What bad parenting habits have you got into that you don't like admitting to?

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I let DS (18 months) watch/play with the iPad during most meals as it makes mealtimes so much easier.

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my DS is young enough that if he thought the police were coming he'd be excitedly clapping and jumping about the nee naw car, it would be a reward!

Pizza delivery place doesn't deliver to us apparently even though the website says it does. So now we are taking ds to Macdonalds.

Definitely guilty of letting DD1, nearly 3 watch far too much TV, feel less guilty on the days she has pre-school as I know she will have had a morning packed full of activities. Tend to use it as a baby sitter to stop her getting up to mischief when I take DD2 up for a nap.

She's getting a tablet for her birthday and I'm going to set up the parental controls so that she's only allowed on it for an hour a day but who knows how long I'll keep that up for. That rule will definitely be going out of the window during long car journeys and possibly at restaurants if out for a meal and she's playing up.

I try to avoid changing 4month old DD2 when out unless she's done a poo, can't deal with skanky baby changing rooms.

We stick Netflix on the TV in our room in the morning for DD1 to get a bit more time to doze in bed.

DD2 probably spends too much time in the car seat when out and about since her seat just clips onto the pushchair. That will change when she's able to sit up unsupported though.

Oh and the other thing is DD1 gets squash daily, albeit very dilute. She's terrible at drinking fluids and it's gotten to the point now where she expects it. I do have a rule though that if she drinks one cup of juice then it's water after that point, although she very rarely finishes her one cup throughout the day.

Pot noodle! Bombay bad boy flavour too, she loves you them

Having DS 3.8 and DD 2.1 in bed with us each night. It was just the only way I ever got any sleep and now it's routine for Mummy to just cuddle with them in the big bed till we all fall asleep.

I'm honestly wanting DH to make this: www.babble.com/parenting/ikea-bed-hack-co-sleep-family-of-seven/?cmp=SMC|none|natural|Babble|BabbleOctober|FB|cosleep6-Babble|InHouse|2015-10-10|||esocialmedia

Also, letting DS eat too much cheese. He went from being an amazing eater as a baby, never ate junk, to only wanting cheese and pasta, and most of the time not even that. So if he actually asks to eat something he gets it (seriously he can go an entire day on one babybel cheese). :(

Dc3 watches a lot of TV but it doesn't bother me. I was the same for the older two and these days they hardly watch any. It's not the worst thing.
I really try to be a good parent but I get so fed up sometimes that I tend to shout a lot. I hate being a shouty parent.

Far too much TV , far too much apple juice even if it is diluted . Far too much giving in to dd 2.5 , she pretty much gets whatever she wants

No crisps though , ever . No idea why I feel so strongly against crisps when both my dcs have chocolate at least once a day .

My DD is coming up to a year.
We watch CBeebies in the morning whilst I'm getting ready for work. It seems to set her up for the day while I can do my hair and makeup in the quickest time ever. This has led to an obsession with Elmo which I'm ok with.
I also still BF to sleep before bed. I'm hoping this will stop soon!!
She also sleeps in our room still. I was all ready to put her in her room but she's now started sleeping on her front which has made me a bit nervous about leaving her

Dd aged 11 gets up with dd aged 14 months at 6.30am so I can stay in bed another hour. She doesn't have to do this, I have told her I will get up but she likes her snuggly hour downstairs with her sister.

All 4 kids watch far too much TV, they're all sat watching it now whilst eating party rings... I let Ds aged 14 play on his Xbox/phone from morning til night at the weekend.

All three of mine slept on their fronts as babies. Dd1 used to push her face into the corner of the mattress and crib. She would not settle unless her face was covered. It used to freak me out. You see babies with bald spots on the back of their heads where it has rubbed off from lying on their backs. Dd's hair rubbed off on one side of her head. When it started growing it looked like a combover. Even now at age 9 her hair has remained permanently parted on the side of her head.

If they're getting too much for me, I stick on Netflix and go on my phone (this may or may not be happening right now...).

DC2 is a biscuit muncher. I take a small pot of biccies (small wholewheat ones from IKEA... They're shaped like letters so they're educational, alright) everywhere with me to combat tantrums (usually when she has to sit in a supermarket trolley for too long).

