Just for fun - New parent dilemmas

aliciaspinnet · July 2015

1. LO has woken up in the middle of the night both starving hungry and about to soak through their diaper. Do you first a) feed them and hope they don't leak, or b) change them, and risk them waking up the whole household.

2. It's morning time and LO has finally gone to sleep after a particularly rough night. You're exhausted, starving and covered in baby spit up. Which do you do first - food, sleep or shower?

3. You accidentally fart loudly in front of your in laws. Do you let the baby take the blame?

rrcameron21 · July 2015

1. Change them! I wake up for every single feeding and diaper change every single night. If I wake someone else up I really don't care

2. Sleeeeeep! Food? Shower? What are those things?

3. Absolutely. My fiancé would call me out though... He knows my farts.

addingon · July 2015

1. Change them! I've been leaked on enough. And what's one more diaper even though I know she'll go while she eats...

2. Sleep. I love sleep and I've learned to basically not eat or shower. LMAO

3. I'd take the blame. They have much more annoying habits that I put up with so they can deal with that!

DolphinLover2002 · July 2015

1. Change them! My DH and I actually have a routine. He changes their diapers while I use the bathroom, grab a drink and a snack. Then I feed them and he lays back down.

2. Last night was actually a horrible night! The girls got on opposite schedules for some reason, so we were almost constantly up with one of them. After only 3 hours of sleep total, I finally got them both back down. I took 5 minutes to grab a bowl of cereal. Then I went back to bed. The girls have been fussy today too, so I have yet to get in my shower. I'm no good to anyone if I don't get my sleep!

3. We have nothing to do with my in-laws. But if I farted in front of someone and I could pass it off on babies, I would. If it was obviously me, I'd own up to it!

Sammy K · July 2015

1. Feed them. The last thing I would want was to wake up the 2 yo while nursing and have 2 to deal with. DH usually takes the big one, but he can scream much louder and can leave his room on his own.

2. Sleep, easy choice.

3. It doesn't really matter, my ILs would pretend like nothing happened because bodily functions are too embarrassing to talk about.

aliciaspinnet · July 2015

1. This one happened to me last night. I put a cloth diaper on my lap just in case and fed him. LO doesn't mind wet diapers but he gets really hangry! And DH is working really long hours so he needs his sleep.

2. Food first, but something very quick - maybe a bowl of cereal or a yoghurt. I'll sleep better if I'm not hungry. A shower can wait.

3. Yes, I will totally let the baby take the blame. He farts enough as it is, what's the harm in him taking the blame for one more.

kaila8 · July 2015

1. Change her diaper. She won't eat if she has a wet diaper she gets too fussy and wiggles around. Plus I always wake up for every single feeding and diaper change so I don't feel too terrible if I wake up DH occasionally.

2. Sleep for sure! I don't even remember what food and showers are......

3. Eh DH would call me out instantly so I wouldn't have a chance to blame LO hahah

lwyz · July 2015

1. Diaper. I hate to wake LO after a feed to change his diaper so I always diaper first.

2. Sleep. No question.

3. Baby can totally take the blame. I never had uncontrollable farts before him so it really is his fault.

KaLikeAWind · July 2015

1) diaper. For 2 reasons - he usually pees while he is eating, and if he already has a wet diaper there is a slight possibility it may leak or he will start to be very fussy AND he usually passes out after eating, but gets mad when he is changed, so if its the middle of the night, I want the last thing I do to make him sleepy

2) I will actually snack a cookie or pop tarts (healthy, I know) at 3am while he is on the boob. So, if he is finally asleep - I'm sleeping. I've probably already snacked (if its been a rough night he's been crying all night, so what matter if I take two minutes to grab a snack to munch while trying to get him to stop crying?) but even if I haven't and I'm starving, its still sleep

3) I'll own it. No big. I will still blame (post) pregnancy hormones, tho

rolson8947 · July 2015

1) I always change her first. She gets so sleepy while eating and by the time I finish burping her then she is asleep. I would hate to get her wide awake by changing her after she eats.

2) Sleep.

3) I would probably just not say anything at all unless someone called me out on it and then I'd just own up to it

moz3518 · July 2015

1. Change his diaper first. He usually knocks out while I'm burping him and this way I can just lay him back down.

2. Sleep!!!

3. Most likely no one would acknowledge it but I'd have no problem LO taking the blame if I could get away with it.

henrytviii · July 2015

1. Grab a towel or cloth diaper shield for myself and feed them while researching overnight diapers online and praying that my 3 year doesn't wake up because he'll definitely have to pee as well.

2. Eat in the shower while DH makes coffee.

3. Yes always.

ksimo6 · July 2015

Change them.
Sleep.
Apologize and move on.

nickse44 · July 2015

My hubby and I have the same routine. It's sooooo nice to have someone else help during the night and it takes some pressure off of me!

mtav22 · July 2015

Feed while DH changes. (We've done this)lol
Sleeeeeeeeep!!!
Blame it on baby girl

pearlv88 · July 2015

1. Feed first. He gets way too hangry to change first usually I'll change him after the first boob because it wakes him up to finish.

2. I can get hangry too so sometimes good must come first. Otherwise, sleep for sure!

3, Blame it on the baby

klkonwi · July 2015

1. Change them
2. Am I the only one who must have food and showers?..... Sleep is sleep it's nice but I'm so used to not getting any!
3. I'll own it

dancegurl1118 · July 2015

1-feed and change halfway through
2-sleep. The answer is always sleep.
3- definitely own it...my in laws would laugh.

aj1327 · July 2015

1) change him
2) @klkonwi I'm with you! I'd eat first. Then take a shower, and finally, I'd pray I had time for a nap!
3) I'd blame it on my son, for sure!

janat1717 · July 2015

1. Change him
2. Food first... Still working on that supply. I admit I'm not showering much lately
3. Laugh, no need to pass blame

LaurenAnn0405 · July 2015

1. Change first like a PP said he will most likely pass out after eating so I'd rather have the diaper part done so he doesn't wake back up 2. Sleep or shower-I've gotten way too used to not eating much because of time constraints with 2 kids and showers always feel so nice 3. If it's loud I probably couldn't pass the blame off onto LO but u would try to use DH or the dog and blame them

bwow615 · July 2015

klkonwi said:
1. Change them
2. Am I the only one who must have food and showers?..... Sleep is sleep it's nice but I'm so used to not getting any!
3. I'll own it

I get a daily shower in. Makes me feel refreshed, and clean, and helps with that pp smell. Uck. If no one is around to watch LO I just bring him in the bathroom with me and set him in his rock and play. He likes to listen to the shower running, and a few times he has even fallen asleep.

katyertl · July 2015

Change.
Sleep.
Laugh

seesea · July 2015

1. Feed then change halfway through.
2. Eat.
3. Blame the LO.

dancegurl1118 · July 2015

Yeah I need to shower daily. I only wash my hair 2x a week though. I don't even want to know what that crotch rot would smell like after two days :-??

silentdormancy · July 2015

1.) breast feed him just enough that he gets that dazed drunk look in his eyes then change him as quickly as possible before he snaps out of it.

2.) Sleep. Shower. Then eat.
3.) who wouldn't blame the LO?

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