re: Baby gets what baby wants!

Quoting Princess Gracelyn's Mommy:“ I know you're probably right, but honestly her little cry melts my heart and she has her daddy and ... [snip!] ... extent. Her cousin is 7 wks and he certainly doesn't and isn't expected to hand over toys and they play together pretty good.”

He's 7 weeks? He isn't really playing much at all then, therefore she doesn't really have to deal too much with sharing on that level.

I'm not judging you, I'm warning you. It's not cute and it will become a really bad thing as she gets older.

Quoting *Wicked Mama*:“ Just because msot families have the baby that gets their way doesn't mean it's right. It's cute now, ... [snip!] ... can't get whatever they want by acting that way. I know, sure as shit, it's not cute when my 18 year old sister acts that way.”

I see what you're saying. It has always stopped with my other kids, but with her being the last kid we will have I know its going to be hard not to baby her constantly.

Quoting *Wicked Mama*:“ He's 7 weeks? He isn't really playing much at all then, therefore she doesn't really have to deal too ... [snip!] ... on that level. I'm not judging you, I'm warning you. It's not cute and it will become a really bad thing as she gets older.”

No he's not 7 wks lol I edited it, he is 7 wks younger than her.
So they are pretty much on the same level.

Quoting Princess Gracelyn's Mommy:“ No he's not 7 wks lol I edited it, he is 7 wks younger than her. So they are pretty much on the same level.”

Oh okay lol Well, that's good then.

Still, my baby sister is a brat and it's not at all attractive.

Drake is my little miracle baby. His being here is amazing and I am very blessed. But it does not at all mean he gets his way all of the time. I feel it's the same line of thinking.

Quoting *Wicked Mama*:“ Oh okay lol Well, that's good then. Still, my baby sister is a brat and it's not at all attractive. ... [snip!] ... and I am very blessed. But it does not at all mean he gets his way all of the time. I feel it's the same line of thinking.”

Yeah I really don't want her still acting like a baby at 18. Lol

She's just sooo damn cute right now and I hate to see her sad.

Quoting Princess Gracelyn's Mommy:“ Yeah I really don't want her still acting like a baby at 18. Lol She's just sooo damn cute right now and I hate to see her sad.”

Well, just sort of slowly break the habit as she gets a little older. Everyone thought it was cute with Savanna, who was demanding from birth. Now she's three and it's not at all cute and very difficult on me because she has one nasty fit when she doesn't have her way. And I'm not even the one who spoiled her that way!

Quoting *Wicked Mama*:“ Well, just sort of slowly break the habit as she gets a little older. Everyone thought it was cute with ... [snip!] ... difficult on me because she has one nasty fit when she doesn't have her way. And I'm not even the one who spoiled her that way!”

Yeah that's what I did with my other kids, as soon as I found out I was pregnant with the next I had to change slowly. I didn't want them to feel replaced so I'd start letting them do big kid stuff instead of treating them like a baby and it always went smoothly.

I will eventually have to find the motivation to do it with Gracelyn, but I think it will be harder for me than her. I just feel sad when my babies don't need me for much anymore.
I am with her 24/7 and she's very clingy to me and I love it.

I guess honestly I don't want her to grow up.  

My kids are 4 yrs apart so we have big kid toys and baby toys they dont play with each others stuff ones too young for the big toys ones too old for the little toys ;)

Quoting ↓ MilkMaker ↓:“ My kids are 4 yrs apart so we have big kid toys and baby toys they dont play with each others stuff ones too young for the big toys ones too old for the little toys ;)”

That works out good! There's a big gap between my 3 older kids and my baby girl, but she just loves to get her grubby hands on her big sisters barbies or the boys' cars. She thinks she's a big girl. Lol

Quoting *Wicked Mama*:“ Just because msot families have the baby that gets their way doesn't mean it's right. It's cute now, ... [snip!] ... can't get whatever they want by acting that way. I know, sure as shit, it's not cute when my 18 year old sister acts that way.”

and my 16 year old sister too, but she is the baby baby of all of the grandchildren so she even got spoilt off my grandparents too, she even told me one day that my grandma said that her and my cousin were her favourites because they were the oldest and youngest

Quoting *Wicked Mama*:“ Well, just sort of slowly break the habit as she gets a little older. Everyone thought it was cute with ... [snip!] ... difficult on me because she has one nasty fit when she doesn't have her way. And I'm not even the one who spoiled her that way!”

heres one thing im not sure of how il act once i have my little boy. Like i said before this topic is very close to home with me, but will i do the same thing when i have my children?Apparently my mum said i will, but i cant see it, ive gt a totally different character to my mum as in il put up with a lot less, but again i dont know if that will change with a baby - probably even. My question to you is even though that you went through the same thing, did it alter your thinking ofn how you were going to raise your children?

Quoting Ecstatic - Team Blue!!:“ heres one thing im not sure of how il act once i have my little boy. Like i said before this topic is ... [snip!] ... is even though that you went through the same thing, did it alter your thinking ofn how you were going to raise your children?”

I have a very different parenting style than my own mother. My mother was one those one hundred percent free-thinking, I'll be your best friend type of mothers. There was never any structure and by the time we were teenagers, as long as we weren't bothering her, she didn't care what we did.

Kids NEED structure, one hundred percent. They need to be taught how to get what they want in life without acting like spoiled children. You CAN have anything you want if you work for it. But you can't just EXPECT it. That is how I am raising all of my children. My daughter, so far, is the one who just doesn't see it that way. I'm hoping it's just her stubborn personality.