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Never Say Never

keikilovekeikilove member
edited October 2018 in March 2019 Moms
Ok, this one is just for fun! What is something that you swore you’d never do and then it happened, or you were appalled when you realized you’d done it? Can be parenting-related or not. For example: “I swore I’d never pick up a dirty pacifier and suck it ‘clean’ and give it back to baby, but once I became a parent that went out the window.” or “I swore I’d never be unnatural in any way but when my first forehead wrinkles showed up I tried Botox. Never say never!”
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  • mamakate1616mamakate1616 member
    @ashley14598 which one did you do?? Some of them are so outrageously priced but our favorite so far has been kind of normal priced (for Disney food) - the Bon voyage Adventure breakfast @ la trattoria al forno. The food was seriously amazing and they (Rapunzel, Flynn, Ariel & Eric) do a fun dance with all the kids. My daughter was super shy of the characters but LOVED Ariel) 


    Me: 30 DH: 31
    Married: 2012
    BFP #1 Sept 2014, MMC Dec 2014 | BFP #2 May 2015, DD Jan 2016 <3 | BFP #3 May 2017, MC July 2017 | BFP #4 Jan 2018, MC Feb 2018 | BFP #5 July 2018, fingers crossed
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  • ashley14598ashley14598 member
    @mamakate1616 too cute!!! I wanted to meet Rapunzel so bad but it didn’t work out this time. We did Chef Mickey’s (Mickey, Minnie, Pluto, Donald, and goofy). Our son had a ball! He was smiling ear to ear the entire time, was dancing, and we got adorable pictures of all of us with the characters. It was expensive but my in-laws gave us a $50 gift card so we used it for that and it made our day! We did Chef Mickey’s for brunch, went swimming at our resort, and spent the evening at Disney springs. I’m not sure the food would have made a difference for me no matter where we were I was 7 weeks pregnant at the time and no appetite/nausea the whole time we were in Disney I can’t wait to go back when I’m not pregnant and enjoy “Disney food”. 
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  • mayoduckmayoduck member
    @keikilove WOW. Power to that woman. My gut reaction would definitely be that I would NEVER have 10 kids! Holy moly!
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  • LbloomLbloom member
    edited October 2018
    @laur84ns - I had been struggling to think of something for this thread, but you just did it for me! I didn't really "say" I never would but my first LLL meeting I went to, my mom was with me, DD was only a few weeks old and we saw a couple little toddlers come up to their mamas, ask for it, then after a minute or 2 they ran off to play again. Like they were "checking in" with mom and then confidently went back to play. My mom vocally said that was weird after we left and I might have mumbled a vague agreement, but lo and behold, 2 years later, DD was still getting some to fall asleep at night, just like you for a minute or 2 then she was out. We began transitioning her out of that before her sister was born because not only did it hurt, but I knew we would run into some bedtime issues with baby and DD. 

    The thing to remember with extended breastfeeding, I learned, is that they don't grow into toddlers overnight, you just gradually get there one day at a time. They're still your baby even if they can walk and talk. Some kids just need it a little longer because toddlerhood can be daunting. 
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  • laur84nslaur84ns member
    @Lbloom You're so right, they don't just magically go to bed a baby and wake up a toddler. I'm still not sure when my baby got so big! I'm definitely in the "painful" phase now that I'm pregnant. I have to brace myself and breathe out sharply each time she latches because it hurts so bad. I want to get her off the boob soon, to leave a couple months in between her nursing, and her baby sister, for exactly the reason you mentioned. I guess I just hoped one day she'd wake up and be 'over it' but that hasn't happened yet. We have made big strides though, she no longer runs to me for boobs whenever she is sad/hurts herself, etc - or any time during the day actually, except before nap time in weekends and bed time each night. 
    Did you do anything in particular to get your DD to wean before baby #2 came along? I'm open to suggestions!
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  • LbloomLbloom member
    edited October 2018
    @laur84ns - I wanted to mention this in the transitioning thread, but hesitated bc a lot of people think it's weird. DD didn't officially wean until about 3.5. Although she was practiced at going to bed with Dada reading to her, once baby came and she saw all the nursing that lil sis received, well she was understanding but bedtime was different. So for a few more months after LO was born, at bedtime, DD would get her "turn" to have "dees's". I tried tandem a couple times but absolutely hated it. So I made DD wait. Sometimes she would fall asleep waiting, and when she didn't, she was only on for a few minutes. I think it helped most of all with DD not being jealous of lil sis. Mama wasn't denying her something that was still a tad important to her. Her actual "weaning" happened so gradually that I'm not even sure when it happened. One night I looked up and realized it had been a week since she asked, I think she had gotten to enjoy her special storytime with Dad. :)

    This time, I have a similar situation with DD2, only she's kind of been forced out by the fact that I have pretty much dried up, and interestingly, she seems to have forgotten how to latch (just turned 3). She was further along to being weaned than DD1 because she's just gotten so good at falling   asleep with just stories then lights out. Plus, my nipple pain was sooo much worse in the first tri this time than I remember it being last time. I totally understand the "grit your teeth" when they latch on thing. DD2 does still occasionally ask if they have milk yet (so sweet) and if she wants to try after LO gets here I will let her. But not sure if she will remember the way to latch or not. So I'm sorry I don't have really good suggestions for weaning but I wanted to share my experience with you in case it helps.
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  • keikilovekeikilove member
    @laur84ns @Lbloom I’m right there w both of you. I did say I wouldn’t nurse past two but my LO is almost three and we are still doing it at night. The only trick I’ve found is to put real aloe vera on my nipples because it tastes horribly bitter & the flavor lasts for hours. I tell her it’s “medicine for my nene’s”, which is true since my nips hurt so bad. So now she asks if they have medicine on them before nursing. But I haven’t gotten to the point where I can be cruel enough to do this at night, so far I’ve only worn the medicine during the day to kick the daytime nursing. 
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  • litzi-2litzi-2 member
    @laur84ns  @Lbloom  same here! i actually thought i wouldn't make it past 6 months but I loved BF. we had to wean to get pregnant but still BF in the AM (stopped in the PM because I was working evenings). Will probably stop in Jan when DD is 2, to get a few months BF free, hopefully. 

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