How obnoxious were we as FTMs when these aug 2011 babies were born. I'm lurking on dd2s board and they're killing me. Life is over because I have a kid and everything takes so long! I've been tracking my 3 week old's schedule on an app and see patterns! Lolololol.
Looking back, I was so ridiculous with Ds. I followed every "rule" there was, I made eating/pooping/peeing journals, and anything else you could roll your eyes at.
Now that I know they aren't as fragile, Sophia is on her own
I didn't care about tracking anything other than his feeds (he had to have at least 75ml of BM every 3hours PO, or we had to be readmitted to the NICU).
Other than that, my parenting style was just follow Hank. He slept when he slept, where ever he slept. He pooped and peed when ever he did.
What I do look back and realize is that I was quite lazy. My house was dirty, dishes weren't done, Jay had to help me keep the house clean. And, this lasted well into the first year.
I didn't have a typical FTM experience, though, so I try not to be hypercritical of myself.
I was definitely a stereotypical FTM. I annoyed myself so I'm quite sure I annoyed the hell out of other people. I also hate lurking on the younger boards because we've had these conversations a bajillion times.
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Lol at all of this! I obsessed over DD1s sleep and was crazy rigid about being home for scheduled nap time. I'm still a little like that with her. But this baby...she sleeps on the go all the time so far and I'm hoping it continues!
I was definitely a stereotypical FTM. I annoyed myself so I'm quite sure I annoyed the hell out of other people. I also hate lurking on the younger boards because we've had these conversations a bajillion times.
This cracked me up. I'm pretty sure people thought I was annoying about food and sleep during the first year. I've def loosened up this past year.
I can't believe how crazy I made myself. Timing nursing, number of poops, etc. then googling to see if it was normal. I do none of that now. I almost feel bad for DS2 because I don't.
I feel I will always be a FTM - it's just that having more LO's means I am too busy to worry so much But I'll admit a good dose of real life quickly made me shut up about a lot of things I thought were supposed to be best (you know, because I read it in a book)
I went back and read some of my posts from the NB days with DS. Good for a laugh, for sure. I'm still pretty obsessive about some things, like tracking sleep.
I feel I will always be a FTM - it's just that having more LO's means I am too busy to worry so much But I'll admit a good dose of real life quickly made me shut up about a lot of things I thought were supposed to be best (you know, because I read it in a book)
I was the world's best parent... And then I had kids!! ;P
I can't believe how crazy I made myself. Timing nursing, number of poops, etc. then googling to see if it was normal. I do none of that now. I almost feel bad for DS2 because I don't.
I think this all the time. But I was talking to my best friend (who also had kids two years apart), and we agree that we can't beat ourselves up over it. There's simply no way we could function with the second one the way we did with the first, it would be impossible! There aren't enough hours in the day for all the extra sanitizing, laundry, and tracking and timing of every activity.
I feel I will always be a FTM - it's just that having more LO's means I am too busy to worry so much But I'll admit a good dose of real life quickly made me shut up about a lot of things I thought were supposed to be best (you know, because I read it in a book)
I was the world's best parent... And then I had kids!! ;P
Me too, ladies!
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Re: So, moms of older kids...
Now that I know they aren't as fragile, Sophia is on her own