21 month old DD gets given the iPad to watch Hey Duggee in her cot if she wakes up before 8am and we don't need to be up yet.
She also gets an hour of TV before bed whilst we cuddle, more if my depression is bad which is quite often.

She has Ella's Kitchen meals and microwave veg far more than often than I'd like.

She has a short attention span that I'm sure comes from having far too many toys.

Once in a while I say I'm ill, normally a cold, just so I can have a day in bed to relax (I've gone out 11 times without DD since she was born, mostly after I've put her to bed. She doesn't go to nursery yet and being "ill" is the only time I get time to myself!)

My worst habit is looking at crap on my phone too often, when I should be setting a good example and doing something productive. The other day ds asked me to read him a book and I caught myself saying 'hang on a minute' while I replied to something completely unimportant on Facebook. I've been better since then but hate the way I can mindlessly waste time on the bloody phone. I'm setting myself a goal of just looking at my phone three times a day, and keeping it away in between.

I don't do tummy time with 4month old DD2 nearly as much as I should.

Ds wakes every morning at 530, so I give him the iPad till 7 when my alarm goes off....

I let him watch spongebob (he is 3 but has older cousins)

I bribe him to goto nursery by promising him a kinder egg when he finishes each day ?? (he's only 3 days thank god!)

He hates cooked veg so I have given up for now and just let him have chopped tomatoes and cucumber instead.

He thinks it's the law that after church on a Sunday you have to watch a film and have a nap ????

imwithspud I was guilty of that 4x over but pleased to report it really doesn't make a difference in the long run, 3x DCs adult and one DS 8 months here.

That's good to hear Quiet! I don't think I was really into it with DD1 either and she's nearly 3 and perfectly fine. For some reason I still feel guilty about it sometimes.

imwithspud DS 8 months used to hate being on his tummy anyway but prefers to roll onto his tummy and attempt commando style crawling now so don't feel bad, if your DD is happy as she is then that's all that matters

She is and she's also very strong so I'm sure she won't be hindered by not doing it everyday multiple times a day. Thanks

Well as much as my three were tummy sleepers they hated lying on their tummy while awake. Ds used to lie on his side contentedly playing but would cry if he couldn't see me. I bought a swing for dd1 which just turned her into a dangling doll for ds who would bug the shit out of her, pushing her, running into her, taking swipes when he thought no one was looking so she hated it. She would do what I called the mustard burn scream (a scream so loud and squealy that perfect strangers would recoil in fear). You know how a mustard burn just hits your senses, gathers in your brain and then explodes feverishly? That's exactly how I felt when her scream hit me. I had to take her everywhere with me. I'd put a pillow in a laundry basket and sit her in it while I showered. Dd2 used to sit happily playing in her high chair or buggy while I cleaned.

DS has always slept on his back until a few weeks ago when he had a cold I placed him on his tummy as his nose was getting all bunged up causing him to wake. It worked wonders, peaceful nights sleep followed and he got that used to it he sleeps on his tummy always now.

Loving the laundry basket idea btw.

My DD is coming up to 9 months. Far too much Baby TV for my liking! I'm currently a sahm but like to get out most day's (baby groups/swimming etc.) That way she isn't in front of the t.v so much. But when we're at home all day there are just too many hours to kill! Luckily she's happy enough entertaining herself with toys in the same room I'm cleaning but as soon as I want a tea break (and to go on my phone...) and she is not content with just her toys on goes the TV! She loves it but I feel so guilty! But I just don't have the will (and nor does she I believe) to read books and play toys and swing her in the air allll day long in between naps. You can tell I feel guilty right just by how long I've spent justifying myself!

Also I love her nap times (and I'm dreading when she naps less) because I get to watch Desperate Housewives on Sky boxsets and I'm addicted!

Oh and I probably don't change her wet nappies as often as I should but not to the point of leaking.

I find it easier to give her Ellas Kitchen for meals so I can still eat what I want most days (I like spice and lots of garlic in my dishes) rather than cooking baby friendly meals each night.

AND I tell her off already! Not like I would a toddler but I still say "oh that was naughty" when she throws her food for example and "that's enough now" when her crying is just whining. Both of which are ridiculous as she doesn't understand and she isn't doing it to rebel BUT it makes me feel better!