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AIBU to ask your most ridiculous PFB moment...

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OgdensGoneNutFlake · 07/04/2022 20:05

Inspired by the "first ice cream" thread, I wondered whether anyone had any embarrassingly Precious First Born tales of their own?

None of mine are particularly memorable at this moment, but essentially my second born has had a lot more chocolate, late nights, gopping nappies and soil-eating than my little angelic PFB ever did (and he's altogether happier for it!)

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spectre1356 · 10/04/2022 22:48

I think I've gone backwards with this. When I had my first born nothing really worried me. I obviously checked her breathing in the night and when she slept but wasn't overly precious and was laid back with her. But she's now 10 I wake up in the night and check she's still breathing like I'll go in and put my hand on her chest to feel her moving! If she's ill sore throat, cough or has a minor pain anywhere I immediately think the worse. I think it's mostly my OCD has gotten worse over the years and think the most random of stuff.

mycatisannoying · 10/04/2022 22:40

I took my firstborn daughter to the GP because she was 'blinking too much'. He could hardly keep a straight face Blush

MotherofprettyAlys · 10/04/2022 22:08

When I was pregnant I was worried it was too loud in the pub for the baby (the boxing was on) so I laid a pile of coats and jumpers across my belly to buffer out the noise

RachelGreeneGreep · 10/04/2022 21:02

@Twinsmummy1812

My SIL invited me and my husband around for a takeaway and a movie when her baby was a few months old. Baby was asleep in her cot upstairs. SIL then refused to eat anything because baby used to scream every time she was fed and she thought it was whatever she was eating. (Turned out she was lactose intolerant but SIL wouldn’t give her dairy free bottled milk and insisted on breast feeding as it was better regardless😳)

Then they put the movie with the volume on silent with subtitles only because no noise was allowed when baby was asleep.

We declined the next similar invitation!

We declined the next similar invitation

Can't say I blame you Grin

RachelGreeneGreep · 10/04/2022 21:01

@bibliomania

DD was 5 weeks old for her first Christmas. Present-buying was easy that year. Everyone received a calendar made up of a montage of photos of her. I couldn't imagine anything more delightful for them to gaze at all year.
I would love that, tbh. I don't have kids but adore my nieces and nephews.
Twinsmummy1812 · 10/04/2022 19:54

My SIL invited me and my husband around for a takeaway and a movie when her baby was a few months old. Baby was asleep in her cot upstairs. SIL then refused to eat anything because baby used to scream every time she was fed and she thought it was whatever she was eating. (Turned out she was lactose intolerant but SIL wouldn’t give her dairy free bottled milk and insisted on breast feeding as it was better regardless😳)

Then they put the movie with the volume on silent with subtitles only because no noise was allowed when baby was asleep.

We declined the next similar invitation!

Lou3monkeys · 10/04/2022 16:07

I’m on my 4th and still have the video monitor on my bedside table purely because I cba to keep getting up to see you her if she’s just wriggling. I can see if she’s
Actually awake and I need to get up or if I can block her out and go back to sleep 😂

DomesticatedZombie · 10/04/2022 13:24

[quote Italianmeringuebuttercream]@Butteryflakycrust83 I used to put a wetwipe down my bra (nestled in between my massive tits) to warm up before it touched my precious son's bum![/quote]
Grin

Italianmeringuebuttercream · 10/04/2022 13:03

@Butteryflakycrust83 I used to put a wetwipe down my bra (nestled in between my massive tits) to warm up before it touched my precious son's bum!

KitBumbleB · 10/04/2022 10:53

@Hoppinggreen

I have told this story on here before and other people have mentioned it as well. I had read that in order to make sure your baby was warm enough when you went out but not too hot they should be wearing one more layer than you. I got us both ready to go for a walk and realised we were wearing the amount of layer so I did the obvious thing. I took off one of my layers - made perfect sense at the time!!
I just laughed so hard I nearly wet myself

Thank you, I needed that! 🤣

Postcardsender · 10/04/2022 10:44

Not me but my son’s father... he never did anything baby related, never prepared bottles or did feeding or nights or anything, but he did yell at me if I gave DS milk that was not warm.

itbemay1 · 10/04/2022 10:16

@Rainallnight

Ok here’s mine.

