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jxnoscar
Baby Delicious!
Member since 8/06 4156 total posts
Name:
Nancy
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Re: Finish this sentence.....The best parenting advice I ever got was...??
Was from Jinglemommy:
"If you mess up, he will have no idea whatever it is that you are doing is wrong." 
I LOVE THAT PIECE OF ADVICE
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MaMaTeenie
Party of 5
Member since 4/08 6489 total posts
Name:
Mommy
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Re: Finish this sentence.....The best parenting advice I ever got was...??
The best advice I ever got wasn't really advice. It was DH's best man telling me I was normal and my baby was normal after my first few days home with a newborn. I was having a breakdown (DS had gas and cried A LOT the first 2 weeks) and he came in with a 12 pack and saw me hysterical and told me it was all going to be fine and feeling that way was normal.
Best advice I ever GAVE (IMO lol) was not to feel like you have to listen to someone's advice. You know what's right for your baby....do it. Even if its not what everyone else does.
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| Posted 7/7/10 1:45 PM |
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Lara&Aidansmommy
For mom i miss u ETC ILOVEU
Member since 3/07 13921 total posts
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ETC I LOVE YOU
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Re: Finish this sentence.....The best parenting advice I ever got was...??
sleep at the same time as your baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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| Posted 7/7/10 1:47 PM |
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Kristin616
Member since 8/06 3595 total posts
Name:
Kris
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Re: Finish this sentence.....The best parenting advice I ever got was...??
no one knows your child better than you do
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| Posted 7/7/10 1:47 PM |
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JennyPenny
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Member since 1/08 12702 total posts
Name:
Jen
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Re: Finish this sentence.....The best parenting advice I ever got was...??
While people kept telling me that letting DD sleep on me as a newborn would spoil her, a friend's husband said to enjoy it, because they don't want to sleep like that for very long. Sure enough, by 2.5 months old, DD couldn't get comfortable sleeping on me anymore and that was the end of it. I'm glad I cherished every moment of it.
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| Posted 7/7/10 1:48 PM |
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MrsBumbleb
it's me
Member since 5/05 11234 total posts
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Christine
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Re: Finish this sentence.....The best parenting advice I ever got was...??
it's okay to do things you said you'll never do
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| Posted 7/7/10 1:49 PM |
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OOSMommy
LIF Adolescent
Member since 10/09 860 total posts
Name:
me
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Re: Finish this sentence.....The best parenting advice I ever got was...??
Let a newborn sleep wherever you can get them to sleep and don't worry about bad habits forming until later.
Trust your instincts.
This too shall pass.
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| Posted 7/7/10 1:49 PM |
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saraH
happy birthday sweet kate!
Member since 5/05 16555 total posts
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I know that God exsists, I held her in my arms...
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Re: Finish this sentence.....The best parenting advice I ever got was...??
no one knows your child better then you do.
I think the best advice is "what works for one, won't always work for the other."
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| Posted 7/7/10 1:50 PM |
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Re: Finish this sentence.....The best parenting advice I ever got was...??
"The newborn phase doesn't last, and not everybody enjoys it."
I had a VERY hard time with DD as a newborn and she was a very easy one, but I was so tired/frustrated/stressed/exhausted that I thought it would never end. I felt like such a bad mommy for not feeling so happy/excited/over joyed about her that i would just cry and cry in the shower about what a bad mommy I was. Then a friend told me this and I finally felt normal. I knew I wasn't wrong in my feelings, but I also needed to know I wasn't alone. I think as new mommy''s there is soooooooooo much pressure to think and feel a certain way and if you feel different you are shunned. Loving her was never an issue, but but feeling like I had to always look/act/feel like a perfect mommy was hard. The truth is as a newborn it's hard. You are so tired and so much has changed that sometimes you do think...what the helll is going on, and that is PERFECTLY NORMAL even if nobody else will admit it!
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| Posted 7/7/10 1:57 PM |
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mommyIam
Member since 7/09 9209 total posts
Name:
Shana
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Re: Finish this sentence.....The best parenting advice I ever got was...??
get a swing, and a good one that plugs in
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| Posted 7/7/10 2:00 PM |
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DRMom
Two in Blue
Member since 5/05 20223 total posts
Name:
Melissa
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Re: Finish this sentence.....The best parenting advice I ever got was...??
You know your baby best(even when you are brand new at it )
You deserve time for yourself
enjoy the cuddly newborn stage...it goes so quickly
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| Posted 7/7/10 2:15 PM |
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BaroqueMama
Chase is one!
Member since 5/05 27530 total posts
Name:
me
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Re: Finish this sentence.....The best parenting advice I ever got was...??
A happy mommy = a happy baby.
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| Posted 7/7/10 2:16 PM |
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Xelindrya
Mommy's little YouTube Star!
Member since 8/05 14470 total posts
Name:
Veronica
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Re: Finish this sentence.....The best parenting advice I ever got was...??
