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@crazydoglady: baths are sparse over here in the winter. Maybe once a week
summer, shower most days. I also not try not to stress too much about his diet. Have you ever tried to make a toddler do something they truly don't want to do? Doesn't work.
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@crazydoglady: YES thank you for saying that about baths! We really really try for every other day (so 3x a week) and we really really fail
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- The main one I feel very alone with in the region I live in is bedtime, but here on this site I feel like I'm "normal." I'm the only mom I know of in my area that enforces an early bedtime and refuses to break it. We stick to a 6:30 pm for the baby and a 7:30 pm for the 5 year old, and it rarely, if ever, varies. I get a LOT of flack for it from my family, friends and moms I meet in the community. I solo parent a good bit, and I value my alone time before bed and need that time with DH the times he is home to have our time alone to talk and reconnect.
- I don't care for the breastfeeding v. formula debate. Just feed your kid and I don't give a damn how you go about it.
- I disagree with not feeding a kid overnight. I have a snack of some sort before bed and only sleep 6-7 hours and then have breakfast, so why should I expect my 1 year old to sleep 11-12 hours without eating? My first kid ate once a night until almost age 2 (slept 12 hours total), and the second is doing the same. And I'm okay with it.
- Baby sign language makes me roll my eyes. I know it works for some, but I'm not interested.
This is a fun thread. I feel like I would get roasted for saying a lot of these things out loud!
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@MrsKRB: I guess it is similar to CIO sleep training - people find it cruel to install an alarm to wake your child when he is wetting the bed. They think I should put him in diapers and wait. But they didn’t get the fact (fear) that my kid was 6+ and there was no light at the end of the tunnel. And there are in fact teenagers who routinely wet their beds. I was really on the fence when our pediatrician told us to try. It was until we saw a urology specialist and they also said the alarm is really the only thing that is proven to help. There I finally stuck with it. Not sure how but it worked. I am in fact afraid to say it out loud because of the possibility of jinxing it
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Until I had a 2nd kid, I loved our late bedtime. We could do so many more fun things and get much more time together, and he would sleep in the mornings (like 9pm-8am, sometimes 8:30)
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@wrkbrk: Hahaha. I dont even do that! Mostly just washing hands, wiping his face with baby wipes, and bath 1-2x a week. He never smells bad or looks dirty.
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@Tanjowen: id love to get to an earlier bedtime and know through routine alone it could happen. I struggle with how to start the routine earlier given that we don’t get home until 5:30-6 pm. What are your evenings like?
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My main one is that I’m not a fan of the baby stage but I love the toddler phase!
Also agree with @Tanjowen: about the early bedtime.
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@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: what time is bedtime now and what would your ideal be? I can wall you some suggestions to avoid hijacking the thread.
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@SweetiePie: that would be awesome. Bedtime is supposed to be 8 pm. we can usually make it up there by then, but then it’s changing into PJs, brushing teeth, and a book or two. Lately LO has been asking for bread (Hawaiian roll) and/ or cheese stick after he’s all tucked in. I don’t think it’s a stall tactic as so much now it’s a) habit and b) the later he stays awake he will get hungry again. If he was asleep right at 8 that would be great, 7:30 would be ideal because we would have more time in the morning since.
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@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: I posted on your wall
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@jape14: Yep, my unpopular opinion is that toddlers are the greatest people on the planet. Their potential for such unbridled joy and learning countless new things every day...I just can't get enough. I feel like my toddlers taught me about living in the moment and cultivating joy in every corner of life.
And then there was age 3--the first age that I didn't enjoy. As if her job was to complain constantly and be unsatisfied with everything.
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If I could have understood the real implications of climate change 7 years ago, I wouldn't have had kids. I love them so much, and their lives are going to be so unimaginably hard. It gives me pretty severe depression.
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@Iced Tea: I 100% agree with your perspective on toddlers. 18 months to age 3 was pure Bliss!! Then my son hit 3 (and got a baby brother) and turned into a total turd.
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@pachamama: this made me laugh! We were finally on the upswing of 3 getting better and then at 3.5 had little sister and it’s like 3 started all over and is never ending!!!
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@irene I am also team anti birthday party for little kids. LOL. We had a 1st birthday party for my first, which was basically our friends coming over to eat and even that was way too stressful. He's 3 now - no birthday party. He doesn't know or care. Will not do a 1st bday for my second child (now 9 months old). 3yo got a cupcake at home and a balloon when he turned 3. And did cupcakes at his preschool. He was thrilled. LOL. Same thing for Christmas gifts and b-day gifts - they do not care whether it costs $5 or $100, so I am going cheap for now! I will reconsider my b-day party stance once they are old enough to actually want a b-day party with friends, then I'll be glad to have one for them.
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@pachamama: @bhbee: the 3’s can just go and f*ck right off, it’s my least favourite age!
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@irene: @MrsADS: my LO is turning 3 this year and is so stoked about having a birthday party. I really thought we’d just have low key celebrations with a cupcake and an outing. But, after LO’s 2nd birthday and learning the HBD song he’s all about parties and his bday. Right now he’s not pushy and opinionated about his party thank goodness because his party changed with the move, but he recently pointed out from the Berestein Bear Too Much Birthday book, what elements he wanted for his own party.
I don’t feel pressure to throw a party for him for other parents though.
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Best thing about this thread is reading about what everyone else does. Sometimes my first reaction is what, how could they live that way/make that choice? And then I remind myself that it works for them so that's cool. I love how this normalizes/gives exposure to such different styles.
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