I was super relaxed in the newborn days, but I get a little wound up in the 6-8 month range. I have do want to just yell, "Turn down the crazy," at some of my friends though. (I really am a nice person and want to be understanding and empathize. It's just hard when they're asking me tons of questions and then get upset with me for being relaxed about the whole thing.)
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Nope. I'm a super, super laid-back mom.
"Turn down the crazy" makes me laugh. I think that ALL. THE. TIME. People get way too wound up over stuff.
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I was pretty anxious with my first, but much more relaxed the second time around.
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I'm pretty laid-back, then and now. I definitely stress about things, but am good about letting them go if I know it's something out of my control, or something that really doesn't matter much in the long-run.
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Not really, for the most part I don't stress, but SIDS terrified me in those early days and I did want to do a lot of things by the book because of that.
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I am way more laid back than I even expected myself to be. As a consequence, parental craziness really drives me batty.
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I was pretty anxious the first time and I feel very relaxed with my second child. I stressed about milk supply for a couple of days but that was short lived!
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I'm a fairly high strung person, period. So I can only imagine it getting worse with my newborn. LO is only 8 days old, and I'm terrified of SIDS, and catch myself checking on her constantly. Also, spit-up scares the bejesus out of me. I do consciously try to turn down the crazy though!!
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@mrsroo: I was the same way!!! I would constantly check to make sure my LO was breathing and don't even get me started on spitting up!! I was convinced that my LO would aspirate on it and choke! Now hows that for crazy?!
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I was definitely high strung in the newborn days. I'm terrified of SIDS, etc. As he's gotten older and having a video monitor, I can relax a little bit. My DH still thinks I'm high strung about the baby. I pushed for a doc's visit before we went on a plane when he was sick. That appointment resulted in LO breaking out in hives from Zytrec suggested by the doc or from the cold. We got an appointment with our primary peds who suggested Benadryl. Hives cleared up in less than an hour on it.
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@CottonCandy: It doesn't sound that crazy to me, since I'm doing the same thing! Guess we're both crazy!
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yeah, i was high strung, which surprised me. it was mostly related to his eating/size. he was low birth weight and i had trouble breastfeeding.
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I feel like I will be totally crazy! I already have anxiety about the stupidest stuff.
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Ummm yes I was crazy. And I still am. My LO is 7 months old.
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I am crazy, always will be. Parenthood has dialed it up for sure.
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I think I'm relatively laid back, although I do get wound up sometimes (mostly in regards to breastfeeding and hearing our son cry for long stretches of time).
I'm sure my husband would say I'm a hot mess of crazy though. But he doesn't have my awesome hormones, so he can keep his opinions to himself
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Nope, I've always been a rather relaxed mom!
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I'm definitely the relaxed one out of DH and I. I've always been very laid back, and having a baby didn't really change that. (barring my breastfeeding issues and the subsequent crying spells
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I was a nut-job!!! My family used to tell me to turn down the crazy all the time. I finally relaxed at about 3m and it's been getting better ever since. I think by one year, I wont even care if he is wearing clean clothes, let alone eating organic. I can totally see myself going *right* back to my old ways with #2 though. Crazy don't ever change
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@looch: right. I was like this with everything else in my life...it is just so infused in Parenthood though.
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Yes! Unfortunately I worry about anything and everything. Not to mention would cry at the drop of a hat.
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@Weagle: I was very high-strung as a first time mom, but much more relaxed the 2nd time around! No time to think or watch the clock or stay tied at home for naps when I have a toddler too to think about.
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I'm a laid back person by nature, especially for stuff that's out of my control and that extended into both pregnancy and parenthood. I do find myself silently thinking "dial down the crazy" fairly often too; I just try not to let it slip out too directly ;-p haha
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@Mrs. High Heels: My foray into crazy town was directly tied to napping. I'm hoping that whenever #2 comes along I'll be too busy to care. Assuming LO's personality doesn't change, I'll be plenty busy
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I was with DS, but he was 8 weeks early and came home 6 weeks before his due date.
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@Weagle: hahhaa "foray into crazy town"...! seriously, if it weren't for my obsession sleep i think i would've been a little more easygoing about it all. DD was the type that would meltdown in an instant if she didn't get her sleep though.
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i'm pretty laid back and others have commented on it (in a good way). i think being pregnant and having a kid has calmed me down. there are things i can't control. so i gave up trying to control everything!
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Nope, I am a worrier by nature and thought I would be a crazy, anxious parent but I was so far from it, I even surprised myself. DH is always super relaxed and calm so it was no surprise that he continued that way once LO arrived.
I'm not sure if we were so relaxed because LO was such a easy baby, or if she became such an easy baby because we were so relaxed. Either way, we really enjoyed the newborn stage and can't wait to do it again.
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no. not in the slightest.
i am so laid back it's borderline dangerous.
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Ugh, I'm terrified that I will be... I reeeeally don't want to be!
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I am/was relaxed in some areas but not in others.
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Oh I'm nuts, but it's all a running dialog of insanity running through my head (and my google search history.) I try not to let anyone but my poor husband see all the crazy.
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Yes...
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Extremely relaxed her entire life, although my husband is even more so. I have trouble around stressy parents too, with all the rules following and overconcern and omg. I cannot take it.
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We are very relaxed in our house. The nurses in the hospital kept commenting on how nice it was that we were so easy going.
I have my moments, but parenthood has made me less of a worrier. I can naturally be a type A personality too, but I've really worked hard to not be as intense. My husband has been a great influence on me.
I think in part because of our personalities, C has followed suit. He has his fits, but for the most part, he is an easy little guy.
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