re: What would you have done different?
1087 postsposted 17th Jun
With this next baby I dont want to give them formula.
With my son, when he was 31/2 months old we flew from fl to cali. I brought formula on the plane cause i didnt feel comfratable in public as much breastfeeding. He still nursed a little on the plane though..lol But through out the vacation I gave him , more and more formula. My the time he was 5 1/2 months old, he weened himself from me.
With my daughter, i strictly gave her breastmilk till she was 6 months , and then I went to wedding. I hadnt pumped any milk, and I insisted i bring her with me. my mother in law , was like "do you really want to be breastfeeding the whole time at your bestfriends wedding? lol So I let her have formula. She only had a little, but in my experience once you open the door, its like" whats , one more bottle? " She weened my 10 months.
With this kid, I want to go a whole year, breastmilk only.
quoteWith my son, when he was 31/2 months old we flew from fl to cali. I brought formula on the plane cause i didnt feel comfratable in public as much breastfeeding. He still nursed a little on the plane though..lol But through out the vacation I gave him , more and more formula. My the time he was 5 1/2 months old, he weened himself from me.
With my daughter, i strictly gave her breastmilk till she was 6 months , and then I went to wedding. I hadnt pumped any milk, and I insisted i bring her with me. my mother in law , was like "do you really want to be breastfeeding the whole time at your bestfriends wedding? lol So I let her have formula. She only had a little, but in my experience once you open the door, its like" whats , one more bottle? " She weened my 10 months.
With this kid, I want to go a whole year, breastmilk only.
I'm due December 31st (a boy), have 2 kids & live in Pearl City, Hawaii
21619 postsposted 17th Jun
Quoting Team Blue (17 more weeks):“ I can't say I would have done anything different. I rea;;y wanted to BF with my 1st, but it didn't work, ... [snip!] ... the only thing I can say, is with this one I know what to do different, like really try to get him to take that binkie!!!! ”Ya.. I tried and tried, he finally took it at 3 months and gave it up at 7!
I have 1 child & live in Citrus Heights, California
posted 17th Jun
ha ha I said I wouldn't co sleep, and now I'm the biggest advocate for co sleeping in the world!
quoteI have 1 child & live in Citrus Heights, California
17038 postsposted 17th Jun
Quoting ☆[dani-girl]☆:“ Hm... If I could turn back the clock, I would've gone to my doctor and put more effort into trying to ... [snip!] ... come in. It never did come in though...but yeah not breastfeeding still bothers me because I wanted to do it sooooooooooooo bad”Yes indeed. This is the ONLY thing I would have changed.
I have 1 child & live in Louisiana
4692 postsposted 17th Jun
Quoting ☆[dani-girl]☆:“ Not all women just put their baby on their mattress and go to sleep. This is how I co-slept for the first three months: ”My son slept on my chest like that too. He slept in his crib all of 3 months, then he started sleeping on me til he was 5 months. I think that happened because I started working nights and my mom was keeping him and she had him in her bed though so then he always wanted to be in bed.
I have 2 kids & 2 angel babies & live in Melvindale, Michigan
599 postsposted 17th Jun
Quoting ☆[dani-girl]☆:“ Hm... If I could turn back the clock, I would've gone to my doctor and put more effort into trying to ... [snip!] ... come in. It never did come in though...but yeah not breastfeeding still bothers me because I wanted to do it sooooooooooooo bad”
yea i thought it was gonna be soo easy and when it wasnt i thought someting was wrong with me and i wish i would of just stuck with it
I have 1 child & live in Oklahoma
3124 postsposted 17th Jun
More tummy time!!! she hated it sooo much and did this horrible grunting thing like she couldnt breathe. so she barely spent 3 mins on her belly a day. she wasnt rolling til almost 6 months and still isnt crawling. i think its cuz she wont stay on her tummy long enough. oh, and i would have had her slep in her own room from the beginning. i INSISTED she sleep in a bassinet in our room so i could hear her. i didnt realize till we moved her out that WE were actually disrupting HER sleep. with hubby snoring and me gettin up to check her every 30 mins.
quoteI'm due January 4th (a boy), have 1 child & live in Louisiana
3249 postsposted 17th Jun
When I was in labor I wish I would have fought them on the pitocin and epidural (I was contracting regularly, they just weren't consistantly getting stronger, so they wanted to give me pitocin to make my contractions STRONGER, and an epi to counter-act what the pit would do to my blood-pressure which was all ready really high [and the reason for them breaking my water]).
