What do you do that you were "never going to do"?

[countthestars]

s/o of the cosleeping thread.

What did your pre-kid self think you weren't going to do but you ended up doing?

For me:
cosleeping
pacifier into toddlerhood and beyond
offering a million food options to get her to eat


HAHAHA self of yore, you sucker.

[kristenbell]

Oh, the food. I offer allllll the unhealthy options just to get her to ingest something and not wake up at 3 am asking for food.

[bunnymendelbaum]

Letting them not eat what we eat at dinner.

Yelling. So much yelling.

[jeaniebueller]

Have a picky eater.

[brooklyn]

Let my kid watch more than 30 minutes of tv a day, lol

[JRo]

Allowing a borderline unhealthy diet, completely devoid of vegetables. (Corn doesn't count as a vegetable, right? Because that's the only one he will eat.)

Juice.

Too much screentime.

[Deleted]

Letting him eat pretty much whatever. He is a good eater, but I decided to not stress the picky phase and let him eat 2-3 things he enjoyed for awhile. Input is one of the few things they can control for a while
Sleep Train.
Yell.

[glitzy07]

McDonalds Happy Meals on the regular...

[preppy]

Feed my kid formula. OMG I love formula, lol.

[krystee]

I think I always knew I'd end up doing most of the things I probably shouldn't do! But I did used to judge parents who had babies out late and we just had him at an outdoor movie at our church until almost 10 pm this past weekend, so maybe that.

[numbers]

Phone/iPad time. It's such a lifesaver.

[Muddled]

IVF

[SJ]

I do almost all of the things in this thread, but I seriously can't remember anything I've done that I thought I'd never do. I guess I assumed I would always make plenty of "sub-optimal" parenting choices, and I'm totally totally ok with that.

The things I thought I'd never do, I've still never done. It's weird, but so far, I am very much the type of parent I thought I'd be- for better & for worse.

[CloudBee]

Lately the TV has been on WAY MORE than I ever believed I would allow it to be. Only child parenting is rough when you have a kid who talks non-stop.

Yelling. Not proud, but man, the last few weeks have been rough and sometimes I do have to raise my voice to get my kid to stop rambling and actually stop, look at me, and listen.

[abs]

Say "because I said so."

My mom laughs hysterically every time I say it, too. Rude. But it works.

[hbomdiggity]

Have baby sleep in our room for the first 3 mos.

[laurack]

let them eat Chicken nuggets or Mac n Cheese from the kids menu every time we went to a restaurant. No siree, NOT MY CHILDREN

lol I was such an idiot ...

[pattieice]

Have a picky eater.

[lolo]

I can't think of anything.

Mostly because I tend to hedge my bets and not say never say never lol.

[arch01]

Formula and analyze every day's output of breast milk. Everyone else made it seem so easy.

[boiler717]

I try to avoid absolutes but I am surprised I moved T to his own room at 3.5m

[oceanstbride]

SO much yelling. I grew up in a house full of yelling and it's the one thing I really wanted to avoid with DS. But it feels like the minute he turned 3, the yelling has increased.

[ny96]

Aug 24, 2016 8:39:47 GMT -5 countthestars said:

s/o of the cosleeping thread.

What did your pre-kid self think you weren't going to do but you ended up doing?

For me:
cosleeping
pacifier into toddlerhood and beyond
offering a million food options to get her to eat


HAHAHA self of yore, you sucker.

The first 2 for sure and then my 3rd would be screen time. As my pre-kid self I definitely would have judged me.

[pinotgrig]

Gain a lot of weight when pg

[cinco]

Have them sleep in my room.

More recent: Put my child in a pricy sports program. Umm. BUT HE LOVES IT.

[sneetch]

Yell, for sure. I have been yelling a lot lately and I hate it.

[shortstax]

Allow fast food 1 night per week.

We don't get home from choir practice until after 7pm on tuesdays, so---HAPPY MEAL IT IS, DUDE!

[jinxy]

Let him play on my phone and to get him his own tablet before elementary school.

I've done both and the first one is a life saver when we get unexpectedly stuck somewhere and he has no patience to wait.

The second, I found out our school district hands out ipads starting in kindergarten so I figured that he needs to know how to use one before then.

[bluelikejazz]

NIP. I assumed I'd be too shy/embarrassed. Then I "got in trouble" for it, and was all "HA, I'll show you! I know my rights!"
Pouches. I thought they were too expensive, and we only do applesauce. Sometimes it's all my kid will eat!

[osulori]

Have the baby sleep in our room. Then we brought AJ home from the hospital and the thought of putting him in his crib and leaving had me damn near in hysterics. Joke's on me I guess?

Use the tablet in the car and at restaurants. Ha!