Yes and no for me.

The questions you've put forward are very interesting though. The way I see it, it's a generational thing. What we see as being a 'no-no' our parents and grandparents would have had a different view and would have heeded the advice given to them at the time, which at the time would have been the right advice - not that we would agree with it now, but back then there was less of a tendency to question what was told to you.

For me in this day and age, I haven't worried too much about diet and exercise in pg and BF - moderation is the key to everything and you have to trust your judgement. I still eat runny eggs for brekkie sometimes, eat softserve and deli foods but I know what the risks are and can make an informed judgement from that.

I have never used any special nursery equipment - they never had it 60yrs ago and people got along just fine, but the SIDS recommendations are very important, but even those have changed over the years.

Discipline is a tricky one as I have found that it needs to be individual for each child - what works for one wont with another. Personality also comes into this. I think DH and I have done well to instill values and morals into our children and really pride ourselves on that.

Baby products, I'm not so fussed about as we have been very lucky not to have children with sensitive skin. I don't use powders or creams on them as it just isn't necessary I think - bit a marketing ploy all that stuff is LOL - bath products to help sooth and settle baby? *phffft*.

I think what is more prolific in driving us to become paranoid parents is the social aspects of our lives - worry about strangers and that sort of thing.