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Habits you created that you sincerely wish you never started.....
I was reflecting today at all the mistakes (for lack of a better word) that I made with DC #1 and surely will not do with DC #2.
The main one is sleeping in our bed (which is really great and sweet, but I really desire my own space  ) and general spoiling (DH's fault; not mine).
What are yours?
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Posted 7/21/11 7:43 PM  |
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Shelleybean11
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Re: Habits you created that you sincerely wish you never started.....
Not getting rid of the pacifier early on. DS is 22m and still gets it for his nap and bedtime. He is extremely attached to it, it's not going to be pretty when we cut it/take it away 
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| Posted 7/21/11 7:45 PM |
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Re: Habits you created that you sincerely wish you never started.....
The obsession with reading a hundred books before bed. Sometimes I just want to go to sleep.
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| Posted 7/21/11 7:46 PM |
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Re: Habits you created that you sincerely wish you never started.....
Posted by CookieMomster
The obsession with reading a hundred books before bed. Sometimes I just want to go to sleep.
ready for a great secret?
go here link -- it's stories read by celebs (like betty white) and they show pics inside the books. It's awesome and takes the pressure off of you!
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| Posted 7/21/11 7:48 PM |
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mommyIam
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Re: Habits you created that you sincerely wish you never started.....
not sure yet, we killed all the bad habits we started, paci, tv, etc ...
But I learned a lot through this one, and I definitely will try things differently next time around.
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| Posted 7/21/11 7:51 PM |
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mommyIam
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Re: Habits you created that you sincerely wish you never started.....
Posted by LadyBugN2Buggies
ready for a great secret?
go here link -- it's stories read by celebs (like betty white) and they show pics inside the books. It's awesome and takes the pressure off of you!
wow this fabulous! I'm so ordering a bunch. DS is obsessed with books, I better get started with this. I enjoy his 5 page board books and think they end too soon, but I have no idea how bad it will be when he discovers the 40 page storybook his grandma bought.
eta: oh I thought it was prerecorded books, its just books on tv 
Message edited 7/21/2011 7:56:09 PM.
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| Posted 7/21/11 7:54 PM |
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MamaLeen
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Re: Habits you created that you sincerely wish you never started.....
Posted by LadyBugN2Buggies
Posted by CookieMomster
The obsession with reading a hundred books before bed. Sometimes I just want to go to sleep.
ready for a great secret?
go here link -- it's stories read by celebs (like betty white) and they show pics inside the books. It's awesome and takes the pressure off of you!
I love this!!
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| Posted 7/21/11 8:02 PM |
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ac13
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Re: Habits you created that you sincerely wish you never started.....
Rocking DD to sleep for naps...She's 15 months now, and I still have to sit with her on most days in order for her to nap.
Fortunately at night I can just put her down and walk out of the room, but naptime is a WHOLE different story.
having a hard time breaking this one...any suggestions are welcome!
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| Posted 7/21/11 8:07 PM |
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want2beamom
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Re: Habits you created that you sincerely wish you never started.....
Totally sleeping in our bed...I love it, and don't all at the same time!!!
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| Posted 7/21/11 8:20 PM |
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SweetCin
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Re: Habits you created that you sincerely wish you never started.....
Posted by want2beamom
Totally sleeping in our bed...I love it, and don't all at the same time!!!
This w/ our 2 year old son. He started waking up around 1 am & I'd rock him & then put him down & at some point he was sick & when I went to put him down he wasa crying/crying. I felt bad he was sick; so I took him in our bed (DH was working nights). Well the next time he woke up & I went to put him down he pointed to our room & said mama bed.
Now it's 6 months later & it's 3 out of 4 nights. I don't mind when its just me; but if DH is here; we're kicked; slapped and held all night long.
Also w/ DS he STILL has his bottle & I'm dreading taking it away. 
Instead of getting better; I got worse w/ the 2nd one.
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| Posted 7/21/11 8:29 PM |
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GioiaMia
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Re: Habits you created that you sincerely wish you never started.....
Holding her until she falls asleep
I started it out of necessity. Her crib is in our living room so I couldnt just put her in the crib, turn on the TV and sit right there and expect her to sleep.
I sit in the glider, give her a bottle,and walk back and forth -- total takes 20 minutes.
and then I can eat in here, watch TV, go online, talk to DH and stays asleep.
I cant wait until she has her own room!!!!
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| Posted 7/21/11 8:48 PM |
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jgl
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Re: Habits you created that you sincerely wish you never started.....
I let DS be too independent. It was great when he would sit and play so I could cook dinner etc, but now it is too the point where he wants to do his own thing and I cant get his attention to teach him things  Ds is 13 m
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| Posted 7/21/11 8:50 PM |
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mommyIam
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Re: Habits you created that you sincerely wish you never started.....
