Never would I ever...

[chicorojo]

Feb 22, 2015 21:44:56 GMT -5 calvinfoster said:

I'm on kid #3, so we have to go back to kids 1 and 2 for this one. I swore we wouldn't let them play video games.

uh, yeah. My 5 year old would own you at candy crush.

This. But with my first I was a judgey douche that wasn't gonna bed share, let him watch TV or play video games, I wasn't ever going to feed him fast food or let him have coke, let him hang out in just a diaper... so so many things and we do them all !

[linden25]

I swore I wouldn't have LO sleep in the RnP but that's the only place she'll sleep.

[neonsun419]

Nose frida. It grosses me out, but when your newborn is stuffy, there aren't many options.

[alycat]

I said I would never bed share. LO slept in his basinet for the first three weeks, but we have been bed sharing because that's how I get more sleep. I hope to transition him back to the basinet in by 4 months - but i will do whatever gets me the sleeps.

We are 8 weeks in and I am sure there will be plenty of things I 'would never do' that will become the norm in our house.

[fergie17]

Pacifier, bed sharing, being "that mom".

[nannygoat]

Add me to the bed sharing club. It was one of the only things I was so sure I would never do. Yep, that lasted about 5 minutes.

[pooky08]

I was going to start one nap a day in the crib staring at four weeks.

Yeah, he was in his crib for the first time a few days ago, and was only in there for five minutes while I was folding a load of his clothes. He was sleeping and I was holding him, but I absolutely needed to rotate the laundry. He woke up angry before I finished folding.

The cats use the crib, so it's not a total waste...

[absolutelyayrianna]

Add me to the forbidding my toddler from slopdonald's

[gdaniels77]

Another one for bedsharing. But as soon as LO slept a 4 hour sttretch in my arms I realized yeah, I guess we bedshare now. And the nose frida. I thought holy shit, I don't care how well it works, that is too disgusting for me to ever buy... Until LO got her first stuffy nose. Funny thing is, DH swears by it more than I do but he won't touch the thing. I'll leave them together and as soon as I get home hear "Thank goodness you're home, she's so stuffy and needs to be frida'd!"

[nannygoat]

Feb 22, 2015 22:44:59 GMT -5 gdaniels77 said:

Another one for bedsharing. But as soon as LO slept a 4 hour sttretch in my arms I realized yeah, I guess we bedshare now. And the nose frida. I thought holy shit, I don't care how well it works, that is too disgusting for me to ever buy... Until LO got her first stuffy nose. Funny thing is, DH swears by it more than I do but he won't touch the thing. I'll leave them together and as soon as I get home hear "Thank goodness you're home, she's so stuffy and needs to be frida'd!"

I've been debating on getting the nose frida. LO screams when I use the bulb. Does your LO tolerate it better?

[kathytav]

Feb 22, 2015 22:09:04 GMT -5 alycat said:

I said I would never bed share. LO slept in his basinet for the first three weeks, but we have been bed sharing because that's how I get more sleep. I hope to transition him back to the basinet in by 4 months - but i will do whatever gets me the sleeps.

We are 8 weeks in and I am sure there will be plenty of things I 'would never do' that will become the norm in our house.

This!

[birch113]

Feb 22, 2015 22:50:52 GMT -5 nannygoat said:

Feb 22, 2015 22:44:59 GMT -5 gdaniels77 said:

Another one for bedsharing. But as soon as LO slept a 4 hour sttretch in my arms I realized yeah, I guess we bedshare now. And the nose frida. I thought holy shit, I don't care how well it works, that is too disgusting for me to ever buy... Until LO got her first stuffy nose. Funny thing is, DH swears by it more than I do but he won't touch the thing. I'll leave them together and as soon as I get home hear "Thank goodness you're home, she's so stuffy and needs to be frida'd!"

I've been debating on getting the nose frida. LO screams when I use the bulb. Does your LO tolerate it better?

My LO hates both, but you get better suction with Nose Freida abut its gentler at the same time. The bulb can cause swelling of the nasal membranes causing more stuffiness (according to my LC).

[birch113]

I would never swaddle with actual blankets, use Nose Frida, or let LO sleep in a RNP. LO is swaddles every night, is transferred to his PNP wrapped in another blanket which I then spread under him as a sheet (eases the "put down" and retains my body heat do he doesn't wake up). Nose Frida and the RNP happened when LO had a cold at 2 weeks.

In the hospital, LO would only sleep in my arms, so I ended up sleeping while holding him. Another "never". Now we nap together in bed or I sleep with him on the couch if he's fussy after his MOTN feeding. Too nervous to bed share with DH moving blankets around, but otherwise I think I would. LO and I both sleep so much better together.

[mlee116]

Some of these apply to my toddler and not the baby (yet!): Bed sharing, pacifier, no fast food, no TV, no juice ever. I also said I was not going to BF after DS was 1. I did all of those things plus more, I'm sure!

[samantha24]

Another for bed sharing. With my twins normally one goes down in their crib while the other is wide awake. The only way I get sleep is by taking the brother whose wide awake to bed with me.

[bookworm87]

I was determined he would be in his crib, in his room from day one. He still sleeps in the Rock and Play in our room at 8 weeks old, even though we are working on transitioning to the Pack and Play in our room now.

Also, I was really set on cloth diapering and we haven't started that yet. Hopefully we start soon because I spent a small fortune on the diapers.

[birch113]

Feb 23, 2015 13:28:20 GMT -5 @katylou91 said:

Feb 23, 2015 12:18:12 GMT -5 @nedralynn said:

Put it right up to their nose plug the other side with your finger and suck as hard as you can..... I refuse to do it my BF does all the nose cleaning

Oops..I never plugged the other side lol

Omg neither do I.....can I blame sleep deprivation???

