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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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SilverSplitsTheBlue · 07/04/2022 21:54

There was a hilarious thread on here which was similar. One mother fell to the floor to bang her head to test how hard the floor was after her PFB fell over. While the in laws looked on aghast.

Another one was tempted to walk down her local high street with her PFB aloft so all could admire his beauty.

My absolute favourite (post of all time ever) was a mum who took her DS to the doctor, he asked her to hold her DS's head and hip (iirc) and she positioned her newborn's one hand on his head, the other hand on his hip in a juvenile YMCA type pose. That post cheered me up for weeks.

Wnikat · 07/04/2022 21:58

Took him to Casualty when I nicked his finger cutting his nails. I have never even cut my 2nd child’s nails.

Bought a bread machine so I could make him salt free bread during weaning. Second child has only ever had supermarket loaves.

Made him a sugar free first birthday cake. It was disgusting. 2nd child didn’t get a birthday cake until his 3rd birthday.

mynameiscalypso · 07/04/2022 21:58

I've said this before I'm sure but I spent the first few weeks of DS' life obsessed with the fact that his eyelashes were longer on one eye than the other. I really wanted to make a GP appt to discuss it but luckily my husband convinced me otherwise.

womaniswomaniswoman · 07/04/2022 22:00

Not me, but DH. DD slept in a cot at the foot of our bed, and each night he would check the buttons at the bottom of our duvet, lest one spring off and land in DD's mouth, thus silently choking her.

It took me a few weeks to realise what he was doing and rip the piss out of him.

Lady0racle · 07/04/2022 22:03

Oh loads. I sterilised teething rings and would remove them from my PFB if they fell on the floor so they could be sterilised again.

I worried about walking along a bumpy path with the pram because I thought she might develop shaken baby syndrome.

I obsessed over the colour of the bloody gro egg and would panic if it was anything but an ideal yellow.

I tried to avoid highly flavoured or spicy food in case it changed the taste of my breast milk and she didn’t like it.

Peepo80 · 07/04/2022 22:04

Peeled grapes when weaning. Used breathing monitors until they were about 3!!!

Still check that the 12 year old is still breathing before I go to bed Blush

Mummyratbag · 07/04/2022 22:05

@Ilovemytwins

When my premature twins came out of the hospital, I had to milton wipe the corner of the formula cartons we were using along with the scissors to make sure they were fully clean! My midwife soon told me to get a grip! Grin
I had totally forgotten doing this AND running the scissors I used to cut it under boiling water!

I also Googled whether I needed to sterilise the Infacol dropper, set an alarm the first night home in case he missed a feed - he's 13 now and I don't think he has ever missed a meal. I also cried when a leaf fell on his pushchair and I couldn't find it so obviously he'd eaten it (he couldn't even lift his own head). We started with Classic FM on the radio, weaned him on organic, pureed pears and by about 3 he was drinking out of the hose pipe and popping worms in his mouth.

Tigerteafor3 · 07/04/2022 22:06

I asked the HV to check PFB's nose because I thought her nostrils were too small and she couldn't breathe whilst she was bf.

In my defense, she kept pulling off every few seconds (agony) and that was the only reason I could think of!

SpringLobelia · 07/04/2022 22:07

@Peepo80

Peeled grapes when weaning. Used breathing monitors until they were about 3!!!

Still check that the 12 year old is still breathing before I go to bed Blush

aaaah yes. I have mild insomnia and like to stand at the door of the bedroom and listen out for mine (12 and 10) breathing. Just need to know all is right and well.
Enidcat5 · 07/04/2022 22:10

So many.

I made a version of tinned baked beans from scratch and felt very proud. He totally refused it.

I didn't have my phone in evenings for months after my son was born because I 'had' to leave it in his crib with the white noise app playing.

I thought I'd rocked my baby too hard once so I reenacted the rock to my mum using a Teddy bear to check whether I should be concerned (it was fine)

Apatosaurus20 · 07/04/2022 22:12

@Calmestofallthechickens
😂😂😂 this made me chuckle out loud

gamerchick · 07/04/2022 22:14

@crumpet

There was a very good thread about this years ago, which might be in classics. One which I remember was a poster who did a practice flight from somewhere like London to Manchester in advance of PFB’s first holiday 😄
Heh we're doing that with my ASD teen to see if he can cope with planes. It's a solid plan imo Grin
Apatosaurus20 · 07/04/2022 22:14

@Hoppinggreen
😂😂😂😂

SouperNoodle · 07/04/2022 22:16

Just remembered one.
PFB had just learned to sit up and fell to the side and bumped her face. I saw a bit of blood and started screaming (literally screaming) at DH to ring an ambulance. I was absolutely hysterical.
DH ushered me out the room to calm down while he looked at DD and it turned out that she'd slightly grazed her lip on her tooth. 🙈 I sobbed for about 2 hours before calming down.

