The Lazy Person's Guide to Gentle Parenting

[Winter]

Exactly!

[Indadhanu]

I can't be arsed to explain why I can hit and DS can't, so don't smack.

LOL YES!

Breastfeeding: solves everything, stops crying, causes sleep, great excuse to say "can you do xyz, i need to top her up...", pop boob out and go! Too cheap to buy formula!
Cloth: so i can avoid the shops as much as possible
Co-sleeping: too lazy to keep trying to put her back in the cot and have her whinge
'Real' food. Because I'm too cheap to but jars and by 7 months was too lazy to blend/puree/mash! lol
No-cry house. No set bedtime: because, seriously, who wants to put a baby down too early and hear them cry for ages?
One of us showers/bathes with Jazz: saves time, saves water.

[Winter]

LOL YES!
'Real' food. Because I'm too cheap to but jars and by 7 months was too lazy to blend/puree/mash! lol

Have you tasted those jars of baby "food"?? Urgh! I had one as an emergency backup and had a taste, seriously, they taste foul. The one I tried was organic & all natural but I know that I couldn't put my 100% vegie mix in a jar and leave it on the shelf and expect it to still be good in a week let alone longer so not exactly 100% natural!

[ladybird11]

Headphones and an iPod work in our household (for me to wear)...i have more patience when my ear isn't being screamed off by bubs ...

Sorry, I'm a bit off track - but all my other ideas were already mentioned!

[skeetaboat]

Great thread. It's all been said!

Only one I can add is DS (2) goes to bed when we do... firstly because why battle? Secondly coz we like his company. Thirdly he sleeps in and I don't have to get up at the crack of dawn (I have to wake *him* up when he has daycare hahaha). Fourthly we can go out visiting at night or have our childless friends over, and DS is happy hanging out and playing while our other friends are stuck at home after 7pm.

[Winter]

This is a tip I got from Alan and it works!

If bubs is not going to sleep , reset the sleep routine, starting back at the bath stage, do a massage and whatever the rest of your sleep routine is.

I also tried a shower with DD today after she was having a bit of a melt-down because she was overtired and that seemed to calm her down & get her ready for sleep.

[Campari]

Great thread! I am so lazy I do just about all the things listed already...

I also make sure my DD eats homemade healthy food with no preservatives/colourings, as I am too lazy to deal with the tantrums and restlessness and general psycho behaviour caused by all those additives.