Post by scribellesam on Sept 19, 2014 15:26:07 GMT -5
1. We can easily continue to go to dinner parties at friends' houses. We'll just bring a Pack n Play and put DS down to sleep in another room. (Ended up with a baby that routinely screamed for an hour before agreeing to sleep in optimal dark and quiet conditions only)
2. We'll be able to get anything productive at all accomplished during the newborn period. (As long as keeping oneself occasionally fed and relatively clean counts as productive?)
3. Older babies and toddlers are easily distracted and redirected. (Possibly true for other kids, not mine!)
Post by pitterwoo on Sept 19, 2014 15:29:12 GMT -5
I would never be all over looking at, scrutinizing, tracking and discussing poop. ....enter my MSPI baby. That I would have figured out earlier had I known her poop was abnormal.
I wasn't going to let them eat in their car seats because I didn't want my car to get gross like other parents cars. Hahahaha, the best cure for crying in the car is goldfish.
Fantasy: I was going to write the next great novel while sitting in a cafe on mat leave a la JK Rowling. Reality: I wrote six blog entries.
Fantasy: We would bring B everywhere with us. Life would totes be just the same but better! Reality: We DO bring him a lot of places - Phish at 7 weeks! But as he got older it became more and more clear that if B goes to school early or misses his morning nap or gets overstimulated it's just not fun for us because he's just a cranky little guy. This is the kid who points to the door at night so I will leave his room and let him sleep. We have had to decline some stuff but we also get to do fun kid stuff too now.
Fantasy: I would babywear, BF and do BLW. Reality: Nope, nope and nope. All kids are different.
That I wouldn't even need a maternity leave. Why do people even take them? I mean babies are just uninteresting in the beginning anyways so anyone could just watch one.
I have a friend who took 2 weeks and was going by that. 5 months later, I finally felt like I was ready to leave her and think about my work again.
*Nursing bras: $110 Sleep bras: $40 Pump: $250 Lactation consultant: $85 Nursing pads: $8 a month for a year or so Nursing pillows: $80 for 2 Fenugreek: $8 Nursing tanks: $80
I would magically lose all my baby weight by breastfeeding.
Oh, and this is one of the biggest lies out there, IMO. Breastfeeding made me ravenous and I was always eating. Only now after weaning have I started to actually lose weight.
I wasn't going to let them eat in their car seats because I didn't want my car to get gross like other parents cars. Hahahaha, the best cure for crying in the car is goldfish.
Lol. Same here. I managed to hold out for a looong time but finally cracked and gave in after #3 came along.
1. Acid reflux = what people used to call "spitting up" and was NBD. (Got twins with acid reflux and I cried at feedings until I found Prevacid.) 2. Once babies STTN you don't have to get up anymore. (My 4 year old woke up last night to tell me his nightlight was on. Thanks, buddy) 3. No screen time before 2. A half hr a day after 2. (Hahahahahaha)
Post by marie3246 on Sept 19, 2014 18:01:36 GMT -5
-Breastfeeding would be easy and help me lose weight. -That I would easily be able to wear her everywhere with me. She just started letting me and if she's cranky there is no way, she just arches her back and screams. -That I would really enjoy the sahm gig since I didn't love my job. I don't want to be working 40+ hrs a week, but something part time would be ideal. - oh and that I would just hire a cheap babysiter (young kid) to watch her bc how hard could it be?
I'm still currently on ML, and....yeah. Not what I imagined.
I bought a ton of books/magazines. I planned to job search and organize our office. I'd design our wedding album. LOL nope. I watch TV, surf the Internet, and shop.
I'd lose weight breast feeding! LOL nope. I eat as both a job and a hobby.
DS will STTN by the time I go back to work, and he won't care where he sleeps. Crib, RNP, PNP, it matters not!
My BFF is currently pregnant with her first and I can tell she was annoyed that I couldn't just pack up and go to her baby shower this weekend with the girls (3 hours away). I bit my tongue but inside I'm screaming "just you wait!" I never thought I'd be one of those women who thought/said the dreaded "you'll understand when you have one yourself."
ETA: I'll just find a convenient daycare. It's not like there's a real difference. And there won't be any of this waiting list nonsense. This ain't NYC.