We adopted DD at 8 months old. I was absolutely besotted and still want to cry a bit when I think about it. She had been in foster care since she was born and had been quite neglected there - spent most of her time strapped into a rocker. I became OBSESSED with the fact that she hadn’t done any tummy time and tried to get her to do some but she absolutely hated it. Cried and was really bored and fed up.

So I bought some animal slippers and tap danced in front of her in our living room to entertain her during tummy time.

When I look back at myself Hmm

I think that's super sweet!
Rainallnight · 10/04/2022 09:06

@Spudlet @andysgirl22 @Carla2601 Thank you for being so nice Grin

nosyupnorth · 10/04/2022 09:01

Nail varnish and nail extensions increase the risk of disease transmission - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29533568/

The article you've linked to actually says there is no strong evidence for this, so why are you claiming otherwise in your post? Seems like a weird thread and a weird topic for such bizarre disinformation efforts.

Booboobagins · 10/04/2022 08:44

Took my DD to docs with odd rash - identical both legs. She screamed evertime she was fed etc. Doc said it was my washing powder, roll on 20 years she has a gluten intolerance tgat brings her our in coeliac type rashes. Feel like the worst mum ever looking back.

Thankfully at 10 or 11 weeks, I found Comfort milk which stopped the screaming straight away. I wonder how many babies are misdiagnosed with colic when it's a digestive allergy....

My DS as a baby ate a dead cockroach on holiday. We caught him just as he'd finished.... but heck we'll all be eating insects soon such will be the challenge to feed the world in a few years...

Rainallnight · 10/04/2022 08:43

Love the coats on the bump! Grin

Fluffycloudland77 · 10/04/2022 06:19

I love all of these so much for the care you gave your pfb.

Newhousesad · 10/04/2022 03:34

When my first began crawling and cruising, he once fell back and hit his head on the (soft but firm) surface of one of our sofas. So I decided, in all of my wisdom, that I would also fall backwards and hit my own head on the sofa to see how bad it would hurt and whether it warranted a trip to the A&E or not. Of course it didn’t. He was 8-9 months old and perfectly fine.

EliyanahM · 10/04/2022 00:35

@Nomad916

I would put socks on inside her baby grows at winter in case she got cold feet. Turns out she doesn't feel the cold and happily runs around on tiled floors now in nothing but pants & vest.

In the early days I would take her out in push chair with rain over on even when not raining. 🤪

That's actually not a bad idea, I might try that now since my flat's temperature reads 17°c most of the time and the price of heating Grin
SouperNoodle · 10/04/2022 00:23

Just remembered another one 😅 when I was pregnant with my pfb, DH and I were at a firework display and I panicked that the bangs would hurt her ears (inside the womb 🤦‍♀️) so made DH cover my bump with his body 😂

TyrantosaurusRex · 10/04/2022 00:21

@Calmestofallthechickens

I wiped all the baby wipes in my eyes to judge which were gentle enough.

Put the video baby monitor next to my head on my bedside table, when the baby was in a crib at the foot of the bed.

Grin
Nomad916 · 10/04/2022 00:17

I would put socks on inside her baby grows at winter in case she got cold feet. Turns out she doesn't feel the cold and happily runs around on tiled floors now in nothing but pants & vest.

In the early days I would take her out in push chair with rain over on even when not raining. 🤪

Nave · 10/04/2022 00:15

I went to a Who concert when I was 38 weeks pregnant with my PFB. It was so loud I piled everyone’s coat on to my bump so he wasn’t damaged by the noise. PS He now plays rock music for a living!

Bossbaby12z · 09/04/2022 23:38

Both my children were premature, for the first one I set alarms for every four hours to feed Dd as instructed by hospital. Had to wake her and she took an hour to take a feed. Husband worked away from home was knackered permanently. Second child Ds woke every 3 hours screaming to be fed. If I had known then what I know now I would have let her sleep and feed when hungry.

bibliomania · 09/04/2022 22:18

DD was 5 weeks old for her first Christmas. Present-buying was easy that year. Everyone received a calendar made up of a montage of photos of her. I couldn't imagine anything more delightful for them to gaze at all year.