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As long as she's not straight up crying and just fussing a little, I keep sticking the pacifier back in 12 week old DD's mouth to keep her quiet while I drink my morning coffee.

Also, they have these newborn stimulation videos on YouTube (basically a black/white screen with dots and other shapes moving all around and music) and if she's crying and I can't get her to stop I put it on my phone and let her stare at it. So my 3 month old gets screen time. Whoops.

@IRunForFun: Girl. DS started watching Baby Einstein at that age so I could have some peace from the whining. I know it has no educational merit but at least I wasn't losing my mind.

My almost 18 month old is a suuuuuuper picky eater, and honestly, I just don't care or stress about it. Daycare is worried "He never eats veggies". Guess what? I grew up eating grilled cheese and Kraft dinner, and I turned out fine (and eat a lot of different foods now), so whatever!

@Mrs. Blue: I use candy on days I'm in a hurry to get to work and they won't cooperate! On occasion I let them watch shows on their kindle while I'm getting the other one ready. When I'm really desperate I have to ask them, "Tell me what you want and I'll give it to you!"

My kid is only 14m and sometimes I let him have bites of our junk food because I love seeing his joyous face. I don't believe in beating yourself up about food and let's face it, chocolate and pizza are both delicious. FACT.

LO gets TONS of verbal stimulation all day with his grandparents and when DH & I are together, but when it's just me, I don't talk much with LO (14m). I talk ALL DAY for my job, so at night, I just want to chill out.

DH & I watch too much TV around LO, especially at meal times.

I still help feed my 3 yr old most of her meals. She gets rocked to sleep for her nap. For some reason she is very anti-hand washing after potty so I let her skip it a lot. I guess I'd rather her be germy than screaming in a public restroom.

My two year old pretty much never eats vegetables. I offer them (if we have them ) but she just won't eat them. Lots of fruit though, so that's good, I guess! I also am really bad at remembering to brush her teeth.

So far, I haven't messed up the 8 week old (that I know of). Hahaha

@lilyofthewest: wow! Does the caffeine make him hyper at all? Hmmm. Might let my daughter try some.

@matador84: Hahaha I like that. Help me help you!

@californiadreams: I don't bathe my kids daily even though we absolutely can!

@CatchAFallingStar: I think it's so sweet that she still nurses! I offered mine (since I nurse DD2 now), and she looks at me like uhhh heck no!

I ignore the fact that my 4 month old watches full episodes of Doc McStuffins along with my 3 year old most mornings (technically, he's always on his playmat or in his bouncer, but he definitely turns his head to watch TV).

My 3 year old gets snacks like 10 times per day.

We order take-out a couple times a week. I work long hours, am the breadwinner, and I give myself a break here and there. I wish I could do it all but I just can't.

We live in a very liberal area and have a very crunchy circle of acquaintances. So in terms of their standards I do so many crazy things:
-sleep trained with CIO
-have a strict bed and naptime
-give my kid gluten and white flour (she has no allergies)
-let my child eat tons of raisins and Cheerios (this one I do feel bad about because I worry about tooth decay)
-let her drink juice and junk food at ILs (honestly the junk food doesn't bother me but that everyone gives her bites of their food does bother me. FIL basically has a perpetual cold!).
-given her InNOut

In terms of normal parenting my biggest thing is that we don't brush her teeth nearly enough. I try to do it at least once a day but there are definitely times it's only 4-5x per week. It's just such a struggle because I literally have to pin her down and it's the worst part of the day.

The other one is that she watches too much tv. She never used to but then I got pregnant and I just need a break sometimes. I'm definitely getting it back down to a reasonable amount because she gets intractable when she has too much tv.

My child doesn't eat vegetables. And I don't really even try to make him.

We bedshare. I don't feel guilty about this, it's what works for us. But I don't like admitting it to people. She used to start the night in her crib and end up in ours when she woke up. But she hasn't gone to bed in her own room for more than 5 nights since thanksgiving.

My kid is 19 months and knows what candy is. And we give it to her more than I'd like.

My kid dislikes most vegetables, and pretty much lives off of carbs, fruit, cheese, and yogurt.

My 3 year old still uses her binky and I am not even remotely interested in fighting that battle.

Both my kids sometimes only eat yogurt for dinner. I load their plates with all kinds of good food, but they don't eat it. I don't care that much.

We bed share. This one of more of my dirty proud thing rather than dirty secret, but holy crap I get judged a lot for it.

Most days I am just trying to survive, and parenting is freaking hard, so none of the things listed above have me clutching my pearls. Moms gotta do what moms gotta do.

@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: @Adira: Carbs aren't bad for adults either! If you happen to be trying to lose weight, it can help to cut down on carbs, but otherwise they're a perfectly healthy part of your diet. Little kids definitely are not trying to lose weight of course.

@newlypregnantlady: @SweetCaroline: my ped recently recommended starting the tooth brushing sessions at a differnf part of the mouth each time, so even if you only get a few teeth, by the end of the week each tooth has been brushed once. Works for us! I just can't to an all out scream session over it, ugh.

@catlady: I love Doc!!!!!!

Ok, DD only drinks milk/water and knows coffee is off limits so any drink we have that she can't have is "coffee" to her

She will ask me to hold her and walk and sing before a nap some days
This is rare so I always give in

I truly love to co sleep so I give into it if need be from DD or D'S!

My DD knows I love the Today show and on weekend mornings will ask where the Today news is?!?

This is an amazing thread! I do so many of these!
My one son is a horrible eater. I send chicken nuggets to daycare every day for lunch and he frequently eats them for dinner too. He doesn't eat any other meal food except breakfast foods, the rest is just snack foods. We have been in the habit of getting fast food almost every Friday. My kids watch wayyyyyy to much TV and are on the tablet wayyyy too much. We use bribery frequently. We yell more than I care to admit. We threaten to take away privileges and then don't follow through. We eat on the couch but tell the kids not to.

Good grief Mother of the year over here!