They are only this young once.. enjoy, savor, absorb every single moment.
Give up anything and everything to make this time special because you will always regret it if you don't.
Remember, having kids means a life change. Don't expect your life to be 'normal' but instead 'special'.
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| Posted 7/7/10 2:19 PM |
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dnj925
I couldnt love him more !!!
Member since 1/09 1332 total posts
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Danielle
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Re: Finish this sentence.....The best parenting advice I ever got was...??
Posted by MrsBurtch525
Sleep while you can and whenever you can!! Boy, were they right!
Also, enjoy it while you can because they grow up fast!
ITA!
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| Posted 7/7/10 2:21 PM |
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nicknmb
SISTERS!
Member since 1/06 5193 total posts
Name:
MaryBeth
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Re: Finish this sentence.....The best parenting advice I ever got was...??
for the working moms......"you might miss their "first __" but it doesn't mean you won't get to see it again".....this made me feel so much better going back to work
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| Posted 7/7/10 2:22 PM |
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maybebaby
LIF Adult
Member since 11/05 6870 total posts
Name:
Maureen
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Re: Finish this sentence.....The best parenting advice I ever got was...??
When I was going through my lowest of lows and thinking Johnny may have autism, and doing nothing but sitting here crying over the future I wasn't sure he would have, I was told
"He is not a label. He is JOHNNY. Just JOHNNY. He is the funny, adorable, smart and wonderful boy now that he was at birth and will always be. Stop projecting. Treat him how he should be treated...as your little 2 year old that you love more than anything. His future isn't written and anything is possible"
His pediatrician at the time told me this advice (I may have botched some of the words but they have ALWAYS stuck with me since the day I suspected something was wrong). She was a wonderful person who encouraged me to try to just enjoy him instead of focusing on the "what ifs". It seriously has made all the difference in my life
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| Posted 7/7/10 2:23 PM |
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KGools
Happy
Member since 9/06 9532 total posts
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Kim
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Re: Finish this sentence.....The best parenting advice I ever got was...??
I'm not a mom yet (will be in t-minus 7 1/2 weeks!), but one of my friends put it to me this way, after I was having a how-the-hell-will-I-do-this moment. She said that children are meant to survive their parents and their parenting missteps and walk out of the house at age 18. It really made me laugh and set my mind at ease.
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| Posted 7/7/10 2:27 PM |
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patti08
Happy
Member since 5/05 3893 total posts
Name:
Patti
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Re: Finish this sentence.....The best parenting advice I ever got was...??
...follow your instinct. You know your child's needs the best.
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| Posted 7/7/10 2:31 PM |
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EckoRed81504
We are complete <3
Member since 12/07 6299 total posts
Name:
April
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Re: Finish this sentence.....The best parenting advice I ever got was...??
it's not a first until I see it
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| Posted 7/7/10 2:49 PM |
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Janice
Sweet Jessie Quinn
Member since 5/05 27567 total posts
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Janice
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Re: Finish this sentence.....The best parenting advice I ever got was...??
both of my grandmothers, one had 9, the other had 7...
make my dh #1, kids are going to leave, he is my life partner.
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| Posted 7/7/10 2:51 PM |
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Reese1106
Family of 4! :o)
Member since 8/06 6655 total posts
Name:
Theresa
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Re: Finish this sentence.....The best parenting advice I ever got was...??
Don't sweat the small stuff and take time to ENJOY my children because they grow up so fast.
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| Posted 7/7/10 2:53 PM |
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lvdolphins
My Loves!
Member since 5/05 46292 total posts
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Re: Finish this sentence.....The best parenting advice I ever got was...??
Sleep When you can!
Hold on tight, it goes fast.
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| Posted 7/7/10 3:00 PM |
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Re: Finish this sentence.....The best parenting advice I ever got was...??
Posted by prncsslehcar
A happy mommy = a happy baby.
and a happy baby = a happy mommy!!!
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| Posted 7/7/10 3:03 PM |
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alisonggg
Cutie
Member since 3/06 4749 total posts
Name:
a
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Re: Finish this sentence.....The best parenting advice I ever got was...??
Don't always be looking for the next thing you can't wait for them to be doing. I remember when dd was a newborn sitting there saying "I can't wait till she..." and would fill in the blank with anything and everything a baby could do in the future (sits, crawls, smiles, laughs). I realized I was wishing away all of the great every day stuff waiting for the next big thing. Now any time I say "I can't wait til she..." does whatever I make myself stop and live in and enjoy the moment.
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| Posted 7/7/10 3:06 PM |
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OrganicMama
So in love with my little man!
Member since 6/08 5172 total posts
Name:
Mama
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Re: Finish this sentence.....The best parenting advice I ever got was...??
Posted by eddiesmommy
dont listen to anyone elses advice, just do what works for you.
LOVE this one. I wish someone would've said this to me from day 1.
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| Posted 7/7/10 3:28 PM |
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