My friends make fun of me because of how small I cut up M's food despite the fact that she has a full mouth of teeth. I once cut a grape into SIX pieces *hangs head in embarrassment*. I just have a serious choking fear.
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I am super paranoid about him getting sunburned! I made my friend put a blanket over his legs when she had him in the stroller for a walk. He was 9 months old, it was April in PA, and mostly cloudy.
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I have to pick ONE? lol in every group of friends in the odd man out & totally get picked on for everything...it's a good thing I'm not sensitive!
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Not my friends because they don't know about it but DH gives me a hard time about checking to make sure the monitor is on about 100 times before bed. I'm always paranoid she'll need us and the monitor will be off and we'll sleep through it!
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@lawbee11: hahaha. Hubs always gives me a hard time because I FORGET to plug in the monitor before bed so the battery dies over night. But her room is right across the hall and we leave the doors open so it's not like we need the monitor to hear her anyway!
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@lawbee11: ha! I wake up randomly throughout the night to check the monitor. you know, in case there was a power outage and somehow the battery went dead without beeping obnoxiously first.
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Rear facing "still"
@MamaMoose: I'm in that camp too! Better teeny pieces than choking! I make sure nothing is round too.
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My DH makes fun of me because I am always checking our monitor to see if LO has moved a little. If she has been in the same position for awhile, I will go into her room and double check that she's still breathing. DH thinks I'm nuts.
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LO is almost 16 months and we've only left her with my parents once for about 45 minutes - meaning that's the only time she hasn't been with me or DH. When people find that out they think we're insane, but we kind of are
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For a long time... and once in a while still... I go to LO's room in the middle of the night just to check if he's still breathing.
He's over 2!
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@catlady: @Raindrop: I'm also totally paranoid about breathing checks.
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We all still give DH crap about poking E awake once, to make sure she was breathing. I was soooo pissed
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@MsLipGloss: Funny you say that because our power went out last night after some bad thunderstorms so I was awoken by obnoxious beeping at 3am!
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Sleep. Not that people really say much, but I do get little comments or that "okay…" about LO's naps/sleep. I have to shush and keep everyone quiet during nap times, don't ring the doorbell, etc. She's just a freakishly light napper!
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@shopaholic: Sleep too. Specifically, the "routine" at bedtime. My friend put her down one night, so she could get used to someone besides me and DH doing it, and she followed my step by step directions exactly, but then was like, OK, you're crazy.
And sleep in general, when we travel we have the video monitor, sound machine, put towels over the windows... she's finally in a good sleep place, I'm not messing with it!
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Sticking to a strict nap routine. My son thrives on a schedule. We've tried delaying naps, relying on him to nap in the car, having him go to bed later and it always, always, always backfires. Our friends don't have to deal with a cranky toddler the next day after he gets little sleep from being so overtired, so they don't really get it.
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@Raindrop: LO still co-sleeps with us (which no one makes fun of to my face, but I'm sure some do behind my back) and I still do breathing checks; on the toddler that's 1 foot away from me!
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My mom group friends don't really say anything, but everyone we go to church with thinks I'm some crazy hippie mom because we did BLW, co-slept, etc
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I get made fun of because I'm freakishly afraid of something happening to J at all times. Standing on rocks? He'll fall and split open his head. Close to water? He'll drown. Near an unfamiliar dog? They'll bite his face off. You get the idea. I'm the helicopter mom.
I also check on him at least twice a night...if not more. If I can't hear him breathing thru the monitor or from the doorway I start to panic and have to see his chest moving up and down.
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@JerricaBenton: this is us. Our friends not so much, but our parents can't figure out why we're just not comfortable leaving him with them yet. We're just not!
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I get a lot of side-eye for still having DS rear facing. He's 3 in a few weeks and since he's tall, most people think he's older than that, even. Whatevs.
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i haven't had anyone say anything to me! or maybe i just don't notice when they do!
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I can't really think of anything.
