https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 06 Jul 2026 10:42:41 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-iswill-be-the-more-protective-parent#post-336872 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 20:32:32 +0000 Bao 336872@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm definitely the more worried one and shes only 6 weeks old lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-iswill-be-the-more-protective-parent#post-336829 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 20:22:19 +0000 autumnlove 336829@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-iswill-be-the-more-protective-parent#post-336815 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 20:19:42 +0000 photojane 336815@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>it will definitely be hubs. i'm definitely on the side of learning through experience, but he doesn't want our little one to ever experience anything negative. i want our kids to learn to be self-sufficient and adventurous (like me), but he wants our kids to be cautious and reserved (like him). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-iswill-be-the-more-protective-parent#post-336773 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 20:11:25 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 336773@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DDefinitely me.<br /> My DH is totally....well, the opposite of protective. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-iswill-be-the-more-protective-parent#post-336768 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 20:10:38 +0000 blackbird 336768@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it'll be me. DH is more laid back in general and was raised without as many restrictions as me. He thinks my parents were a little overbearing. I do, too! But I still think I'll be the excessive one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-iswill-be-the-more-protective-parent#post-336696 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 19:46:22 +0000 Andrea 336696@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Me. I don't think DH even thinks about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-iswill-be-the-more-protective-parent#post-336690 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 19:45:03 +0000 heffalump 336690@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Depends. I also tend to give lo bigger food and dh will say, "is that too big for her? " ummm....I feed her three meals a day. She hasn't choked yet! </p> <p>Also if lo is with any of her grandparents and she starts to cry, he jumps up to make sure she's ok. I always assume if she's not ok they will let me know. Every single time she is crying because they said no to her for something. A sure way to make her cry. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-iswill-be-the-more-protective-parent#post-336636 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 19:34:48 +0000 chopsuey 336636@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think DH. I worry more, but he's more protective. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-iswill-be-the-more-protective-parent#post-336211 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 17:51:11 +0000 Mrs. Pen 336211@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would have sworn it would be me when I was pg. I'm such a worrier. But turns out DH is insanely protective. It's actually comical, but it's almost to a fault because then he treats me like a bad mom for allowing DS to do things that he wouldn't allow.</p> <p>Examples:<br /> My nephew was over to our house and had had the croup the week prior. I told DH to just not let him touch the same toys; he held him in his arms the entire time my nephew was at my house! It was so funny.</p> <p>Another example: I started out pureeing food for DS and have slowly added more texture and now he can "chew" with his gums, so for soft foods like avocado or sweet potato I give him chunks and he gnaws on it. Many times he gags as he's learning to eat and swallow but DH thinks I'm a bad parent and essentially I'm choking him. He purees ALL his food. At his sisters wedding I was letting him suck on a cube of cantaloupe, but I had to leave so I handed him off to SIL and she let him gnaw on it; he "bit" off a piece and gagged and DH snatched him away from SIL and wouldn't let her feed him.</p> <p>It's insanely crazy. Most times I laugh, but there have been times it really hurts because he treats me so negatively.</p> <p>Who is the more protective parent, and does it ever cause dissension? </p>