"I'll never check down the side of the nappy" and other rubbish you spouted before dc came along...

[Babycameearly]

I'll start - before ds arrived I smugly proclaimed that:

• I'll never peer down his nappy to see if there's any damage
• I'll never do the sniff test
• I'll never give my child a dummy
• I'll never use disposable napies.....

I have done all of the above a few million times and ds is only 12 weeks ;)

You have showered and fed yourself as well as DD! And taken her swimming! V V V well done.

I was very smug until DD was seven months. I had time for showers, housework and wrote a 10000 word essay for my MA. She sat in her chair and watched me. Then separation anxiety hit and I am still carrying her around on my hip at 17 months... I said I wouldn't compare her to other babies but I have spent the evening googling how many words she should be able to say

We were never going to use a dummy. It took about 6 weeks before we cracked.

No child of mine will eat crisps until after they tuirn one. Worked well for Ds1, DS2 not so much and Ds3 was weaned on wotsits.

NEVER will my child be shoved in front of the tv (snort, ha)
Used to be horrified when mothers left a child with snot on their nose (well it just comes back doesn't it)
never make rod for own back staying with them until asleep (ok i kind of regret not following that one actually)
will never get sweeties as bribery...

I will never give my child food as a means of keeping them occupied/ quiet.

I make myself feel better by telling myself that raisins and rice cakes don't count.

I will buy a big fancy beautiful cot and baby will sleep in there lovely..... Errrr not, have been co sleeping for years gave the cot to a friend

never use a dummy, i dont know why we were so against it in the first place.

'no not- home- made baby food'
At times even DHnearly got given jarred baby food for his dinner!

I'll use a sling.
They won't watch commercial channels.
I won't buy anything pink.
I'll give up my lifestyle to privately educate.
I will give them gender neutral names.
DD will do as much sport as DS.

I won't park her in front of the TV. Hah! CBeebies sees us through pretty much every morning while I stumble around in my half-awake state.

I'll start off with disposable nappies and then move on to cloth when I've got the hang of being a mum. Well, two years on and I'm still not convinced I've got the hang of this, so maybe I'm technically OK on that one.

I have to say, I have never had any shame about doing the sniff/peer into the nappy.

YY to the 'I will never sniff DC's bum to see if they need a clean nappy'. I did it, just not in public, to avoid the frowny faces of people who haven't had babies yet... and so the circle of disapproval continues.

I never saw the problem with sniffing nappies either!

I also planned to use disposables for the first few weeks and then move onto cloth... now at 21 months it just doesn't seem worth it. I live in a small flat with no tumble drier, I just can't face the extra washing.

I was convinced I wouldn't use food to keep my child quiet. Little did I know it would be the only thing that worked...

I was open-minded about co-sleeping, but I am always amused by pregnant friends who are firm they will never co-sleep. IME it isn't generally the parents' choice but the baby's! I'm just glad I managed to convince one friend recently that the best investment before you have a baby is a king-sized bed. Wish we had space for one.

I won't use a dummy (lasted at least a day with Ds1), i will not bribe, i will not worry about how much food they eat, after all a healthy child won't starve themselves (many many tears from me over Ds1 and his eating), i'll discipline my child and they will learn and behave (i discipline alright but hadn. figured that Ds1 just wants to be naughty sometimes!), i won't allow them to sleep in my bed (lasted 6 month on that one but have on idea why, i spent those 6 months on his bedroom floor). i could go on!

I will definitely not use disposables.....

I will never sniff dd's bum...

Have stuck to the dummy thing though. So far. But we are only up to 7w.

Genuinely wondering, how do you know whether your DC has done a poo if you don't either look inside the nappy or sniff their bum? (well, sometimes I can tell from across the room, especially if he is the only child present, but sometimes you don't know whether it is your DC or someone elses....)

For me it was the living rooms overflowing with toys. I wanted the living room to be 'adult space'!
Err..not! That one didn't quite work out. Toys everywhere! At least I manage to tidy up before going to bed..
The other one was that I wouldn't give biscuits to DS when he is in the buggy. Well, guess where all the crumbs in the buggy are coming from!

That the living room will be a child free zone in the evening (it looks like Mothercare threw up in here)
NO dummy - he actually chews the ribbon and clip not the dummy so am still ok there!
Will get a good sleep routine in place - out of all my friends my baby is the worst sleeper by far.

Will not use sweets/chocolate/cakes/ice cream as bribes.

Will not co sleep or bf on demand.

Will have routine in place.

Will not let DCs watch tv.

Hahaha... I'd fail if it was a real test.

I wasn't going to be one of those mother's with snotty children.
OMG it is like the forth bridge - you just wipe and the snot is back AGAIN.

I was another one set on cloth nappies - but it didn't really happen. I was absolutly going to mix feed, had a friend whose babie wouldn't take a bottle - was horrified at the thought of having to be sole person to feed the baby for 6mth +. Guess whose baby refused to drink from a bottle, didnt even try a bottle wit dc2 - am now proud to report I am wearing my first underwired bra for over 5 years - having been pregnant or breastfeeding for all that time.

I wasn't going to bribe with sweets - does happen sometimes. Wasn't going to go to McDonalds - we don't go that often, every couple of months.

I am now resolved to no mobile phones till secondary school, no tv's or computer consoles in bedrooms ever - what do you think my chances are?

I never said it out loud, but when a friend complained that her 22 month old child had not given her a good night since she was born, I thought to myself "Well I won't put up with that!" I genuinely thought it was a matter of management

My dear dear pfb was not going to be surrounded by plastic toys - good solid educational wooden ones only. My pfb was not going to cry excessively, learn to say I want ...... or tantrum in a supermarket.

No would mean no and I would only need to say it once.

I pity the fool I was!

I remember watching a friend wipe her babies nose with her bare fingers once and geniunely thinking I was going to be sick. I remembered that the other day as I was de-crusting DD's nose.