Quoting Leisurely Duchess:" Age difference of the parents. Younger parents tend to have less patience."

I agree. (and I'm a young parent)

Quoting Leisurely Duchess:" Age difference of the parents. Younger parents tend to have less patience."

Ohhh. I'm a very young parent. (I had DD when I was barely 19) and I'm extremely patient with her. But I don't think that's very normal for someone my age. Smurf, my friend who is 4 yrs older than me is impatient with my kid. She doesn't even have to really deal with her!

Quoting Kayla [ ]♥:" Poor little guy  "

Yeah! He did that for about a month. He is good now though!

Quoting Michael Westen:" Ohhh. I'm a very young parent. (I had DD when I was barely 19) and I'm extremely patient with her. ... [snip!] ... my age. Smurf, my friend who is 4 yrs older than me is impatient with my kid. She doesn't even have to really deal with her!"

I honestly don't think anyone on BG is a representative of the average mom.  

Quoting Leisurely Duchess:" I honestly don't think anyone on BG is a representative of the average mom.  "

I don't think so either. Lol. I really don't even know what the average mom is. Haha.

Well except those PTA super moms. I get treated like smurf at DS's school because I'm NOT and NEVER will be a PTA super mom.

I could tell you about my roommates though, I have had a great opportunity to see first-hand parenting methods that still disturb me to see. The 6 year old girl goes to sleep watching TV every single night, usually in her parent's room on the floor next to their bed because neither one of them can deal with the tantrums she throws if they try to make her sleep in her own bed, with the TV on.

The little boy is almost 2 now, and his mom wonders why he doesn't sleep well [at least, he doesn't sleep as well as he did when he was an infant] when she allows her 6 year old to play on the bed and talk real loud around him, and have the TV volume up loud for no reason, and the mother herself cannot be still for 5 minutes. Yes that little boy will be just like his older sister.

Every time I have babysat for them, I put his ass to sleep with no problem at all. I just treat him the same as my daughter. And she does not understand how it happens no matter how many times I try to explain it to her. I think she is smurfing stupid, really.

double trouble hurr hurr

<blockquote><b>Quoting Leisurely Duchess:</b>" Age difference of the parents. Younger parents tend to have less patience."</blockquote>




I was 16 when I had DD and luckily this doesn't apply to me.

Quoting Leisurely Duchess:" Age difference of the parents. Younger parents tend to have less patience."

I have no patience for anything, but I have better patience for Little One. It surprises my DH  

no. We have used fuss it out. if she was/is fussy I will give her 2-3 min to see if she can figure it out on her own. But a full on cry? not if I can at all help it. there are/were times in the car she just had to cry.

Quoting Michael Westen:" Everyone I know who has started things right from the get go has had success. You just can't be lazy about things."

 


Wow.

I was and am far from a lazy parent. I did everything "right" with my first, and didn't have to CIO. I did the same things with my second, and he had a totally different personality towards it all. I think you sound very judgmental.

Quoting Leisurely Duchess:" I could tell you about my roommates though, I have had a great opportunity to see first-hand parenting ... [snip!] ... does not understand how it happens no matter how many times I try to explain it to her. I think she is smurfing stupid, really."

OMG. My friends soon to be ex wife used to do that with their daughter. She started it while he was deployed. She would put the kid to bed at 1-2 in the morning in their bed with the TV on accompanied by a Dr Pepper in her sippy cup and a bowl of candy. Every single night. She said she did it so she could sleep in in the mornings...

Now that they're separated, he has the kid and she is asleep in her own bed by 8pm every night.

Quoting Melissa♥:" I have no patience for anything, but I have better patience for Little One. It surprises my DH   "

LO is literally the only thing I have patience for. Or other small kids. But I have ZERO patience for any person who acts like a smurfing idiot over the age of 18. And I get annoyed with other peoples kids over 12 months really easily because the smurffy parenting is starting to set in real good at that point.

Quoting the grace life:"   Wow. I was and am far from a lazy parent. I did everything "right" with my first, and didn't have ... [snip!] ... the same things with my second, and he had a totally different personality towards it all. I think you sound very judgmental. "

I'm not judgemental. I have two VERY different kids that effectively sleep based on starting these habits from birth. EVERY OTHER PERSON that I know who has done the same has the same outcome.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Michael Westen:</b>" LO is literally the only thing I have patience for. Or other small kids. But I have ZERO patience for ... [snip!] ... other peoples kids over 12 months really easily because the smurffy parenting is starting to set in real good at that point."</blockquote>




I like the saying that goes something like 'I won't judge you because your toddler is crying, ill judge you on how you deal with it'