AliasGrape · 07/04/2022 22:17

I remember reading one of the other PFN threads when DD was about 6 months or something and getting upset/ worrying I wasn’t a good enough mum because Id never thought to squirt shampoo in my own eye or get under the pram rain cover to check it really was waterproof so clearly wasn’t PFB enough.

Which now I’m a little bit out of the fog I can see is a whole PFB moment all of its own.

I definitely remember feeling sorry for the other mums that their babies were all slightly rubbish compared to mine.

And I know I was slightly smug (only every inwardly) at how I’d got weaning right and my baby ate so well including a wide range of vegetables. I actually made a video montage of the initial two weeks of ‘first tastes’ veg led weaning AND SHARED IT WITH PEOPLE AS IF THEY’D CARE. Getting on for 2 now and the list of food she will no longer tolerate in her presence let alone put in her mouth gets longer every day, so I’m definitely getting my comeuppance there!

mumofEandE · 07/04/2022 22:23

Wouldn't take DS down the freezer aisle of the supermarket in case it was too cold for him (whilst wrapped up in his pram)
Deranged!

tiddlywinks2 · 07/04/2022 22:23

I've so many Blush

I would always walk the long way so I didn't have to take DS on a bumpy pavement, I would avoid kerbs that were not drop down curbs etc, didn't want DS being rocked or bumped in his pram!

Made sure the car windows in the back had 3 sun shades on it, two over the door and one usual one duct taped to the window, I was worried he'd get sunburn.

I wouldn't put him down at all. He would stay in a sling all day around the house.

I do think I was far more protective because I'd lost my first born. But I was still OTT. I look back with so much embarrassment now Grin

Worriedmum40284 · 07/04/2022 22:24

I accidentally dropped my phone on baby's head whilst he slept on me. Don't think he even woke up but I was so worried I'd hurt him or knocked him unconscious whilst he slept so I repeatedly dropped the phone on my own head, from different heights and in different spots to check the damage and how much it hurt Blush Rest assured he's 5 now and no damage was done!

Snaketime · 07/04/2022 22:26

I obsessed about weaning, went to 2 different weaning classes, bought 3 different weaning books and made my own purees, tbf this was mainly because I am an extremely fussy eater and didn't want my DD to turn out like me and I did make my own purees for my DS too until he discovered baby led weaning and would not let anyone out a spoon near his mouth.
On my DD's 1st birthday she had a specially made cake with her picture on and had a party with all the family, my DS is 4 gets store bought cake and hasn't had a birthday party (mainly because of COVID and mainly because I can't afford to throw one).
I'm sure a lot of people think I am very PFB even now (she is 7) as I hover around her all the time, don't like her running down hill and don't let her (or my DS) go too far out of my sight, but my DD has dyspraxia, hypermobility and her feet turn inwards so she is incredibly clumsy and can fall over thin air, she is also very impulsive, the 1 time I did take my eyes off her at the park and just let her play (as all the other mums were doing) she left the park which is right next to a main road and I couldn't find her for a good 10 minutes, it was the longest 10 minutes of my life.

Sweetpeasaremadeofcheese · 07/04/2022 22:26

@Bdhntbis

I hated our family members jiggling (in a perfectly normal way) our DD so much that DH and I told them that the hospital had said they shouldn’t do it as it was bad for her head and brain; it was only after my second DC when they mentioned how worried they were about damaging his brain that I realised how precious I’d been. Also they used to talk about “nursing” our DC which they actually meant cuddling/settling them and I always wanted to shout “I’m the only one here who can nurse” luckily I never actually did
I remember my MIL used to say “let me have a nurse" and I'd get a rush of grossed out annoyance.
Nomorefuckstogive · 07/04/2022 22:31

Woke DD to feed her. Bonkers.

Charl881 · 07/04/2022 22:38

Took my PFB to the docs as I was convinced he his soft spot on his head was large and not closing. Cried on the phone to them. Even joined a Facebook group for support for parents whose kids do have said condition before I saw the GP.

GP informed me my DS just had a wonky head and that once his hair grew it wouldn’t be an issue.

I have so many photos of his ‘soft spot’/ wonky head 😂

CuddlyCactus · 07/04/2022 22:40

@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!!

Oh that made me laugh @Hoppinggreen
Pure baby brain!

drspouse · 07/04/2022 22:42

I didn't let PFB have cake but bought him a scone at a coffee morning and said "here's your cake". He was old enough (must have been just 2) to understand when a friend's MIL said "that's not cake!" and I looked daggers at her.

Salome61 · 07/04/2022 22:46

Just about to leave hospital and sent my husband to Boots to buy baby bottles of water :( Midwife nearly pee'd herself laughing.