My husband and I talk about things we would not do or do as a parent. I know it's just talk. I know that I things will change and that I know it will be different when we actually have kids.
What things did not work out?
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I totally said that we were not going to let our child dictate our schedule....yeah right. Our baby comes first, social life, tv, sleep etc...comes after.
I also said I was never going to let my baby CIO...until we realized how tired he was throughout the day because he wasnt able to soothe himself.
I can go on and on...but these two come to mind.
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I said I didn't want her to have a paci.
And then I met her, and realized how much she loved to suck! So I tried so hard to get her to use a paci, I thought it would help her. But she didn't want one. Finally she found her thumb, and life was good again.
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I was totally clueless and didn't say those things because I had no idea what I planned to do!
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Here are somethings that I've thought about... I would say my stance on it but I'm sure I'm wrong since I don't have kids yet.
-the amount of tv they will watch
-how to discipline
-how to react to our kid having a tantrum in public
-what foods they will eat or not eat
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I always said I would make sure my child was on a set schedule. And while DS was for the most part, life happens and you have to go with the flow!
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Oh good question! I also wonder how many of our promises to ourselves we'll be able to keep.
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Let's see, just about everything!
I was adamant that we'd not use pacifiers, anything related to sleeping and napping, the list goes on. It's also hard to limit what DS eats, especially since he just lunges at food I might be eating and bites it, so we have to eat "bad" stuff in private, lol.
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@looch: I had a piece of cake yesterday and thought "uh oh.... in a couple of months I won't be able to do this without her wanting some! "
At least it will be good for my diet.
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There are many things we still don't do (he has never tasted candy, juice, etc; he's never slept in our bed, etc....) but he plays with his ipod (a jailbroken old iphone a friend gave us) almost every day, and he can't eat a meal without toys and/or books (and sometimes, on a bad day, his ipod). Anyone who says "no toys, the dinner table is only for eating" has never dealt with an active toddler boy day in, day out!!!!
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This is a great post! The things we've stuck to:
Only eat organic at home
Remove them if they tantrum while out
No candy, soda
No restaurants that aren't kid based until age 6The ones that got thrown out the window:
No paci
I would set the schedule (yeah right!)
No tv (he would be ostracized if he didn't know what Yo Gabba Gabba was haha) -
we'll see how it actually turns out. right now, we want to make sure our kids are so mesmerized by ipad/ipod/tv, etc.
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-No paci: that went out the window when I figured out that my LO wanted to constantly suck.
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