Things you said you would never do.

[hannamarin]

Before I was a Mom, I was smart to avoid saying "i will never" except for this one
I said I would never have a pic of my child as my fb profile.
Too bad. She is cuter than me
I want to change it to something of both of us, when we get a good one of both of us.

[terpsfan]

Dress my kids in Disney themed clothes. We just got back from a week there and guess who had a Princess/Mickey/Toy Story themed shirt or outfit for every day? Yup, I've turned into that mom...oh well the pix are cute and she loves the clothes!

ETA: I don't think I ever said I would never but in my mind I don't think I ever really thought I would be the one to do it!

[Brie]

Post ultrasound pictures on Facebook. I think I've only posted two, but I'm eating my words on that one.

[ijack]

Co-sleep

[karinothing]

Bedshare. I was scared to death of it. But hey you do what you got to do, and it just felt right in th beginning. So far I think I have stuck to everything else ha ha.

[slug*bug]

I said that between the two of us, that I would be the disciplinarian, no doubt.

Sure, it turns out that I can discipline effectively, but I am so not the take-no-shit-type mom that I thought I would be: I've got patience for things that really, I probably shouldn't. Thank goodness DH is 10x tougher as a disciplinarian than I expected he'd be!

[bunch]

Let my kid eat chicken nuggets.

[froggy76]

I said I would never take DD for granted. I think I've stuck to that one. Even when it's hard, I remind myself how lucky I am.

I also said I would not be a slave to a nap schedule. Ha! Now I know, naps are the #1 priority.

[ECB]

I never said "I'll never" - I knew better. BUT I did roll my eyes at a few things, and pictures was one of them. Like you!

DS is pretty much always my profile pic now. But damn - he's CUTE and I have much better pics of him than I do of me.

Same w/ Christmas card pics - I always hated getting pictures of kids only. I want to see the parents too. But now.... I TRY to get a picture of all of us, but I do those multi picture cards and all the rest are always of him.

he's just cuter than either of us.

[zeewifeandmama]

Having 5 younger brothers and sisters with a HUGE age gap ( helped raise two of them) I honestly can't recall that I did this at all. But I know I thought that I'd be more put together ( hair done, makeup, cute clothes) daily and would MAKE time for myself more. Yeah, not so easy.

[anna7602]

Wean my child off the breast before she was ready. I really thought I'd keep going until DD woke up one day and said, "I'm done, no thanks, mama."

The whole me-initiated weaning process was so hard that I actually have a hard time wrapping my head around the thought of ever BFing again.

[sawyerthedestroyer]

Bedshare, eat McD's before age 1, watch tv before age 2...I'm a terrible mother.

[sewpinkgal]

Use a cart cover - its not for germs, but he is so tiny still, it just seems more comfy for him with a cover and a blanket than him kicking it in the hard cart solo

Getting him on a schedule - I'm so type A and a planner by nature that I thought having J on a tight schedule would be a natural thing. Nope. We have a bedtime routine and aim to get him down about the same time every night, but otherwise I totally follow his cues. It's weird how okay I am with never knowing exactly how our day will pan out.

[oregonpachey]

Oh, I had TONS!

- bedshare
- give formula
- give hotdogs or other processed meats
- let them watch tv before a certain age
- CIO

[badtzmaru22]

Co-sleep. I only do it now on accident from her middle of the night feeding until whenever I wake up. It's usually only a few hours, and it freaks me out, but I just can't stay awake during the feeding. I always make sure the bed is clear though. Oh well. It's working.

[kangaroo11]

I said I never wanted to have a kid...

[blue1980]

Co sleep, use a paci, formula feed, watch TV, CIO...I am sure that there are many more that I can't think of right now.

[thedash]

Eat junk food for dinner. Fortunately it doesn't happen often but when he's hungry and either won't eat anything else or that's all I have easily accessible I have totally done it. I vividly recall a recent dinner of Goldfish crackers and chicken nuggets. . .

[faith194]

I was hell bent that DS was never going to have formula(didn't think it was bad, but I was going to make BFing work. Day 2-He needed formula, since he wouldn't latch and I was not pumping anything. After 12 weeks and a failed elimination diet for 6 of those weeks, he was exclusively fed Elecare.

[Tea-rific]

Use a paci.
Allow ds to nap in bed with me in the morning.

[h]

I let my kids watch more TV, play more video games, and eat more sugar and processed foods than I said I would.

We co-slept part-time and offered our kids pacis (which they wouldn't take), but I never said we wouldn't.

The big things we said we wouldn't do (spanking or physical punishment, CIO) we haven't done.

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Jun 6, 2012 19:58:24 GMT -5 slug*bug said:

I said that between the two of us, that I would be the disciplinarian, no doubt.

Sure, it turns out that I can discipline effectively, but I am so not the take-no-shit-type mom that I thought I would be: I've got patience for things that really, I probably shouldn't. Thank goodness DH is 10x tougher as a disciplinarian than I expected he'd be!

This. I am such a push over and LO has figured it out too. I am in so much trouble.

[baconista]

I think bed share is the main one so far. We don't do it often, but it is one of those "you've got to do what you've got to do" survival moments. I needed sleep!

[Deleted]

Put Ds in his own room before 3 months. He just slept better in there starting at 3 weeks.

[cookies]

All of the above, ha.

I never thought I'd breastfeed, now I don't know when I'll ever stop.

Co-sleep (I think I'm over it now though. I'd love to get him out of our bed. If only.)

Sit in the back seat with him so he's not alone back there.

[nickyd2006]

I vowed to never sit LO in front of the tv. Alas, these are some of the most special times now-when she's watching strawberry shortcake and mommy can actually go take a shower.

[SusanBAnthony]

I swore I would never have the kid that only ate grilled cheese/no veggies/chicken nuggerts/etc. Then I was trying so hard to get DS off the boob that I would feed him whatever it took.

Now at age 4.5, we are fighting the food battles (and I am winning, btw) and I wish I would have stayed strong when he was littler, and let him nurse more while he got used to new/different food. I was soooo sick of still nursing every 2 hours at age 1 though! In hindsight, it wasn't a big deal.