[jewelsgurl23]

- i have never taken abbys temperature.
- i was a bad mom yesterday. i always sit in the back seat with abby to take care of her while dh drives. well we were stopped at the grocery store and she had cryed since walmart so when we stopped i took her out of her car seat to feed her and just held her on my lap while we went home. so about 10 minutes. thats bad huh.

- i sometimes don't change abbys diaper if she poops if shes sleeping.

thats all i can think of right now.

[ChoMomma]

Originally Posted by kimmiejo

K I am adding one more because I was just outside and reminded and this really doesn't have to do directly with my kids but.....I really cannot stand the clicky moms in my neighborhood, I have no desire to make friends with them or have playdates or wine tastings at their house, I can't stand the "holier than thou" attitudes.....I would much rather hang out with my non mommy friends or the select few mommy friends I already have than succomb to that whole circle of people even though I know my daughter would probably enjoy playing with their kids even if I don't enjoy hanging with those ladies......gosh that probably sounds really mean but these ladies tend to fire me up I hate that I feel that way but I had to get it out and since we are confessing......LOL....I wish all of the June PR mamas and my Feb 08 PR mamas lived near me so we could form our own click

This is hilarious! We have the same thing in our neighborhood & I totally avoid those women & I dont feel bad about it, I find them annoying LOL I also wish you guys lived closer so we can have our own "click" because I can't seem to click with anyone around here! I think it might be time to move lol

As for confessions - my biggest one right now is co sleeping - I said I would never do it but I do, everynight!

[SweetSimpleThings]

OK, I have to ask ... for the moms who said they don't change a poopy diaper in the night... aren't you afraid it'll just wake them up in a little while anyway

I change the poopies, not so much for her benefit, but for me - I'm afraid if I don't do it, then in 15 minutes I'll have to drag myself back out of bed once it has woken her up!! Anything I can do to avoid another wake-up, I do, lol! I'm too lazy to want to get up again in a while, lol!

^^ Heidi cares about poop, but Luke doesn't even notice. he'll walk around all day with poop if I let him, and probably sleep with it, too!

[malinaj]

Originally Posted by Keskes

Not trying to be judgmental here, but why didn't you just pull over to feed him?

Well mostly because we were already running behind getting there and we had all been up since 730a. It was 11p that night. So we thought about that but SO was driving and had actually been up since 530a. I knew if we pulled ove to let him feed then there was the possiblity of us dozing off as well. Plus like shannonranee said I couldn't just let him scream at the top of his lungs the whole time. I only feed him on one side which was enough to hold him over until we got there. It only took about 7 min. Mostly because I felt bad doing it in the first place.

[SweetSimpleThings]

Originally Posted by Keskes

^^ Heidi cares about poop, but Luke doesn't even notice. he'll walk around all day with poop if I let him, and probably sleep with it, too!

Actually, my DS is like that too - well, he's 99% potty trained now, but for the longest time he seemed to have no problem at all with a poop in his diaper, lol! I've heard girls are a bit more fussy about that... if it helps with the potty training, then yay!

[SpydrMnky27]

I've dropped his pacifier on the carpet and put it back In his mouth without washing it. I have no animals and don't allow shoes in the house but I know it's still gross.

[kimmiejo]

^^I do that too Cina and I do have animals LOL I always make sure there is no visable hair or dirt on it, still gross but whatever, germs build immunity right? LOL

Sam hates hates hates a poopy diaper! I would have no choice but to change him if he went in the middle of the night but he almost always goes first thing in the morning so I don't usually have to worry about it

Anna I am glad I am not the only one who feels that way about the "neighborhood mom click" LOL

[hey there elizabeth]

My biggest confession is

His crying doesnt bother me. It doesnt make me feel the way I thought it should.
If hes fed, clean, warm, it doesnt bother me at all, I still try to comfort him, but geez sometimes there is no reason!

Ive given him formula when I didnt have to. Well his dad did, because I was soooo tired. I had perfectly good milk in my boobs.

I really wish I trusted his dad enough to just hand him over & leave, I want to so bad, but I can't.

