https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 15 Apr 2026 05:08:34 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-the-parent-that-you-judged-before-having-kids#post-1652035 Thu, 22 May 2014 12:48:50 +0000 autumnlove 1652035@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@swurlygurl: +1 on messy hair! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-the-parent-that-you-judged-before-having-kids#post-1651417 Thu, 22 May 2014 10:03:50 +0000 illumina 1651417@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: shocking ;) Oh and we sometimes took LO out to eat at night the first few months. She slept in the Ergo and we ate around her or over her head! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-the-parent-that-you-judged-before-having-kids#post-1651405 Thu, 22 May 2014 10:01:26 +0000 Foodnerd81 1651405@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shellio: Oh yes! I wondered why parents would let their kids have a snotty runny nose... Oh... because they act like you are rubbing them with poisonous sand paper when you wipe it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-the-parent-that-you-judged-before-having-kids#post-1651401 Thu, 22 May 2014 10:00:34 +0000 Foodnerd81 1651401@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@nana87: This exactly. I didn't realize that itty bitty babies don't get the concept of bedtime anyway. And sometimes you have to do it. I ate an entire dinner, probably at 8 pm, with her nursing under a nursing cover, when she was 3 weeks old. And I had a glass of wine while I did it! </p> <p>I also totally opened a package of mum mums that I was buying in Target and fed them to her so I could finish my shopping. Showed up to the register with food all over her face and handed the open package to the check out lady. She totally dropped some on the cart seat and picked it back up and ate them too. Gross. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-the-parent-that-you-judged-before-having-kids#post-1651397 Thu, 22 May 2014 09:59:29 +0000 shellio 1651397@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh yeah. I used to think it was ridiculous when parents had toddlers out and about with messy faces - just wipe them off! Well, DS screamed and thrashed around when I would wipe his face (wth, its just a little water!!) so I was that mom. Luckily he has gotten over that for the most part - but I have to admit I don't always wash his face when I should :bummed: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-the-parent-that-you-judged-before-having-kids#post-1651384 Thu, 22 May 2014 09:56:03 +0000 looch 1651384@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@swurlygurl: my son won't sit still for a haircut, so they are very few and far between!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-the-parent-that-you-judged-before-having-kids#post-1651380 Thu, 22 May 2014 09:55:23 +0000 swurlygurl 1651380@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@birdofafeather: Yes and @looch: yes!</p> <p>My only two big 'judgies' were obnoxious kids in public and messy hair. No big fit from L in public yet, but I know my subconscious will be rolling its eyes at myself. AND, I don't have time, energy or patience to do her hair. Not only would she not let me, it would just get messed up again in half a second! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-the-parent-that-you-judged-before-having-kids#post-1651333 Thu, 22 May 2014 09:38:57 +0000 looch 1651333@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am the parent with the son with the absolute messiest bed head hair. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-the-parent-that-you-judged-before-having-kids#post-1651330 Thu, 22 May 2014 09:38:25 +0000 doodlepoodle 1651330@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>'Ill never be a screen time mom' nope-he's faster with the iPhone than I am. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-the-parent-that-you-judged-before-having-kids#post-1651270 Thu, 22 May 2014 09:24:15 +0000 LuLu Mom 1651270@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>"I'll never bring my toddler into bed with us..." says the mom who's child slept with her last night after she woke up crying from a "scary" dream. </p> <p>I also though I would have a well behaved kid because "I knew how to discipline and I won't let her rule the coop" yet, she throws tantrums daily when she doesn't get her way. I used to think tantrums were due to parenting, ha oh naïve pre-baby me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-the-parent-that-you-judged-before-having-kids#post-1651257 Thu, 22 May 2014 09:20:36 +0000 autumnlove 1651257@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@birdofafeather: Ha, thanks....I felt bad for judging Britney and her kids without shoes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-the-parent-that-you-judged-before-having-kids#post-1651234 Thu, 22 May 2014 09:15:26 +0000 Alivoo01 1651234@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup! I said I wouldn't co-sleep, and here we are... Totally eating my words. