Silliest First Time Parenting

the silliest thing that i heard a first time parent say (it was on tv, on tlc's 'a baby story' and the new mom said 'oh i hope the baby will sleep through the night tonight!' as for me, i dont remember doing too much, just not carrying around enough extra clothes with me for my oldest daughter when she was a new born.

I didn't really sterilize unless it was something given to use/used. I usually just used hot water and soap and washed it before giving it to them. If it was used then I threw it in the dishwasher. I was told that that would do the same thing as a sterilizer because the water and steam got so hot. I would have to say though that one thing we did with our first was buy the most expensive diapers because we thought they wold work so much better. Turned out we were wrong. So with our second we started out buying the cheaper diapers. Also, with our first when we bought him clothes we bought him stuff that fit him right at that time we bought them. We've come to realize after he was about 6 months old that he wasn't wearing most of the stuff we bought. So now we buy a size or a couple sizes larger. Even now...and he's 4.

I don't think any of that is silly. Okay maybe you went overboard with sterilizing, but even for my 5th child I thought sterilizing was important. I still believe you can never have too many baby blankets. They get dirty so quickly, and those little babies vomit too often. I went through like 5 blankets a day in the first 3 months of my kids lives. Baby care, again, you can never have too much. And yes it's important to know about the people who are handling your child, if they are sick or catching a cold, or may be carrying a cold and not know it. You don't want to get your baby sick. Most of the worrying can subside a bit once the baby is around 6 months old or so, because by then they've built up their own immune system a bit. At that point I think it's a good idea to slowly introduce them to some germs so they can build up their immunities even more. So this is the point with each of mine that I stopped sterilizing, let them use the same blanket for a couple days without washing (unless it got a messy on it), and stopped worrying too much about whoever was holding the baby, unless it was obvious they were sick. The 2 mistakes I made when I was a new mom for the first time, I let my son sleep in bed with me, and I gave him a pacifier. Both were hard habits to break, but I learned my lesson.

My mother-in-law refused diapers for an entire year due to fear of rashes. The boon that diapers are to a working Mom like me. I shall surely be in charge of this decision the next time. Got my child loaded with sweaters during winter till she looked like a Santa Claus. This aspect I shll not repeat as I learnt the value of dulicating only body warmers.

Ok, trust me, if you havn't yet banned balloons from your house you are not as overboard as we are. My wife works at a childrens hospitle so every injury that any child has ever sustained is now protected against in our house. If you are wondering about the balloon thing, balloon fragments, at least the rubber ones, are a choking hazard, and if they do get lodged in your airway they are next to impossible to get out, because the air being pushed up from the lungs in the Heimlich maneuver simply inflates and deflates the balloon rather than expelling it. (Foil balloons are fine until she sees a kid choke on one of those. Now moving on to the balloon string which is a strangulation hazard... The Toilet which is a drowning hazard... The front steps which are a fall hazard... Peanutbutter which is a potential allergin... Blankets which were are a suffocation hazard... Anything that has come in contact with smoke which can lead to asthma... ... ... ... ...