[mdkc14]

Bed sharing, pacifier, having a sleep schedule. Yeah, within the first week we were cosleeping, by day 2 he had a pacifier so he wouldn't use me, and a schedule?? No idea what that is.

[kboyet]

We bought some saline spray and that really help get additional snot out with the Frieda.

[things]

Nothing. And the same with my other kids. I've only ever really had two things I said I'd never do, and I've stuck to that.

[gdaniels77]

Feb 23, 2015 17:27:34 GMT -5 kboyet said:

We bought some saline spray and that really help get additional snot out with the Frieda.

We do too. Spray, wait, bulb if it's just a little congestion, frida if it's heavy duty. But now I feel really dumb about not plugging the other nostril!

[2jelplus1]

Yet another desperation-driven convert to bed sharing... Now that LO (who sleeps on my bicep) is bigger, my arm falls asleep a lot. Do any of you mamas have this issue? Anyone have any tips?

[birch113]

Feb 23, 2015 18:22:43 GMT -5 gdaniels77 said:

Feb 23, 2015 17:27:34 GMT -5 kboyet said:

We bought some saline spray and that really help get additional snot out with the Frieda.

We do too. Spray, wait, bulb if it's just a little congestion, frida if it's heavy duty. But now I feel really dumb about not plugging the other nostril!

Glad I'm not the only one! Though? With all the nasal sprays I've used, I don't know why it never occurred to me to plus LO's nose....

[bookworm87]

Feb 24, 2015 2:54:59 GMT -5 birch113 said:

Feb 23, 2015 18:22:43 GMT -5 gdaniels77 said:

We do too. Spray, wait, bulb if it's just a little congestion, frida if it's heavy duty. But now I feel really dumb about not plugging the other nostril!

Glad I'm not the only one! Though? With all the nasal sprays I've used, I don't know why it never occurred to me to plus LO's nose....

I'm another one who never plugged the other side! I wonder if my husband does because he can always get stuff out and I can't at all. The baby laughs at me when I try. Seriously. He thinks it is funny.

[kimmie7714]

Feb 23, 2015 16:02:51 GMT -5 bookworm87 said:

I was determined he would be in his crib, in his room from day one. He still sleeps in the Rock and Play in our room at 8 weeks old, even though we are working on transitioning to the Pack and Play in our room now.

Also, I was really set on cloth diapering and we haven't started that yet. Hopefully we start soon because I spent a small fortune on the diapers.

This!  I thought LO would be in his crib after a few weeks.  That didn't happen as I had an unexpected c-section, so we stayed in our living room for the first month.  The rnp was a lifesaver.  I didn't think he would sleep in it as long as he did.  He started sleeping in his crib around 7 weeks.  

I also started cloth diapering around 7 weeks.  I thought I would start sooner, but he was too small to fit in the AIO's.  They finally fit now and I love using them! 

[birch113]

Feb 24, 2015 8:45:13 GMT -5 kimmie7714 said:

Feb 23, 2015 16:02:51 GMT -5 bookworm87 said:

I was determined he would be in his crib, in his room from day one. He still sleeps in the Rock and Play in our room at 8 weeks old, even though we are working on transitioning to the Pack and Play in our room now.

Also, I was really set on cloth diapering and we haven't started that yet. Hopefully we start soon because I spent a small fortune on the diapers.

This!  I thought LO would be in his crib after a few weeks.  That didn't happen as I had an unexpected c-section, so we stayed in our living room for the first month.  The rnp was a lifesaver.  I didn't think he would sleep in it as long as he did.  He started sleeping in his crib around 7 weeks.  

I also started cloth diapering around 7 weeks.  I thought I would start sooner, but he was too small to fit in the AIO's.  They finally fit now and I love using them! 

LO and I camped out in the living room the first month, too. Feels like so long ago!

[kimmie7714]

Feb 24, 2015 9:01:22 GMT -5 birch113 said:

Feb 24, 2015 8:45:13 GMT -5 kimmie7714 said:

This!  I thought LO would be in his crib after a few weeks.  That didn't happen as I had an unexpected c-section, so we stayed in our living room for the first month.  The rnp was a lifesaver.  I didn't think he would sleep in it as long as he did.  He started sleeping in his crib around 7 weeks.  

I also started cloth diapering around 7 weeks.  I thought I would start sooner, but he was too small to fit in the AIO's.  They finally fit now and I love using them! 

LO and I camped out in the living room the first month, too. Feels like so long ago!

I agree it does feel like so long ago!  I did miss my bed after a while, the recliner was comfortable for only so long.  DH didn't mind sleeping on the couch for a month! 

[serunatu]

There wasn't anything I said I wouldn't do, because I had no idea what I was doing and knew I'd play it by ear lol. I guess I said I didn't think I'd post many pictures because I'm not active on Facebook anyways, but I did start posting more just to show her off!

[pdxlaurens]

Feb 25, 2015 11:49:11 GMT -5 serunatu said:

There wasn't anything I said I wouldn't do, because I had no idea what I was doing and knew I'd play it by ear lol. I guess I said I didn't think I'd post many pictures because I'm not active on Facebook anyways, but I did start posting more just to show her off!

My husband deleted his Facebook account a few years ago but started a new one after our LO arrived just to show him off and he posts pictures daily, lol.

[malmomma]

Another bed sharer here! We both sleep soo much better, especially since DH works the night shift. I haven't had to use my freida yet, and LO refuses a pacifier everytime we try to give him one.