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Do it again baby!

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poppyseed · 22/09/2004 23:13

If you were to do it all again with yours - what would you do differently? I say this to myself all the time - do you? (btw - mine would be something along the lines of not get so hung up about them crying in public...)
Will leave you all to ponder...

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stupidgirl · 22/09/2004 23:14

Oh, how long have you got??? This could be a loooong thread.

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poppyseed · 22/09/2004 23:16

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stupidgirl · 22/09/2004 23:24

I wish I'd taken my children to art galleries from a young age. Ds is now 6 and I want to take him to the Tate, but he doesn't want to go.

There are so many things that I would change with hindsight, but I try not to dwell on these things. You'd drive yourself mad with the 'if only's...'

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Thomcat · 22/09/2004 23:26

So far nothing tbh. She's only 3 at Xmas though. I think when, God willing, I have no 2, which I'd like to happen sometime in the next year, then I'll wish I had had another baby earlier probably, although I'm really scared about that thought right now.

stupidgirl · 22/09/2004 23:40

You wouldn't change anything Thomcat? Seriously, there are so many things I wish I'd done differently. What about you Poppyseed?

Chandra · 23/09/2004 01:24

I would travel a lot before he started to walk, it would be nicer to have him sleeping in a sky cot rather than chasing him around the plane. And it will be cheaper

I would go out more often in the early days, feeding just gets more impractical with time.

I would start baby signing earlier and wouldn't use any baby product for his bath.

MUMINAMILLION · 23/09/2004 01:27

I wish I had just appreciated them being small - I seemed to always want them to get to that next stage so that things would be easier. Now that it is easier, I wish they were smaller again! Never happy

almost40 · 23/09/2004 05:10

With my first, I wouldn't have been so eager to stop expressing during the day at work. I started to give her a bottle during the day when I could have bf her. DD1 weaned herself at 9 months, although I had intended to bf for 1 year. With DD2, she is not getting any formula, and I feel much better about that.

SoupDragon · 23/09/2004 07:37

I would buy goldfish instead

Nothing really other than not to stress out so much about the little things that seemed so important with my Precious First Born. With DS2, the baby time was so much more relaxed in one way, only complicated by having the needs of a 2yo to deal with as well.

CP3 · 23/09/2004 08:17

I would not pick them up at the slightest winge and would def make sure i got them used to a creche or similar so i would be able to leave them, if only for an hour.

TraceyP · 23/09/2004 08:25

I'd have made sure the twinkle in dh's eye stayed there!

PicadillyCircus · 23/09/2004 09:03

I'd have started having a "bedtime" before 8 weeks. And I'd try to woory less but not sure that would happen

MarmaladeSun · 23/09/2004 10:47

Thomcat, I'm with you on this one. Although she is only 10 weeks old, I don't think there is anything I would do differently (I can say the same with my others too). But I'm a pretty laid back type, so maybe that's it? Oh...oh...I know. I wouldn't have allowed DH and other kids to persuade me to get 2nd puppy when first pup was still only 4 months old! All this when I was heavily pregnant. TOO much work

acnebride · 23/09/2004 10:52

Would have booked a single room at the hospital. Because then I might have stayed an extra night... and gone to the breastfeeding clinic.... and found out what I was doing wrong, which I otherwise didn't find out for 11 weeks.

MTS · 23/09/2004 10:54

brought more than 3 babygros to the hospital! well I didn't expect us to be in for 8 days now, did I!

nutcracker · 23/09/2004 10:57

Erm i would have appreciated them as babies more. Ds is nearly 2 now and i'm soooooo sad about that.

Not gotten so stressed about weaning or if they were drinking enough milk.

Played with them more (she says as ds sits watching cbeebies, whilst mommy is on MN )

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poppyseed · 23/09/2004 14:22

I should have not worried about being a sahm so much and enjoyed them when they were really little. Now DD is 5 I can see my little girl disappearing as she is influenced by others. I suppose they call it growing up?
I'm with you muminamillion.....

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Mirage · 23/09/2004 20:43

Hopefully there will be a 'next time' for me.If there is,I won't get so hung up & depressed about not being able to breastfeed.Beating myself up for it was a complete waste of valuable time & energy & if I can't beastfeed again,so be it.

Angeliz · 23/09/2004 20:46

I think if i had to think of something it would be to sleep train her a bit. (She's 3.6 and usually wanders in when she wants but with another on the way i can foresee problems with that!).
I wouldn't do anything else different though i don't think. I've loved and enjoyed every minute of her 3 years and i hope she has too!

Am hoping that doesn't come across as arrogant, it's not meant to!

kbaby · 24/09/2004 12:29

not get so worked up about dd crying and leave her for a bit. Think this may be why I have sleep problems with a baby who cant go to sleep by themselves.

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