I feel like he deserves better than me...Alot.

[SweetSimpleThings]

Elizabeth, don't feel bad about the crying... a very good friend of mine has two daughters, now about 6 and 3, and she says their crying never bothered her. I mean, she attended to them, but it didn't send any panic through her, or make her feel bad or worried... and she's a great mom, lol!

Cina and Kimmie, SO GLAD I'm not the only "dropped pacifier" momma, lol... I was so careful with DS's pacifiers, and this time I'm like "hmm, looks clean to me..."

[::MummyToThree::]

Originally Posted by malinaj

~there was one time that we were on a long car ride and Levi woke up hungry. It takes about 2 hrs to get to my parents house. The SO was driving (he is an outstanding driver) I felt so bad after Levi cried for 30 min and we still had 30-40 min left that I got him out of his carseat to feed him. Usually I pull out a boob and lean over his seat to feed him. But it nearly breaks my back and we had all three kids in the back seat so there was no room for me to sit back there and it was easier that way. I also have a BIL who is a cop and said that it is not illegal to breastfed while driving as long as you are not the one driving. So I gave in an did it.

Kentucky state law requires that children under 40 inches in height be secured in a federally approved car seat or booster seat. All other passengers are required to wear seat belts..... so what your BIL told you isn't correct.

This is a crash test video showing an unrestrained child vs a restrained child.....

YouTube - ‪maxi-cosi crash-test: carseat vs. no carseat 2‬‎

YouTube - ‪Crash test:Child in mothers hands/??????? ?? ????? ? ??????‬‎

Blankets would NEVER secure a child in a crash..... I suggest you all visit the car seat safety board to learn more about proper car seat safety before something tragic happens to your precious little ones. Over 90% of car seats are not used properly or installed properly. A snug blanket is no where near safe, nor will it even remotely act as a harness

[Gaby&Emmy'sMama]

co sleeping is something I swore I would never do....... but I have done it a few times now...

[RuPaul-O-Saurus]

I'm so glad that I'm not alone on the whole propping the bottle up with blankets thing! LOL I was so worried that she would choke the first time I did it, but she was fine so I figured it wasn't too bad of a thing to do.

Originally Posted by who_it_is

I also don't really pay much attention to where she is in relation to the dogs. She will outweigh our dogs soon enough (as they are 12 and 14 pounds), and the worst thing they might do to her at this point is accidentally step on her while running through the living room (man, that sounds horrible... ).
I have used her age and the fact that she was 3 weeks early to get out of several family functions so far.

My dog is only 4lbs so Daphne already outweighs her, but one day I walked out of the room while Daphne was sleeping in her Snugglenest on the bed and when I came back in, Daisy (our dog) was laying on top of Daphne (lower tummy/legs) lol Luckily Daphne was swaddled and had 2 blankets on top of her. I can't help that our dog likes to lay on the highest blankets on the bed.

I've also used Daphne's age or the fact that she was 'being fussy' or not feeling well to get out of several lunch commitments etc.

Originally Posted by StarrMom

I'll often rinse out the same bottle and use it several times without actually cleaning it.

I do this too, not always, but recently she has been wanting bottles back to back so I just rinse it out and make a new bottle with the one she just used.

Originally Posted by SweetSimpleThings

OK, I have to ask ... for the moms who said they don't change a poopy diaper in the night... aren't you afraid it'll just wake them up in a little while anyway

Daphne will almost NEVER cry or wake up if she has a poopy diaper. She is actually quieter after she poops than she is before/during the pooping. hahaha

Originally Posted by Mummy2SummerNAshton

Blankets would NEVER secure a child in a crash..... I suggest you all visit the car seat safety board to learn more about proper car seat safety before something tragic happens to your precious little ones. Over 90% of car seats are not used properly or installed properly. A snug blanket is no where near safe, nor will it even remotely act as a harness

I do know that a blanket would never be enough to protect a child in any sort of accident, it was more a matter of the fact that I completely covered her in blankets while in the store or whatever so I couldn't see that she wasn't strapped in and completely forgot and I also figured that my SO would have checked before we actually left the parking lot. It was my mistake and I know that as a responsible adult/mother that it IS my responsibility to check these things, but EVERYONE makes mistakes.

