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What did you swear not to do with your own children - then you did?

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ssd · 12/09/2005 14:13

For me it was giving ds2 a dummy, was always dead against them, then ds2 had one for 4 years! Talk about eating your words!
What did you do?

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WigWamBam · 12/09/2005 14:13

Lick a tissue and wipe her face with it ...

LilacLotus · 12/09/2005 14:14

buy her anything disney related

nutcracker · 12/09/2005 14:15

Buy Barbie stuff.

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QueenOfQuotes · 12/09/2005 14:15

Bottlefeed (when pg with DS1 I was compltely 'against' the idea )
Give sweets
Have the TV on all day
Have them share a room

Katemum · 12/09/2005 14:16

Let him have anything to do with power rangers, the stuff is now taking over the house.

KateF · 12/09/2005 14:16

All the previous and then some!

Whizzz · 12/09/2005 14:16

Go to McDonalds !

QueenOfQuotes · 12/09/2005 14:17

oh buy 'any' branded stuff

and oh bugger DS2 has just woken up - he's only been down 1hr!!

MaloryTowers · 12/09/2005 14:17

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Katemum · 12/09/2005 14:17

Oh yes and buy McDonalds.

KateF · 12/09/2005 14:19

1 hour QofQ-I'd kill for that. Dd3 never manages more than 20 minutes unless I lie there with her

MaloryTowers · 12/09/2005 14:19

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waterfalls · 12/09/2005 14:20

Let them sleep in my bed.

feed their tantrums with attention

bribe them

let them eat in the living room

Aragon · 12/09/2005 14:21

He wasn't going to have a dummy
I wasn't going to bottlefeed
I wasn't going to let him watch TV all day
I wasn't going to give in ever to tantrums (oh yeah)
lick a tissue and clean his face

I could go on.......

Scatterbrain · 12/09/2005 14:24

Threaten them with the orphanage !

waterfalls · 12/09/2005 14:28

Scatterbrain

I would never do that...........I need the child benefit

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ssd · 12/09/2005 14:28

Malory, so do you go to Burger King then?

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SoupDragon · 12/09/2005 14:30

Have another after DS1.

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Lonelymum · 12/09/2005 14:30

Treat them the way my mother treated me. But i try not to.

ScrewballMuppet · 12/09/2005 14:34

let them watch too much tv and eat crisps and the lot on a regular basis OOPS!

gingerbear · 12/09/2005 14:36

Let her eat crap
let her watch TV all day long whilst I mumsnet
let grandad feed her jelly teddies all day long

QueenOfQuotes · 12/09/2005 15:16

Kate - I was hoping he'd sleep longer today as despite being put to bed at 8pm (as per usual) he was STILL up (trying to get a heavy 'bead frane' into his cot ) at 9.45 grrrr

hellsbells4 · 12/09/2005 15:23

Smack them - only did this a few times until we both realised it wasn't working.

Endless TV - dh is the main culprit and it has driven me CRACKERS!

Dummies - dh shoved one into ds's mouth when he was only a couple of weeks old and it stayed for three horrible years. I won the battle not to give dd one

donnie · 12/09/2005 15:25

dummies
disposable nappies
telly/vids/dvds
bribery
brand stuff

all of the above ROCKS !!!!!!