I've been thinking a lot about things I'll do differently this time around, and about how much I've changed in my parenting of DS. I think my fundamental beliefs haven't changed, but I'm a lot more relaxed than I was when DS was tiny. I don't sweat the small stuff any more (like secretly believing DS would be scarred for life if he didn't sleep at the same time each day), and I don't feel the need to be there ALL the time, stimulating and creating learning experiences like I did with DS....might have a lot to do with the fact that DS wants ME within arms reach all the time! I think that because I'm less worried about my parenting skills, I will be a different/better parent this time around. I also believe that the way I parent a 3.5 yo is different to how I'd parent a newborn, so I can't say for certain that I've changed as a parent, more like adapted as DS has grown.

Not sure how much sense that all makes, but I hope you get my drift...