One last thing on the comments about 'mommy cliques'....I despise them! I don't know any of the moms in my neighborhood so I don't spend time with them. I basically just stick with the friends that I had before I got pregnant. Some are moms and some aren't, but no matter what, I know that they are good people and that they would never have a holier than thou attitude or judge me, no matter what is going on in my life.

[harmstrong]

-I have left Andrew on the couch for a few secs while I grabbed a diaper. I always put him head to the cushions adn feet to the end so that if he does roll he rolls sideways and not to the floor though.
-If I drop his pacifier and he is upset I'll usually just stick it back in after checking there's no visible hair or anything on it (only at home though)
-he has a blanket that he likes to be right next to his cheek when he is falling asleep or in the swing sleeping, so I put it there. I take it away at night, but he wont' fall asleep without it.
-he has always slept with a blanket over him from the chest down...it gets cold in our room at night, and he hates to be swaddled so I have to cover him up.

[becky_mommyof4]

lets see

i sometimes forget to give Faith her reflux meds

I use way to much diapers and wipes cause if she even pee'd a little i change her same goes for my 2 year old.

i co-sleep with Faith i did it with my 1st child to my otehr too never really cared too much

and lastly Faith has been screaming for 2 days no so right now she is sitting in her bouncer crying i need a minute to recoup

[SweetSimpleThings]

Originally Posted by harmstrong

-I have left Andrew on the couch for a few secs while I grabbed a diaper. I always put him head to the cushions adn feet to the end so that if he does roll he rolls sideways and not to the floor though.
-If I drop his pacifier and he is upset I'll usually just stick it back in after checking there's no visible hair or anything on it (only at home though)
-he has a blanket that he likes to be right next to his cheek when he is falling asleep or in the swing sleeping, so I put it there. I take it away at night, but he wont' fall asleep without it.
-he has always slept with a blanket over him from the chest down...it gets cold in our room at night, and he hates to be swaddled so I have to cover him up.

Have you tried sleep sacks? I love them ... I used them with my son till he was 18 months, and use them now with DD too... that way, if the move, the blanket moves with them, lol! I love it becaue there's no getting cold when the blanket slips off!

[josie_24]

Originally Posted by malinaj

Usually I pull out a boob and lean over his seat to feed him.

I can't get over this....how do you do that??!! I can't imagine getting my boob to stretch far enough to do that! LOL Seriously sometimes if I'm really full it barely will move at all!

[LOUSEE]

Okay I do alot of the things yall are confessing to!!!!

I totally rinse out bottles instead of washing them, if it has only been an hour or two...

I let him use his nuk even if it has been dropped on the ground (as long as I dont see any dirt/dog/cat hair)

Jaxon sleeps on his tummy on me (my chest) or dad at least once a day...

I have fallen asleep feeding him... I dropped the bottle and woke up and he was staring up at me like WTH Mommy!

I leave him in the middle of the couch to grab stuff all the time (I know I need to stop doing this asap).

We totally co-sleep (which I swore I would never do) but he sleeps so much better next to me and now that I am working the extra sleep means sooo much.

When he cries and gets really upset I laugh at him...

I dont read to him like I should... and last night I read him "Sh*t my dad says" which is the book im reading but whateves.

I have totally slacked on my wifey duties, cleaning and cooking since having him.

[kellysensei]

I usually don't bother warming up his bottles; I give them to him straight out of the fridge. He doesn't seem to care.

When I'm getting myself ready in the morning (after I've fed and changed him), I often leave him on his blanket on the floor in the living room if he seems content. I have two cats but honestly, I'm not worried about them. They've never done anything more than sniff him and walk away. (Gabriel accidentally kicked one of them in the face last week and she didn't care.)

I know I'm still supposed to be taking my prenatal vitamin but I forget half the time.

^^ I didn't even take my prenatal vitamin when I was prenatal, if it makes you feel better. =/