Posted by jgl
I let DS be too independent. It was great when he would sit and play so I could cook dinner etc, but now it is too the point where he wants to do his own thing and I cant get his attention to teach him things Ds is 13 m
When you teach a child something, you take away forever his chance of discovering it for himself. –Jean Piaget
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| Posted 7/21/11 8:54 PM |
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nov04libride
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Re: Habits you created that you sincerely wish you never started.....
Turning on the vacuum as white noise for DS when he naps. He's 25 months and still naps with it on. Pacifier, lying on his floor til he falls asleep...
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| Posted 7/21/11 8:59 PM |
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mnmsoinlove
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Re: Habits you created that you sincerely wish you never started.....
Omg I know if I search my name there are tons of posts from me when I was pg stating how I'd never let dd sleep in bed with us while she isn't in my bed I moved her crib into our room and now she won't sleep in her room Dh finally said its.time to break her of this so as soon as the cooler weather comes she is going back to her room I swear!
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| Posted 7/21/11 9:03 PM |
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jgl
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Re: Habits you created that you sincerely wish you never started.....
Posted by mommyIam
Posted by jgl
I let DS be too independent. It was great when he would sit and play so I could cook dinner etc, but now it is too the point where he wants to do his own thing and I cant get his attention to teach him things Ds is 13 m
When you teach a child something, you take away forever his chance of discovering it for himself. –Jean Piaget
Thanks - i do appreciate that. He is excellent at exploring and figuring things out and he LOVES it and it amazes me what he can do, i just wish he would stop and let me teach him a little  he may be showing signs of adhd
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| Posted 7/21/11 9:04 PM |
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LJSMommy
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Re: Habits you created that you sincerely wish you never started.....
I rocked DS for whatever naps I was home for with him until he was almost 2 1/2 I was a FTWM then lost my job....within a month of me home, we broke that habit I go back to work in 4 weeks, so not sure what will happen while DH is the stay at home parent 
The binky at 3 years old he is ADDICTED & can not sleep without it!
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| Posted 7/21/11 9:11 PM |
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brownie
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Re: Habits you created that you sincerely wish you never started.....
Letting DD put all the books and stuffed animals she wants in her crib...
b/c now if they fall over as she's laying down, it takes 45878452 minutes for her to adjust each stuffed animal!
I probably will miss this though
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| Posted 7/21/11 9:12 PM |
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lucamon
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Re: Habits you created that you sincerely wish you never started.....
Giving him a basketball too early and teaching him to throw. He now throws everything. When he's done with the bottle he launches it across the room. He throws all his toys, my phone, remote, spoons, food, everything!. The teacher at daycare complained about playing fetch all the time. He hit another kid in the head today with the alphabet blocks.
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| Posted 7/21/11 10:15 PM |
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4PsInaPod
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Re: Habits you created that you sincerely wish you never started.....
Posted by Shelleybean11
Not getting rid of the pacifier early on. DS is 22m and still gets it for his nap and bedtime. He is extremely attached to it, it's not going to be pretty when we cut it/take it away
EXACT SAME ONE!!!!
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| Posted 7/21/11 10:16 PM |
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dajc23
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Re: Habits you created that you sincerely wish you never started.....
Putting Emerson to bed with a bottle (in the crib)
She cannot fall asleep without one now. She screams until she gets it  including naps as well
I dont even remember when it started! All I know is I hate that she needs it to sleep.
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| Posted 7/21/11 10:23 PM |
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Goobster
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Re: Habits you created that you sincerely wish you never started.....
Bad habit...dd falls asleep on the couch and we move her each night. We only started this b/c when she was an infant, she had bad reflux and had to sit up after bottles/meals. So she got used to being placed in a bouncer and sitting with us until she fell asleep. So now we are in this BAD habit that she only gets put to bed when asleep.
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| Posted 7/21/11 11:02 PM |
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BAM 2009
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Re: Habits you created that you sincerely wish you never started.....
Posted by dajc23
Putting Emerson to bed with a bottle (in the crib)
She cannot fall asleep without one now. She screams until she gets it including naps as well
I dont even remember when it started! All I know is I hate that she needs it to sleep.
Same here...I remember it started last June when I was sick and he wouldn't let anyone but me feed him his night bottle.. I did it for 4 days. and when I tried to go back to feeding him his night bottle, he wanted nothing to do with it..I have tried to break the habit so many times, but it is a security thing with him now...
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| Posted 7/21/11 11:03 PM |
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HomeIsWithU
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Re: Habits you created that you sincerely wish you never started.....
Not taking the bottle away sooner. DS is almost 2 years old and still takes a morning and bedtime bottle  I'm dreading the day I have to take them away for good.
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| Posted 7/22/11 12:00 AM |
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Re: Habits you created that you sincerely wish you never started.....
Posted by LadyBugN2Buggies
Posted by CookieMomster
The obsession with reading a hundred books before bed. Sometimes I just want to go to sleep.
ready for a great secret?
go here link -- it's stories read by celebs (like betty white) and they show pics inside the books. It's awesome and takes the pressure off of you!
OMG I think I want to marry you.
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