I live in a world where car seats on shopping carts, forward facing at 1, and bumpers/blankets/stuffed animals in cribs is normal.
In fact, my SIL just posted a picture of her daughter in her bassinet and it has a pillow and two blankets in it.
Extended rear facing is starting to become a thing, thanks to an extremely vocal facebook friend. Since she started posting about it a year ago, several of my mom friends have picked up on it.
Yeah pretty much everything I started lurking before I had Daphne and I felt like I learned so much relevant stuff before she was even born. I still feel like I constantly say "I read on my board that xyz"
I've also learned unfortunately that other moms in real life are silently judging each other for things I never would have thought of. I didn't know anything of the "mommy wars" before this board.
Most recently--learning about positive discipline! Thanks page and @tokenhoser and others.
I am a fairly new poster but started lurking here while pregnant 5+ years ago. I learned so much when DS1 was born and was a colicky mess of a baby. I was the first of my friends to have a baby and didn't have a clue what I was doing. I felt like everything that I did/tried was wrong because DS1 was so unhappy and cried all the time. It was a dark, traumatic 5 months and I was miserable. But coming on here made me feel like I was not alone and that things would get better. And they did and I even went on to have another. Group hug!
@awinter, what's the one finger one touch thing???
@bunnybean, what's wrong with oraljel? Should I throw ours out?
I'm an MMM failure
You let them touch the oh so shiny ornament or whatever but only with one finger. That way they don't pull the tree down/break the ornament etc. But it satisfies their curiosity. J is really excited about his Mickey and Elmo ornaments and the Christmas lights so we let him touch with one finger. He picks the finger lol and gets the need to touch out of his system. I get to keep my tree upright and ornaments intact. It's a win/win.
Here, not much that I can recall but I've been a parent 10.5yrs so I'd been in deep a long time before the GBCN migration...but on the Nest/Bump (Parenting) & my private parenting boards over the years, so many things. Basically most everything I know & 11yrs of near daily reading...I know a lot. . I can thank those for some life changing knowledge...like the condition that affected me in pg that many Docs weren't even aware of, the best strategy for helping my Dyslexic daughter, and many more.
Big puffy coats in carseats=big nono Nose Frida Sizing up in overnight diapers All the sleep regressions/growth spurts Teething poop and the ensuing diaper rash
Someone on here pointed me to an EP group on FB. Not only was that group very helpful, it opened up a whole new world of mommy and professional boards for me - FB groups! I joined a bunch. There is a local mommy one that is pretty helpful and a professional one that is awesome. I had no idea about FB groups before this.
The rear facing until 2 and beyond thing. I thought convertible car seats were forward facing and only infant buckets were rear facing.
Lots of things! The latest trends and must haves, the best sales, the latest news! I mean Costco leggings-hell yeah. That other people don't think parenthood is just fun and rainbows. It's gross, and messy, and frustrating to others too. Perhaps I am not the only one that cusses a bit too much : ). Fuck, I cuss a lot and if we do a swear jar I am screwed. And also, there are others who have a puke phobia as much as I do.
And that Internet strangers can be so kind and encouraging in the simple comments they make. Often times not even knowing the impact their comment has made.
Post by wildfloweragain on Dec 22, 2014 7:16:58 GMT -5
A lot of book suggestions, like healthy sleep habits, breastfeeding books, sending books, etc. Life saving items like rnp, baby Crack machine, white noise cds.
Curly hair techniques, how people feel about school and teachers.
The safe sleeping stuff was probably most important. I see a lot of pictures of infants in a crib with a blanket, a stuffed animal, etc. Without MMM I would have had no clue it wasn't safe.