What are you GLAD you did, and would definitely do again?

[mrsmac]

I am glad I always spoke to my children properly not in "baby talk" like " we go ta tas in the brmm brmm"
and then had to teach them "english" LOL
I am glad I perservered with BF even though it was difficult at first.
Can't think of anything else offhand.

[LimeSlice]

I am glad that I breastfed and used cloth nappies. Aside from the obvious benefits of BF for DD, it has been the most rewardingthing I think I have ever done....A huge boost to my self-confidence too and really allowed me to feel like I was her mum And cloth nappies, well, they re just so wonderful! lol

I am really glad that I have the opportunity to be a SAHM too. I knowthat not everyone is in that position, but for me it has been awesome, and DF doesnt want me to go back to work for another year or so, so thats even better!

As we arent having anymore kids, I'm just really glad that I get to be here with her and try and do things the way I wanted, and not the way my mother wanted! iykwim. We live in teh other side of the counrty adn have no family here, so it has actually been really easy to try and do things differently and I am glad now that I was forced to be so independant with her

[Olive]

id have to say basically rthe same as alexis!!

breastfeeding
using cloth nappies
been able to be a SAHM even though finacially it is tougher!!

[StrawberryMumma]

Yeh, I'm with you guys!- I can't evern describe how glad I am that I've put so much time and effort into developing a great bf relationship with DD.

Also glad that I never let her 'cry it out' when she was little, like so many people suggest . I perservered, always getting up to her throughout all those horrendous nights! and giving her the booby snuggles that she needed. Now, I have a great overnight sleeper and a happy little girl

[Emma1979]

i'm glad i let my dd watch baby bumblee bee vocabulary builder dvds on rainy days.... she's gone from am incredibly highly strung baby to an intelligent expressive toddler and at 16 months i can now just about hold a conversation with her.... she is so much happier now that she understands language and can communicate....

[BhoysGirl]

BFing - for pretty much the same reasons as everyone else. Although I realise that I've been incredibly lucky to have had such an easy BFing journey compared to some.

Reading - like Sacha, I love seeing my DS wander off to his room and sitting quietly reading his books.

Walking - nearly every day of his life DS has had a walk in his pram. Often just to the shops, but it gets us out & about and helps keep the cabin fever away.

Mother's Group - I'm glad that I put in an effort to stay with it & get to know the other mum's.

I'm glad I didn't succumb to the pressure to do controlled crying.

I'm glad that I cook most of DS's food, because it makes me feel all warmly earth mother-ish and nurturing. Although when he rejects it, I maybe take it too personally LOL

[Charlyfrog]

I'm glad that I also persevered with bf.

Glad I adopted baby sign language particularly for manners - we too didn't "baby talk" - we implemented please and thank you right from the beginning (DD#1 always looked confused when people would say, 'ta' when asking for something from her, say 'please' and she'd respond! )

......and finally, routine routine routine. Yes we did,for want of a better phrase, controlled crying as well as routine feeding. Not a popular thing I am very much aware and yet no negative side effects here! Both girls are fantastic eaters and sleepers - DD#1 sleeping through at 8/9 weeks and DD#2 sleeping through at approx 3&1/2 months. Hard work yes but so worth the pay off


ETA: just wanted to qualify the controlled crying too......we'd never let the girls go longer than 10 minutes at a time and less if they reached a peak in that time We never let them cry til they fell asleep exhausted. Always checking checking checking but generally, they'd only ever need one check and then off with noddy they went to play You just get to know your baby's cries iykwim and being on routine made it even easier to pick up their behaviours and what it'd mean