What 'rules' I break-And I don't feel guilty either
I posted a comment on a blog yesterday about breaking the rules of parenting.
I added some, because I realized I left some things out.
I still let Baby guy have a binkie, alltough I take his bink out when I drop him off at daycare and leave it in his crib for naps, hopefully it stays there during the day.
I only just started really cleaning his binkies regularly. I have one of those dishwasher rack style baskets and I just toss the old one in and replenish from the clean ones in a container on the counter.
He still has a bottle in the morning and at night, during the day at home and at daycare, he uses sippy cups. I know I need to stop with the bottles. I may just let him have a bottle at night before bed and switch to sippy in the morning.
On the weekends, for some reason its harder to put him down for afternoon naps rather than the morning ones. So, sometimes I make him a nice warm bottle of milk and put him down with it.
I spike his milk to get him to drink it. He likes strawberry quick in it. Hey it says on the container that it provides calcium, right?
Baby guy gets into the dog's food every time he's makes his way into the kitchen. I don't run to stop him as fast as I used to. He's even gotten a few bits of kibble in his mouth once or twice. I figure he will catch on that it's pretty gross and not want to eat it anymore. If I tell him 'no' he will want it even more.
When he takes a tumble, I don't get up unless I see tears. Sometimes he tumbles and it's on purpose and I can see him trying to see if I am getting up out of the corner of his eye. If I dont move, he starts fake crying, and then I can tell he just wants some love, so I get down on the floor and hug and rock him.
I bought fish for him, but they are really for me. They are really neat Beta's that are in the same tank but separated from each other. I have had them for almost a month and I haven't killed them yet. Sometimes he goes to them and points at them, but thats about it.
I secretly wish he would cuddle up with me and nap.
I'm sure I have lots more, but I have to get working while he's having his am nap.
Today is his 12 month well baby checkup. And then after that, I am taking him into work. No one has seen him since he was about 2 months old.
Mom
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