn little man. I finally gave up and just rolled with it.  That made life a lot less stressful. 

    Same here. I thought that sleep would be easy. It is not. But I also just roll with the punches.

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  • CrazyLife3CrazyLife3 member

    Stop trying to control everything and just let your kids "be".

     I have four ranging from 6mos to 8yrs and I realize little by little I am not in control. I am more here to guide and discipline, and have fun of course. But the more I try to control every little thing the more frustrated I become. I control what I can, for example, the rules, the punishments, the types of food I buy, the types of media allowed in the house, the activities I will allow, the toys that enter the home, the bedtime, etc. But I am trying to less of a control freak on everything. I am forced to "pick my battles" and be accepting of the things I cannot change and have faith that things will work out.

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