PFB stuff you did that you look back on and cringe.

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I remember a thread about the stuff people did for their precious first born that was pretty bonkers.

Please share - I need a laugh.

Mine are:

Knee pads for my precious crawler

And pre cutting a banana (in half) as I was worried my MIL wouldn’t do it correctly. No idea how I thought my baby could over dose on banana but there you go!

I'm transitioning out of the PFB stage. Some are still ongoing.

Blended Greek yoghurt and berries for months as I was taught fromage frais were evil at weaning class.

Cut peas in half for many months.

Cleaning the entire front room floor with antibacterial wipes before dc was put down on it every morning. God forbid a floor germ get near my precious child.

Not pulling the flush or switching on the noisy bathroom light in our only bathroom after dc has gone to bed including forcing this on guests. My mum used her noisy electric toothbrush here the other night and I was ready to pack her bag and send her home.

I started as an after-school nanny for reception aged twins, one of my jobs was updating the daily diary with input and output based on reports from the teacher and TA. Eg A 4 apple slices with cinnamon 10am, toilet (wee) B pear and rasins (3 uneaten), toilet offered but refused. Their poor reception teacher had to get the head to meet with the parents to explain that it really wasn't necessary to do this for 5 year olds. They have a whole bookcase of notebooks documenting everything in and out and minutes of sleep they got. Until they were almost 6.

They were a many-nanny household so it did make sense to have notes making sure they did get fed and everyone didn't just assume that someone else had done it I suppose...

One of my other jobs was to paint their toenails different colours (twin A was red, twin B was purple) so that they couldn't accidentally swap -they are identical but by 5 you'd expect that they didn't need to check their toes to remind them who they were!

They are surprisingly well adjusted adults now!

When my precious dog was about 5 months old I had to leave her alone for the first time, for twenty minutes. I was sickened with worry, I checked the padlock on the yard gate because she was so beautiful that people were probably waiting to steal her, and closed her in the kitchen because there were less hazards there. Until I remembered the electric cords from the toaster/hairdryer that were hanging down, like nooses, when I was already out of the house. I brought her to the vet for having a scab on her leg, maybe it was Alabama Rot (it was not, but I got cream and charged £30).

I sobbed my eyes out for months at the concept of leaving my son few hours away from me while I gave birth to his sister- at my mums :D.

Now I just look for every opportunity to have my space away from him

I even posted on here asking how can I cope with the idea and bless all the posters who didn’t tell me I was being so stupid

The first time my mum looked after my PFB I made sure drawers containing her clothes ( of which there were many) were all labelled with post it notes on the outside to indicate what was in each draw - eg.vests, baby grows,socks etc she obviously wouldn't have been able to find an item of clothing without these post it notes !!

@LittleBearPad

Crossed the road (numerous times too!) to keep my precious baby out of the sun.

I think this seems fair