My friends sometimes make fun of LO (not really, but you know...) about being so cautious. He doesn't like to wave or talk to new people and they always kind of imply that I am making him too cautious by being a helicopter-mom. I am actually not, and it surprises even me how cautious and shy he is. -
Being sleep schedule sticklers. We've tried being flexible with it, but it always blows up in our face. So we're home by 6pm unless we have a sitter.
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I have a huge fear of leaving her with anyone except DH. She's 27 months and I've pretty much been with her 24/7. The thought of being away from her makes me so anxious!!
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Baby lead weaning. Is that a quirk? But, my friends and family were so shocked that LO didn't have to eat special food and could just eat a little of whatever I was having. Also, co sleeping. They wonder how we got pregnant again with a co sleeping baby. Um, we get creative...
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@babyjmama: Saaaaaaaame.
My crazy paranoia. The main thing is the breathing checks...my 20 month old still sleeps on an Angel Care motion sending monitor and I get freaked out when someone forgets to turn it on! Andddd even with it on I still check on them at least twice a night.
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I'm the germ-a-phob. I'm always equipped with antibacterial hand sanitizer and wet ones. I can't help it, I don't handle sick toddlers well (and have an extremely irrational fear of vomit).
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I get a hard time for blow-drying DD's hair! It's just it sticks up in the air otherwise!!
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I don't think anyone has ever said anything to my face! Or maybe I didn't notice.
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Her naps! But I'm the only one who's LO sttn, so
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I don't think anyone has given us a hard time, but in DHs family, it's common to have extremely late night parties (like until 1-2 am) and everyone brings their kids who either stay up or collapse on the floor sleeping on a pile of coats or something.
They were all shocked when at Christmas we left the family party early (at 8 pm) because we were pushing our then 6-month olds bedtime. EVERYONE was disappointed that we were leaving "so early" and just generally didn't understand why we would leave when we could just, you know, put her on a pile of coats in the corners or something.
My 3 year old niece and 6 year old nephew will easily stay up till 2 during one of these parties and then sleep till 10 the next day, but our LO is not like that. at all.
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The fact that we sometimes don't do things because it conflicts with her schedule. Lo needs to go to bed on time. Also that I just don't let people take her and wander off when we are out places. Sorry I like to keep an eye on my child.
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@MoonMoon: lol yes. My parents definitely take it personally!
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I get flak sometimes for being so lax with LO. He is a pretty flexible kid, so I have no problems skipping a nap or staying up late on occasion. I don't see anything wrong with letting him have a bite of cookie or brownie. I don't feed him strictly (or even mostly) organic. I'm definitely the black sheep in my circle.
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My crazy paranoia's. Like we aren't brushing her teeth well enough, so they are going to rot and fall out and she won't have teeth till her adult teeth come in.
My Mom tells me all the time that I over think everything.
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@rahlyrah: haha, I'm more like you! I try to have LO at home in his own crib for naps and nighttime at the same general times each day, but at least every few weeks he misses a nap or stays up late because we're out somewhere. I share brownies, cinnamon rolls, even French fries with him (rarely, of course, no harm done!)
I liked the book "How to Have Your Second Child First." LO just has to roll with the punches sometimes
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@rahlyrah: Same here. I have to be strict with naps since he's not a good sleeper, but I'm loose with letting him have a bite here and there. We celebrated DH's birthday last week, and I let C have a bite of cake and ice cream
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@MamaMoose: ha! I feel you, we do the same thing. I was actually very happy to see two people who I thought would laugh at me do the same thing!
People don't really say anything to my face but I'm sure they think I'm crazy for being such a sleep nazi. But my kid needs her sleep!!
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These are funny.
My friends give me a hard time for being so laid back with DD. I will let her eat anything (now that's normal, but it started when she was little), lick rocks, explore at the park, etc. I am - obviously - protective and cautious, but I also want her to learn to explore and fall and know that a little dirt isn't going to hurt her. Most of my mom friends are super paranoid.
He's over 2!
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