New parent mistakes and blunders !!?

Question

I was just wondering if anyone wanted to share the mistakes they made as a new parent.

For insatnce yesterday I changed my baby's bottles to a diffrent wide neck brand and she absolutely did not like the nipple.
She totally refused to drink and starved the entire day.
I just could not figure out why she wasnt drinking and was getting mad at her all day long and constantly cribbing that she is becoming fussy and bratty.Bcoz she was starving my poor baby could not sleep all day long.
Inspite of all this my darling did not cry or even whine for a minute.She just was playing all day long.Atlast at night when I tried to feed her with her old bottle she drank the entire bottle as she was famished all day long.I felt so terrible and guilty that I cried all night long.
Did anyone have any such experinces as a new parent.

Sorry for babbling off such a long story !!
Thanks.

Answer 1

ABSOLUTELY! You are not perfect and your little one can not tell you what she needs. You have to learn to take cues from them. Obviously she like the old nipple and you should stick w/ it. Just remember that this is a learning experience for you and also her. She is learning to do things to. Just try your best and don't let it bother you so much. I hate to say it; but this will not be the first time you feel as if you have done something wrong. Good luck and don't beat yourself up so much!

Answer 2

Never apoligize for babbling.. thats what us moms do! I totally understand what your feelings were when you realized what had happened.When my baby was 2 months old, I bought these expensive no drip nipples,thinking I was doing the right thing.When she was almost 3 months, and still not eating a full 2 oz bottle,I was worried something was wrong with her.One day when my aunt was here she was feeding the baby and said there has to be something wrong,shes just not eating enough,and put the bottle to her mouth and tried to drink out of her bottle. AND she couldnt suck anything out of it!I had starved my baby for weeks! The sad part was, this was my second newborn! I felt awlful! I gave her a different nipple, and she ate 14 oz in 30 minutes,then puked all over my husband and smiled! I still feel bad about it! how can we learn thoughif we dont make mistakes?

Answer 3

Oh girl! I have 2 short stories for you.

1) My son was about 2 months old, feeding him. I used a pillow leaned up against the arm of the couch. I leaned him against it often to wipe his mouth or change positions to burp him. This time I leaned him against it and the pillow was farther out than the arm of the couch! He fell flipped and hit his head on the bouncy seat that was nearby and then landed on the carpet. Of course I freaked!! He was okay, but it was traumatic for both of us. Poor little fella still has a little scar on his forehead from that and he's 7 yrs old.

2) Around 3 mths old I was clipping his fingernails (w/ clippers) and actually snipped the end of his little finger. It bled and bled because the fingertips are so vascular. I'm a nurse and I don't freak very easily but when you are a new Mom and you actually DO something accidentally to hurt your child, now that's another story.

I guess the bottom line is that we are all human and we all make mistakes and if we are lucky, we learn from them! :)

Answer 4

I locked my 2 month old inside my house! It sounds bad, but me and my son went down the driveway to check the mail while she was sleeping. All the doors stay locked and we went out through the garage. When we came back up I decided to pretend like I went inside and closed the garage door without him. I was really outside hiding. But then I realized that all the doors were locked and the garage door opener was in my locked car. It took about 45 mins before I got back inside. But she slept the whole time.

Answer 5

I locked my newborn in the car!! Talk about feeling like a loser...I did. I parked the car, got out to go around and get him out, the wind blew the door shut and I had left the keys in the car. I had to call the police to get him out! You know the officer thought I had left him in there on purpose...I cried all the way home!

Answer 6

I have also locked my son and the keys in the car. Then a couple of months later I locked him in a U-haul truck. I had to have the fire department come out to help me, because the lock smith would have taken between 1.5 hours and 2 hours to get there.

Answer 7

parenting is a trial and error thing. yes we make mistakes we're human but we learn from them. like i went and bought 6 diffrent soothers for my 20 month old, come to find out shell only take playtex ones. see we learn and cry and feel guilty but thats what makes a good parent. children will forgive us, we not perfect and babies dont come with instruction book. so good luck and enjoy making tose mistakes, we're only human.

Answer 8

Don't be too hard on yourself. My monther-in-law fed my son canned cherries and he puked all over his crib. Unfortunately, we were just starting to let him "cry it out" and didn't check on him for 15 minutes. When we went in, he was covered in cherry-puke! Poor buddy!