AIBU to ask what ‘parenting rules’ you had before your kids?

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This is intended to be lighthearted!

I’m pregnant with my first baby and musing over all of the Dos and Don’ts I have planned for when the baby is here - and which will almost certainly fall by the wayside as soon as I am parenting in real life and not in my imagination

So far this list includes:

Exclusively reusable nappies and wipes
Breast feeding for at least a year

No dummies
No YouTube
No mismatched clothes
No baby food from jars or pouches

I thought it might be funny to check back on this thread in a year or so and see how quickly my good resolutions crumbled in the face of reality...

So AIBU to ask what your golden rules were before you had your kids, and whether they lasted once your kids were actually born?

[quote Blueeyedgirl21]@flappityflippers1 erm I’m sorry, poo knife you say ? [/quote]
@Blueeyedgirl21 yep... despite using the liners (both fleece and disposable, often doubled up!) my sons soft scoop ice cream poop would smother the ENTIRE nappy, so we had a dedicated knife to scrape it off the nappy and into the toilet 🤢

I ended up using them part time - he’d be in disposable until he pooped, then cloth if I could be arsed with the washing 🙈

The main change I made to my antenatal "rules" was to add "most of the time" to all of the "no" s!

I managed 5 months breast feeding, then it became obvious that I wasn’t producing enough milk, so on the formula for DC1. Only managed 4 weeks with DC2! I guess that side is out of your hands...