things i swore i'd never do as a parent but, er, did

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the other day i was watching a woman in a cafe pick up her baby and sniff its bum to see if the nappy needed changing and i suddenly realised that a) i used to think that was incredibly gross before i had kids and b)i now do it to DS all the time without thinking.
seem to remember also that DS was not going to watch television until he was 3 or something (he was all of 48 hours old when DH parked him in front of the football,IN HOSPITAL fgs)
soooo what parenting resolutions have you broken?

Oh yeah I was never going to shout either instead I was going to always remain calm and explain reasonably why their behaviour was wrong.

I agree, shouting, and anything involving any loss of control; instead lots of explaining about negative emotions. Yeah right.

LVoC again the wiping faces with a licked finger or tissue - and I do do it. My sister doesn't, she think I mustn't have hated it enough or something, but it's horribly instinctive.

Eating different food to my dd (not at every meal, but I had this vision of homeliness that involved all mealtimes, all food...)

Admitting that I hate bathtime, and most mealtimes.

Tribpot, I am glad I am not the only one with a child far more clever than I am!

LOL.
Shouting.

shouting and ranting and then when the adrenalin has left my system, scooping them up and telling them i 'm sorry and not to listen to me when I rant.

i think I 'm breeding two masochists who will visit horrid dominatrices to be humiliated in later life

How much shouting at do kids need before they are damaged?

I'm a hideous bitch at times

I never gave even one thought about what I would be like having children before I had them but AFTER I had them, I thought I wouldn't let them have things like nintendos/playstations until they were quite old but ended up getting one for dd when she turned 7 and so far, they haven't turned into children of the devil because of it!

Everything already mentioned, plus about a billion other things!

SMOKE

admit to most of own adolescent behaviour including (and especially) class As

buy them nasty plastic or electronic toys

let them eat microwaved crap/takeaways

I didn't think I'd end up parroting all the sayings I'd heard from my mother, grandmother, aunts and assorted other adults. Ds could barely walk the first time I heard "don't come running to me if you break your legs" coming out of my mouth with running past my brain first...

heh @ edam

yes it's really disconcerting to realise you've turned into your own parents!

also use of stupid, twee names for certain body parts/functions

If I had a boy call him 'little man'
Say 'because I said so' or 'do as I say, not as I do'