Hellobee Boards Topic: Do you ever pinky promise with your LO? Do you keep all your promises? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 09 May 2026 20:58:09 +0000 heffalump on "Do you ever pinky promise with your LO? Do you keep all your promises?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-pinky-promise-with-your-lo-do-you-keep-all-your-promises#post-87302 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 09:55:01 +0000 heffalump 87302@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: Aww that's so sweet! </p> mrbee on "Do you ever pinky promise with your LO? Do you keep all your promises?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-pinky-promise-with-your-lo-do-you-keep-all-your-promises#post-87300 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 09:50:29 +0000 mrbee 87300@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@artbee: I snuck into his room last night! He woke up at 4 or 5 and then I held his hand and he went back to sleep. So I think I got an extra hour of sleep out of the deal! </p> heffalump on "Do you ever pinky promise with your LO? Do you keep all your promises?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-pinky-promise-with-your-lo-do-you-keep-all-your-promises#post-87295 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 09:41:38 +0000 heffalump 87295@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm all about pinky promises. But LO is too young for that. I'd be too scared she'd remember and then wake up in the middle of the night and I wouldn't be there, so I'd probably sleep in her room. If I want her to honor her promise's, I have to too. </p> BoogieBea on "Do you ever pinky promise with your LO? Do you keep all your promises?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-pinky-promise-with-your-lo-do-you-keep-all-your-promises#post-87214 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 00:31:20 +0000 BoogieBea 87214@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That's a tough one. I haven't made any promises like that to my son. I've only promised him things like, iPad after dinner or cookies after dinner. And I try to keep them even though, 99% of the time, I don't think he remembers. But like you said, I want to teach him to honor his word.<br /> A good night's sleep is invaluable for a parent though. And I wouldn't want to get into the habit of him expecting that I'd sleep in his room all night every night.<br /> Haven't tried pinky promises yet. That's a good one to teach. </p> mrbee on "Do you ever pinky promise with your LO? Do you keep all your promises?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-pinky-promise-with-your-lo-do-you-keep-all-your-promises#post-87212 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 00:08:47 +0000 mrbee 87212@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I taught Charlie what a pinky promise was today, and he really loved the concept. Then tonight I pinky promised him I would sleep on the floor next to his crib. In my defense, he just wouldn't go to bed and I was desperate to sneak out and get some work done!</p> <p>So now I am done with my work and facing a quandary. I doubt he will remember our pinky promise in the morning. But at the same time, I want to teach him to honor his commitments.</p> <p>So should I sneak back into his room, even though I know it will leave me with significant neck and back pain all day tomorrow? Or do I sleep on the king-sized bed and then sneak into his bedroom in the morning before he's awake? </p>