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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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UntamedShrew · 06/01/2011 16:02

I came to this thread thinking "oh I've not been at all precious" and then realised I have done ALL of these things with my DTSs Blush

I sterilised the saucepan, spoons and ice cube trays for all 108 fruit and vegetable purees I would be making. Never sterilised nipples though.

I made a chicken stock which took 4 hours to make. I hate chicken.

I paid £150 a term to take them to 'music classes' from the age of 3 months. Only stopped at 1yo when they could walk and they were making it quite clear that they were bored rigid (pressing faces to glass in the door, trying to escape from the room, generally causing mayhem)

Bathtime was always followed by baby massage in Cowshed baby oil, quite tricky to do 2 at once (1 with each hand) and room heating had to be cranked up to make this possible. Heating bill now several thousand and counting.

On our first holiday with them at 6 months, I spent all day singing to them, moving them to cooler shady spots, reading stories, blowing raspberries. Friend who was with us and her 3 DSs just shoved DS3 in the kitchen and sunbathed, good on her but at the time Shock

I took them to be weighed every 2 weeks without fail until the HV told me really, stop coming now (6 months).

Worst thing is, they are 21 months now and I STILL do some of the crazy PFB things!

  • Clean PJs every night
  • Clean vest every morning to replace the perfectly clean one they only put on at bedtime the night before
  • Morning clothes and afternoon clothes, never matching but always coordinated
  • Cook them 3 course meals twice a day from scratch

They are my little princes... They are worth it!

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LuckyC · 06/01/2011 18:27

Blush where to start... Blush

When we finally got back from the hospital with our prem PFB, I refused to sleep unless DH promised to stay awake and hold/watch her really intently and closely.

Munzle · 06/01/2011 19:38

For the first 2 months of DD's life we filled a thermos flask with warm water for night-time nappy changes, so that we didn't have to use cold water on her oh-so-perfect-and-sensitive newborn bottom. With DS it was wet wipes all the way.

HollyKate · 06/01/2011 19:39

I used to make my husband go outside to sneeze, after he woke DS1 up once. We laugh about it now, but at the time I could have killed him if he wasn't fast enough getting out.

mustdash · 06/01/2011 20:07

Untamed, be warned 21 months is nothing. I only just stopped the two clean vest thing last year, and my DCs are now 7, 8 and 11, and yes that's years, not months.Blush I did wonder a while ago, when I muttered to a friend about needing 42 clean vests a week, and what a washing burden it was, she gave me a bit of a funny look......

We used to say how sorry for everyone else we were that we were the only ones who got a beautiful baby in our antenatal group. Blush Blush

earwicga · 06/01/2011 20:24

You lot should of all had twins Grin (I think a couple of you have, and you are super mad!)

workmumwork · 06/01/2011 20:44

Very funny thread, love the list for reception class (still got time to fall into that trap) but so much is scarily familiar!

A friend with a newborn recently asked when we started using wipes for nappy changes with DS1, now 2.5 years.

Recalled that we were still using cottonwool and water when he started nursery part-time at 5 months Blush (just starting weaning so not too messy) but we 'let' them continue (or rather forgot to supply any wipes) until he was nearly 1, despite the fact that we'd been using them for almost 6 months by then.

HollyKate · 06/01/2011 21:13

I did have twins, when DS1 was 2.5. Now they all survive on a regime of benign neglect. I was still a bit mad and anal about the feeding with DS 2 and 3 though, but I put that down to sleep-deprivation. DH was allowed to sneeze indoors by then.

Articulate · 06/01/2011 21:23

I drove myself round the bend with my PFBness!!

Everything had to be sterilised including feeding bowls, spoons, the hand blender, medicine equipment (and the sterilizer was sterilised once a month). I did all this until DS1 was 1. Dummies I sterilised until he was 18 months. My entire kichen was Milton'ed to within an inch of it's life.

DS was never allowed in the kitchen until the age of 2 (unless being held/fed)because I worried about floor germs on his hands.

I sterilised his toys every night...and he had loads. Ditto his books!

His clothes were washed separately to mine and DH's, and only in Fairy. He had a number of blankets I used to line his bouncy chair with and if the blanket touched the carpet I changed it immediately.

I regularly steam cleaned the carpets and would only let him lie on the floor on a big blanket that was regularly washed.

I followed Gina to the letter, and refused to let people in if he was sleeping. I would never, ever, let anyone touch his face or hands until he was 6 months.

His food was entirely and meticulously homecooked.

Like Bean, I worried about allergies (although we do have allergies in the family, to be fair)..so I had planned to take him to the local hospital (only 2 mins down the road) and sit in the patients cafe and give him some peanut butter. My plan was scuppered, however, when DH left a stray chocolate covered peanut on the floor and DS1 ate it!! My fury at DH was something to behold that day!! DS1 was fine.

