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Your top PFB (precious first born) moments!

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Gemmitygem · 27/06/2007 16:51

I've been blushing recently thinking how I've been with DS, 9 months... I've:

  • insisted on him having TWO towels beneath him when coming out of the bath so he doesn't risk his main drying towel being wet and unpleasant..

-crying with rage when MIL picked him up out of his cot when he was asleep (OK he was a week old)

  • stick his day's menu to the fridge and make two separate dishes for him every day

  • always turned him so he can't see a TV if we're out in a cafe (needless to say he's not seen any TV at home apart from the opening sequence of Sound of Music

  • get very stressed if his bedsheet isn't the way up so he can see the animals properly

  • become aggressive when justifying why he can't crawl yet by saying that my friend whose a doctor said his emotional reactions are highly developed

I could go on.... come on, I'm sure someone has worse ones!

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waltonsmountain · 20/12/2010 13:23

When DD was a baby I became very concerned about her hair being worn away by the cot sheet (as she turned her head).
Cue me going to some trouble to source some white satin fabric which I then attempted to use as a cot sheet with the 'grain' going in the smooth direction so as not to rub off precious baby hair.
Then, with it in situ, I decided it was a nasty man-made fibre fire hazard and therefore couldn't be anywhere near my precious first borns cot and it has been unused in the sewing box for past 3 years.
Surely I win?
Blush

Toughasoldboots · 20/12/2010 13:55

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RibenaBerry · 20/12/2010 13:57

Goodness, I was useless at the PFB thing. DD was the subject of benign neglect almost as much as her brother. These are soooo funny though. I love the satin sheets!

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abeautifulbutterfly · 20/12/2010 14:08

At 12 wks pregnant (or thereabouts) with my first DC I decided DH and I had to give up the beginners' ballroom dancing class we were taking because dancing (! - it was more like taking large clumsy steps) might harm our unborn baby Blush Blush Blush

With DD2 I was carrying DD1 everywhere and doing the garden most days...

crystalglasses · 20/12/2010 14:25

My 2month old dd already had a wispy fringe that fell into her eyes so I asked our hv whether she could recommend a hairdresser trained in cutting baby hair! Hv took the question very well; suggesting it wouldn't harm dd if I just snipped off the bit of hair

BlingLoving · 20/12/2010 14:59

I love these threads. DH and I have spent a lot of time promising each other we won't be like this... but I have my doubts! Grin

The obsessive disinfecting of friends as they walk through the door is our key one. We had one couple who made you walk through some kind of disinfectant spray as you entered the house. It was like going into full decontamination before you were allowed into the house!

sadiesadiemarriedlady · 20/12/2010 15:08

I remember being really cross because grandparents took pfb out in her pushchair and got the pushchair wheels dirty...I must have expected them to levitate.

reikizen · 20/12/2010 15:17

God, these are brilliant. I was rubbish at the PFB things, too lazy. But it does help me professionally to know that these things are, if not normal, then at least a common problem! Wink

onceamai · 20/12/2010 16:24

Read DS the iliad and the Odyssy (check sp) odd thing is though his GCSE options are latin and greek and he wants to read Classics!

marriednotmulled · 20/12/2010 16:32

I am clearly the worst mother in the world as I have done none of these Blush

My kids love me despite my neglect failings though.

DD told me the other day that I am very normal. Coming from a critical 23 yo trainee schoolteacher that is a huge compliment Grin

SecretSlattern · 20/12/2010 16:35

DH made me ring NHS Direct (Should've known really..) because DS had "really swollen feet. Look at them, they don't look right."

DS just had fat baby feet Blush

BreastmilkDoesAFabLatte · 20/12/2010 16:44

I once rang NHS Direct because (healthy, breastfed) DD hadn't pooed for three days.

As soon as I'd hung up, she let rip with a massive one which filled her entire babygro.

muminthecity · 21/12/2010 01:09

I took DD to a toddler's birthday party at a soft play centre when she was about a year old. I spent the entire time following her around the equipment moving her away from all the other children in case they hurt her. We were given the food options a few days before the party which were fish fingers/chicken nuggets or burgers with chips. I told the host my DD couldn't eat any of that and actually brought along my own home made organic wild mushroom pasta dish which I fed to DD while all the other children enjoyed their nuggets and chips! Blush

beanandspud · 22/12/2010 15:58

This is a very funny thread and I am guilty of so many.

We have no history of allergies in our families but when I started weaning DS, if there was anything that (I thought) might possibly cause an allergic reaction - strawberries, seafood etc. - I would put it in a pot, park near the hospital and feed DS there - just in case!!! I must have been be a nutter.

domeafavour · 23/12/2010 11:05

beanandspud, that takes the biscuit!! i think that's the best one!!

itsonlyblardychristmasday · 27/12/2010 07:59

beanandspud i am agog!

you win - no contest :)

Dontbugmemalone · 30/12/2010 13:45

For roughly the first 6 months of DS's life, I made everyone (myself included) wash their hands before picking him up Blush.

In my defence his GPs sort of do farm work.

Dontbugmemalone · 30/12/2010 13:47

LOL @ beanandspud Grin

ChunkyBrewster · 30/12/2010 13:56

Awesome, all of these. My favourite though was one I read on another thread about a lovely lady who looked into a sign language course for herself and DP so they could communicate without waking their sleeping PFB. I LOVE that one, still makes me chuckle.

PixieOnaLeaf · 30/12/2010 13:58

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RockinRobinBird · 30/12/2010 14:00

I go to bed with DD and stay with her when she's asleep in case she falls out of the bed if she's on her own...

She's 3 next week and sleeps in my super kingsize bed Blush

Amapoleon · 30/12/2010 14:01

I wouldn't let my mum look after dd for the first year and then when she did I used to lie on the sofa and weep, hahaha.

With dc2 I longed for have him one afternoon week, but 6 years on she was unable to do it because of a bad back.

Maelstrom · 30/12/2010 14:06

Buying an expensive play mat with Mozart music that I could certainly not afford, on the idea that my baby's brain development would suffer without it.

I also got a cot bed for my baby to play peacefully in it while I worked in my dissertation... Hmm

Oh, and I could have ripped DS's dad's head off when he forgot to put the mittens on DS and he ended up with a scratch on his forehead.

allnightlong · 30/12/2010 17:05

OMG bean thats a fab one. Grin

I had DD in ONLY organic clothing and blankets etc for the first few months, nothing less for my little bundle of perfection. Blush

allnightlong · 30/12/2010 17:14

LOL Pixie bet that teacher has never forgotten you, she probably still has her copy! Grin

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