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-the-parent-that-you-judged-before-having-kids#post-1650832 Thu, 22 May 2014 07:40:34 +0000 Anagram 1650832@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>hmm...maybe the baby in bars thing. When I lived in Dallas, I was all "OMG, who would ever bring their baby to a bar (but I think I was actually thinking--who would bring their baby to a restaurant, or mall, or anywhere public). </p> <p>And then I moved to an area where babies in (certain) bars through the dinner hour is totally normal, and I immediately started doing that. Haha. When in Rome... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-the-parent-that-you-judged-before-having-kids#post-1650732 Thu, 22 May 2014 06:48:47 +0000 Mamaof2 1650732@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! I remember all the Katie Holmes drama about her not making sure Suri was wearing a coat when it was 30 degrees outside - I even thought "What mother lets her kid outside w/o a coat on????"</p> <p>Then my DS decided he doesn't get cold and doesn't want to wear a coat when its 30 degrees out - fine, don't wear a coat!</p> <p>oops..... sorry Katie Holmes! :bummed: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-the-parent-that-you-judged-before-having-kids#post-1650674 Thu, 22 May 2014 06:02:08 +0000 Weagle 1650674@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. Like when my child is screaming and/or singing at the top of her lungs in a very public place (like Target) and I just ignore it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-the-parent-that-you-judged-before-having-kids#post-1650654 Thu, 22 May 2014 05:19:42 +0000 artsyfartsy 1650654@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm the mother who holds her child all the time, never let's him cry, and sometimes co-sleeps. I always thought id let him learn to be more independent and not so attached to me. Now I want him attached to me. Lol</p> <p>And I'm the parent who sometimes uses the TV as a babysitter. I am proud to say that it isn't often though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-the-parent-that-you-judged-before-having-kids#post-1650650 Thu, 22 May 2014 05:06:52 +0000 googly-eyes 1650650@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnlove: mine does that too with the shoes!! Wth? :P</p> <p>I am that parent when I let LO play on my phone when she needs to sit in her stroller. She gets bored SO fast in there and sometimes I haven't completed what we went out to get done! And I admit it- there are times I want to shop or whatever and she just whines even if Im paying attention to her. It's not all the time, but I didn't want to be that parent. But then I had a kid and the reality of needing to bring that kid on all my errands and pretty much everywhere I go set in... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-the-parent-that-you-judged-before-having-kids#post-1650649 Thu, 22 May 2014 05:06:15 +0000 illumina 1650649@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sometimes we'll give her a non-toy; phone, keys etc. to keep her quiet when it's not the best time/location for a meltdown! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-the-parent-that-you-judged-before-having-kids#post-1650638 Thu, 22 May 2014 04:29:42 +0000 nana87 1650638@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used to judge parents who were out with young kids late... Dd is only 7 weeks old and the other night we got back from eating dinner out at a restaurant at 9:30pm. Ooops! She was totally asleep in her moby the whole time, but I felt like a hypocrite anyway </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-the-parent-that-you-judged-before-having-kids#post-1650599 Thu, 22 May 2014 01:25:06 +0000 birdofafeather 1650599@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not yet because DD hasn't thrown a tantrum in public. But she's only 16 months, so I'm sure I'll get there!</p> <p>Fwiw, I don't look twice at kids wearing or not wearing shoes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-the-parent-that-you-judged-before-having-kids#post-1650578 Thu, 22 May 2014 00:32:13 +0000 Zbug 1650578@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep. I let DD out my keys in her mouth and chew on toys that have fallen on the floor. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-the-parent-that-you-judged-before-having-kids#post-1650561 Wed, 21 May 2014 23:54:02 +0000 autumnlove 1650561@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am that parent when my toddler refuses to wear shoes in public. :-( </p>