I could go on and on..when I look back now it was beyond ridiculous! DS2 arrived when DS1 was 2 (just turned)...and I simply didn't have the enery to carry on in the way I had done with DS1. Poor DS2 has been neglected in comparison..I didn't change his bouncy chair blanket for a fortnight! His clothes were washed with ours and he had jars!! And no Gina Shock

Aside from being a very bad eater he seems to be fine for all his neglect Grin

Articulate · 06/01/2011 21:24
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Panzee · 06/01/2011 21:27

Loving this thread. My favourite one of mine was putting the baby monitor on when he was asleep in the lounge, to go to the kitchen. About three steps away. Blush

PussinJimmyChoos · 06/01/2011 21:29

Was obsessive about temperature when DS was born..in fairness, it was May 2006 and we had a very hot month soon after that (can't remember which one) ..I was stood there with the temperature chart and thermometer and removing/adding layers accordingly, much to the amusement of my mum and my DH

Taking a travel cot to sis and BIL on Xmas day so that DS could have a 'proper nap' and not be reclined in the buggy Blush

Normanshormones · 06/01/2011 21:55

I washed my nipples before every feed (would have sterilised them if I could) because I thought I had to.

I couldn't believe how easy BFing DC2 was in comparison!!

I called the doctor out when my PFB had her first cold (in my defence, it said to in Dr Spock). Dr was not amused.

MilkNoSugarPlease · 06/01/2011 22:51

Pixie's letter to the school has always been my most favourite :o

I was going to mention it if she hadn't already :o

JonahB · 06/01/2011 23:23

My ex-DH was a musician. I used to force him to play his guitar and sing to my unborn child, so that PFB could hear his daddy's voice and appreciate music from an early age.

Absolutete respect to him, he did it on a daily basis without a murmer of complaint. He resisted laughing at me until at least a year later.

WTF was I thinking????

shhhgobacktosleep · 06/01/2011 23:54

OMG my pfb syndrome went on for years Blush.

The most embarrassing two examples I dare to admit are cleaning every toy the pfb twins owned every night with anti bac spray and a fresh piece of kitchen roll for each toy and then would follow by using another complete roll to clean the entire pram (including wheels) However managed to sell that pram 2 years later for as much as I had paid for it as it was in such immaculate condition Grin

Most embarrassing though is standing them both in the hallway and photographing them (complete with bucket and spade) before their first school trip ( without me) to the beach incase they should get lost or abducted and I need to be able to show the police and press exactly what they looked liked and were wearing that morning Blush. Dt2 (now 15) and I recently found those photos and she found it hysterical. One day she will do something similar Grin

sproutpudding · 07/01/2011 10:07

This is so funny! For me, ChaosTrulyReigns is the winner. I love the idea of 'Daisy' being too dark.

I was feeling all smug and not PFB at all until I read Anchovy and munzle's comments and realised that I still ALWAYS use warm water from a thermos for wiping DD's precious bum AND I worry that it's not fair to mention her accomplishments to friends with slightly older babies as they might feel their babies are somehow lacking.

Also, I flew into a rage with my DP once because he likes to listen to pop music on the radio and I was convinced that this was insidiously rotting DD's brain. Only when DD was 7 months old did I graciously allow him ever to tune to his favourite station again. Grin

QueenSconetta · 07/01/2011 10:51

I have been given to sobbing in situations where DD doesn't really give a toss.

I remember howling and saying 'I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry' over and over again when I had been out of the room (the other side of one door!) for literally 2 mins while DP showed me how to fit the carry cot into the car (it was a lie flat travel system) and DD (about a week old at the time)had woken up and was crying. I did feel bad but still a bit of an over-reaction.

I also sobbed for hours the night before DD went to the child minder for her first 2 hour trial in case she was there and was scared and didn't know why I had left her there with people she doesn't know. Actually that thought still upsets me, but in actual fact she LOVED it and didn't give a toss that I wasn't there and didn't really seem to want to come home!

QueenSconetta · 07/01/2011 10:56

ChaosTrulyReigns has reminded me of a similar episode this very Christmas, where my Mum gave DD a book about a polar bear called 'Are you my Mummy?'. I don't really like it cos the baby Polar Bear goes around asking all the different animals 'are you my Mummy?' and they're not until the very last page. Am I mad to be sad at the thought the polar bear all alone Confused?

wolfhound · 07/01/2011 11:32

I made DH sterilise bottles and expressing equipment EVERY NIGHT for about 5 months. Just in case the next day was the day I decided to use them. (PFB was exclusively BF throughout, and I never expressed.) He never complained, to his credit.

Also, the first time I went on a train journey with PFB, when he was about 5 months, I took a packet of Milton wipes, and scrubbed down every inch of the wall/tray/seat within reach, in case he should brush against them.

Pixie's letter is still my favourite. Remember it from a previous thread.

DukesOfTripHazard · 07/01/2011 12:52

Bandgeek and her and her dh practicing banging the toy on their heads to guage how much it hurt, then binning it.... ROFL!!!

IwoulddoDrWho · 07/01/2011 17:03

I was pushing PFB in her pram once and she was looking so angelic asleep in her perfect hand made blanket that a man in front gestured to his wife to turn around and look at her because she was so beautiful. At least that's what I thought, but he was only telling her to get out of the way of the pram.

butternut234 · 07/01/2011 18:40

I too still have a thermos of warm water for cotton wool for nappy changes! Now he is almost 6 months and his poos are huge if I do use a wipe I have to put it in warm water first...

At the hospital I didn't let them take him to the nursery overnight as he was so beautiful I thought all the other mothers would be sad their babies were not as cute and would want to steal him Blush

I still haven't given him a bottle and an important reason is that I'm worried it and the breat pump will never quite be clean enough even though I don't sterilise my boobs... not sure how I am going to cope with weaning,

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