What are some habits you know you are going to have to break with your DC?

And dread doing? and when will you?
for me it's BFing before naps and bedtime. bad habit, i know. i'm petrified of putting her down w/o it. i know the day is coming soon though. also need to break her into sleeping in the Pack n Play before she starts daycare in september

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I'm scared of trying to wake her up early for school in a few years... she is wenchy if you wake her up early... and she likes to sleep until 11am some days.

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the damned feakin' binky....I swore I would never use one, but Gavin goes to sleep instantaneously when you pop it in.......weaning slowly

swaddling.....gonna take the leap next week maybe.....

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I'm just dreading the complete bottle to sippy cup transition. DD drinks out of it for meals but DS raises it like he's in some German beer hall, waves it back and forth and up and down, so water sprinkles out over his head

Could he be trying to tell me that he wants to be baptized?

Oh, and you'll be surprised how quickly she'll adjust in daycare. My DD never held her bottle for me. First bottle of first day in daycare she held it But won't do it for me. It's as if she's saying, "You hold it Ma, it's your job"

ETA: You know I avoided as many transitions as possible. Such a mean mommy I am... crib from day one and when the hospital gave them binkies they went right in the garbage.

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His finger sucking looks like it will progress to thumb sucking, and putting everything in his mouth. He has only recently learned to soothe himself this way though, so I hate to take this away from him at such a young age.

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oh and the BINKY! how could i forget that!?

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naps in the carriage

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The binky here. I'm planning on doing it when she turns 2, so she's got about 5 weeks left!! I'm really dreading it.

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we put her in swing for naps and she falls asleep in before going into crib for the night. We really shot ourselves in the foot with this, and dreading trying to put her down in crib to fall asleep.

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Thankfully DD was pretty easy with the major transition stuff. She slept in her crib from day 1 - alway went down awake and put herself to sleep (never got used to sleeping with us or in a swing or stroller), slept through the night at 6 - 8 weeks (so no more night feedings), never used a binky, and doesn't suck her thumb. We went 100 % cold turkey with the bottles at 12 1/2 months and she did great. She had a few moments here and there, but nothing too bad. The only thing I can think of is she likes her sippy cup with water at night. I can only imagine this might be an issue when we start potty training.



ETA I can only DS is as good as she was with that stuff!!!

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The sippy of milk as part of her bedtime routine def #1 thing for my oldest.

For my youngest, getting her to sleep without her sack.

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Co-sleeping!

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Sleeping in our bed. He takes naps in his crib, but at night he won't even go in the co-sleeper. It's so convenient for me since I EBF.

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the binky for Christopher

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Andrew ***** his thumb and twirls his hair in the back of his head. At 3 it's getting less and less cute! I think it's going to be really hard to get him to stop...

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The binky. I dread doing this but I don't regret letting him have it at all.

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BFing for sleep and paci for naps...
She still cannot put herself to sleep and I'm dreading CIO b/c she can get so hysterical

ETA: I'm talking about my 4 month old, not my 2 year old...thankfully she has no bad habits besides just being 2!

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I dreaded giving up the nighttime bottle b/c he LOVED it but he's been off it a week now and hasn't asked for it once.....now I just have to get him to drink milk

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The habit I have to break, is the darn bottle. He does good with the sippy cup, but, at nap time, still wants that bottle.
He never took the paci, never s u ck ed his thumb, we never did co-sleep, etc..
After vacation, bottles are going to be put away. Cold Turkey.

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sucking his pacifier, carrying his dirty blankie everywhere, requring me to stay in his bedroom until he falls alseep, drinking only chocolate milk, and right before he goes to bed no less, need I go on? lol...

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paci

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Definitely the binky! I only give it to her right before sleep or when she is extremely cranky but still. It'll be a battle b/c she loves it. If she sees it, she goes nuts if I don't give it to her.

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nursing before bedtime and co-sleeping