Things I said I would never do... that I have done already

CanadianintheSouth · September 2014

I have two, first I said I would never let my husband watch me give birth. In my mind he would be helping me with breathing at my head, and not be able to see what is happening. Of course, he was holding one of my legs and watching the whole thing. He still is attracted to me, stretch mark and all, so that's good.

Second - I thought baby would be in her crib the first week, and I would NEVER sleep with her in our bed. I have found though that If she has trouble sleeping, I let her fall asleep on me and then transfer her to the RNP. A couple of times I have also fallen asleep, and woken up with her still on my chest.

Can't wait to see what else I will "never" do. Anyone else?

Laur110 · September 2014

I said time and again that DD would sleep in her crib right away. We have used it for naps, but other than that it has been the RNP all the way!

Valancyy · September 2014

I said I would never let my kids eat in the living room.

I have a 4 year old...I broke that over 3 years ago.

midwestFNP · September 2014

I said I would never have LO in bed with me as I'm super against it but on occasion after DH leaves for work (he leaves around 5am) I have snuggled with her and we may or may not have both fallen asleep! She sleeps super good when she is in bed next to me. It's just too tempting sometimes when I'm exhausted after a night up with her. I make sure all pillows and blankets are away from her. Flame away!

BabyM82714 · September 2014

I said I would never sleep with her in our bed. But sometimes she fusses but isn't hungry and I pick her up and rock her and fall asleep. I arm hold her with a pillow propping me up and we sleep like that for a solid couple hours in the morning. Usually between 6-9. Depends. And not once have I actually felt unsafe doing so. It bothers BF though and he wants me to kick the habit. ..

SoSayWeAll · September 2014

I was going to wait to offer a paci until
3-4 weeks. We tried it within the first few days. He actually doesn't even take it most of the time.

jenniferurs · September 2014

I promised myself that I'd never call a pacifier a paci.

Promise broken.

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haliebabyx3 · September 2014

Use a Paci. He takes it but spits it out when he's over it.
I also second the husband watching. I begged him not to... he watched it all. After 6 hours of pushing and LO was finally out, first thing he said was that he was ready to watch another one come.

aly&sam · September 2014

I said I would never let him sleep in bed with me but I did for the first time this morning and we slept so soundly! It was so nice(: probably won't be doing it often though just because I'm so nervous about doing that!

Shiva14 · September 2014

third my Husband watching. And I was actually excited that he did because I figured there had to be something to see, so pushing was doing something.

To my horror I've slept with him in bed more than I care to think about. Never, ever thought I would do that. I don't even realize I'm asleep until I wake up. I've never moved an inch when I've done it, but it scares me that I don't even know I'm falling asleep.

I also thought I wouldn't leave the house with or without him until after 8 weeks. I've left him with my dad once for four hours and he has been out of the house with us at least twice a week.

SherryBaby2014 · September 2014

There are a lot of things I imagined would go differently...but I don't think I made any promises before she came. It also helped me to have two friends with babies who are on opposite ends of the parenting/birthing spectrum (one is all natural/cloth diapers/no meds and everything is "perfect" the other had health issues and used every bell and whistle to make it easier.) My only hope was to fall somewhere in between.

Kids and babies are too unpredictable.

happylady07 · September 2014

These are from my first DS, so promised were long broken

Before kids I said:

I would never have kids in bed with us. We ended up cosleeping for over 2 years.

I would never do an open door shit with my husband home. Both labors I was crapping my brains out at one point, and DH was in the tiny bathroom with me, helping me get through contractions while I was mortified both times. I told him this last time "OMG, I can't believe this is happening all over again, gross".

alphaxi614 · September 2014

Swore I wouldn't go anywhere with him other than the Dr until after his first round vaccinations. Took him tontine farmers market at three weeks, costco shortly after that and the grocery store yesterday. Can't be a hermit!

Swore he wouldn't get a paci, gave him one this first night in the hospital when he wouldn't stop crying.

[Deleted User] · September 2014

I dI don't think I ever SAID I wouldn't do this cuz it never even crossed my mind but I took a poop while HOLDING my kid. Yup. He was crying, I had to go, so I took his bouncy seat in with me. He had a fit, so, I held him and just put him down to wipe. Haha. Never ever thought that'd happen!

klauke_t13 · September 2014

Laur110 said:
I said time and again that DD would sleep in her crib right away. We have used it for naps, but other than that it has been the RNP all the way!

This, word for word!

BabyM82714 · September 2014

CapsFan52 said:
I dI don't think I ever SAID I wouldn't do this cuz it never even crossed my mind but I took a poop while HOLDING my kid. Yup. He was crying, I had to go, so I took his bouncy seat in with me. He had a fit, so, I held him and just put him down to wipe. Haha. Never ever thought that'd happen!

You are not alone.

Stellafriend · September 2014

Hold iPhone while I'm holding or nursing him.

reb84 · September 2014

I was one who thought I'd limit tv time. That was broken the first week we brought DD1 home over 2 years ago. Hubby turned on the tv to get through the nights. She still likes to watch it but still likes to play more.

SoSayWeAll · September 2014

Also I would never fall asleep holding LO. Well, last night he slept on my chest in the recliner and I fell asleep too for an hour

Nothing happened, but I felt terrible.

Ktorrisi · September 2014

Putting lo to sleep on his tummy. Been doing it since 3 weeks old. He's absolutely fine and just sleeps better. (5-7 hours usually). He's 6 weeks now. Swore id never do it but he rolled from his side to his tummy at 3wks old and slept that way for almost 7 hours that night! He has awesome head control for his age (ped even said so)

raquelynn714 · September 2014

TV here too. The PNP is in the living room near the plasma tv. LO watches it and coos at it when he's in the PNP. I'll have to monitor the amount of time he does this, especially once he can scoot and do other things besides face-plant tummy time.

Allison7 · September 2014

I said I would let DH see the baby being born...but since he refused to let my cousin doula for us, he had to hold my leg and saw waaaaaay more than either of us were comfortable with.

Also, I said I would not fall asleep while holding LO. I seriously underestimated how tired I would be and how hard it is to avoid that!

wandsandwine · September 2014

Mine have been said but I didn't want DH to watch and I didn't want to see either but he ended up holding my leg and seeing it all and I got a mirror.

LO won't sleep long stretches on his own and I've slept holding him. I make sure I'm propped up and there is nothing near him but it still scares me

tamarar5 · September 2014

CapsFan52 said:
I dI don't think I ever SAID I wouldn't do this cuz it never even crossed my mind but I took a poop while HOLDING my kid. Yup. He was crying, I had to go, so I took his bouncy seat in with me. He had a fit, so, I held him and just put him down to wipe. Haha. Never ever thought that'd happen!

I did this today!

abnelsen22 · September 2014

theteno said:

potterowl said:
Lo gets breast fed in the bath. It gets us through the bath and she does way better.

I cant even figure out how youd accomplish that...

I was thinking the same thing! I ff and I can't figure out how I could even bottle feed during a bath.

lexxctpx · September 2014

Yeah, I boarded the paci train today as well. I just use it when I literally could not give her a boob. She seemed to do fine with it. Nbd, lol.

herecomesthesun · September 2014

I haven't really said I would never do anything but co-sleep.

This morning I slept with him on my chest. It was glorious to get that little bit of sound sleep for us both.

loulou182 · September 2014

I swore I wouldn't give my baby a pacifier, but when I saw how much comfort she got from sucking her fingers, I gave in and gave her a pacifier.

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