Some decisions we made with our son we would have made differently in retrospect. For example: We would not have used a night light at all as we are having difficulty weaning him off this. What have your experiences been?
2007-03-26 15:55:32 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Other - Pregnancy & Parenting
I definitely agree with the first answerer. I wish I had had the time to write in her baby book every night. But I made sure I wrote all of her milestones (including when she got each and every one of her teeth) on the calendar so I could refer to that when I did have the time to write. I would also have taken the bottle away sooner (shes 19 months old now and still needs a bottle to go to sleep). I also would have started a regular sleep pattern and stuck to it. Shes ok with sleeping now but before, she would go to sleep at a different time every night. If I had started a sleep pattern sooner I think she would have adjusted to it better and it would have been nice to know when she was going to go to sleep.
2007-03-26 16:18:39 · answer #1 · answered by Amanda 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would not have my baby sleep with me. My first child I had a lot of difficulties with her sleeping, so to save my sanity I let her sleep with me, which made things more difficult and prevented my husband and I from being intimate regularly. I did not make that same mistake with my second child and had her sleeping in her crib from day one and she was able to sooth her self to sleep. With my first I kept making the mistake of running in every time she made a sound. My second was 10 times easier because I stuck to my guns of not wanting to co-sleep.
2007-03-26 23:02:01 · answer #2 · answered by MRod 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would have taken more pictures, written everything down instead of just thinking I would remember it, and weaned them off the bottle sooner.
2007-03-26 22:58:34 · answer #3 · answered by rainbow_writer 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Whats the big deal with a night light, there are some adults I know that even use them around the house. you have to pick your battles. Good luck and God bless
2007-03-26 22:59:51 · answer #4 · answered by Ama A 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would give my children choices that I can live with and then let them deal with the consequences of those choices. Use empathy also to help your child learn from their mistakes. Let them know you care about them and that they are human beings, capable of making good choices, and making mistakes because we all do. Guide them, but dont hover over them. Help them to become good citizens. We need more of them.
2007-03-26 23:43:29 · answer #5 · answered by Amy-Pokey 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