I wish I would have either stuck with BFing or stuck with pumping enough for every meal (she stopped wanting bottles so I figured I'd just pump, but I ended up pumping less and less till my supply was depleted at 4 months pp).
I wish I would not have let her CIO, or not as much.
I wish I would have worn her more than I did.
quoteI wish I would have either stuck with BFing or stuck with pumping enough for every meal (she stopped wanting bottles so I figured I'd just pump, but I ended up pumping less and less till my supply was depleted at 4 months pp).
I wish I would not have let her CIO, or not as much.
I wish I would have worn her more than I did.
I'm due June 1st, have 1 child & live in Pennsylvania
9135 postsposted 17th Jun
Quoting **LEXi ,YASMiN,&&TONi**:“ I will give my child a pacifier and i will never let my child sleep in my bed the reasons for both brcause ... [snip!] ... they can stop breathing. I wont hold my baby alot becase in fact they do get used to that and then want to be help more often.”
Good luck with both of those! Not all babies take pacifiers and it is SOO easy for them to sleep with you!! I swore I'd never do it, but we did!
I have 1 child & live in Michigan
posted 17th Jun
Quoting Megan♥ baby Lydia:“ Good luck with both of those! Not all babies take pacifiers and it is SOO easy for them to sleep with you!! I swore I'd never do it, but we did!”
I have 1 child & live in Citrus Heights, California
posted 17th Jun
Quoting It's a Hovey-Craft:“ I thought co-sleeping helped prevent SIDS?”
sleeping with your baby is actually SAFER than not sleeping with your baby
From: http://askdrsears.com/html/10/t102200.asp
**edited to add link**
I have 1 child & live in Michigan
posted 17th Jun
Quoting Megan♥ baby Lydia:“ Good luck with both of those! Not all babies take pacifiers and it is SOO easy for them to sleep with you!! I swore I'd never do it, but we did!”
me too i said "oh ill never sleep with her, but at 3am its so easier than trying to get them to go to sleep on their own"
I have 1 child & live in Oklahoma
posted 17th Jun
Quoting **LEXi ,YASMiN,&&TONi**:“ From what i heard it dosent. Thats why you have to have a firm matress. Almost anything now a days can lead to SIDS it seems like.”
You actually heard wrong. Co sleeping wrong can lead to suffocation, but when done properly, is safer than anything else.
Not everything leads to sids. People get it confused. A lot of stuff is warned against because of suffocation. There is a difference.
I have 1 child & live in Michigan
posted 17th Jun
I also would have coslept longer. We only did the first 3 weeks because I wanted to go back in my bed with my husband (we were sleeping on the couch), and he's SUCH a heavy sleeper I would be terrified to have them in the same bed together. I have a co-sleeper (a little bassinet like thinga-ma-jig for the middle of the bed between you & DH) but we only have a full sized bed so we didn't all fit with it in there! Next time we have a baby I'm hoping we've purchased a bigger bed!
quoteI'm due June 1st, have 1 child & live in Pennsylvania
posted 17th Jun
Quoting jamils_mommy:“ I'm glad I held him all the time as an newborn, because I can't ever get that time back. I love that my son spends all his time with me. I'm so glad I've never believed a baby can be spoiled... (Hugs and kisses are free, and he can have as much time being held as possible) Because now he's so indpendent."Agree 100% with these statements. We don't co-sleep every night, just occasionally, but I am glad we aren't 100% against it!
I have 1 child & live in Michigan
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