What Rules Did You Make Then Break?

[Kazzo]

Not so much a rule but more what I thought I would do was once my baby was 6 weeks old she would be moved from the bassinet in our room into her own bed. I am a really light sleeper and I figured I would get more sleep if I did not have my baby right next to me as I would stir at every sound. DD1 was born and when she got home I knew there was no way she was going anywhere at 6 weeks. She slept in the bassinet until she was 6 months and DD2 stayed in our room until she was 10months.

Maybe BF might have been a rule. I thought 6 months then solids. DD1 self weaned at 9 months and DD2 started dropping feeds at 10 months and stopped at 14 months and I would never have stopped then at 6 months.

[sloane]

cloth nappies - i bought lots for DS when i was PG & fully intended to use them (i washed them all in preparation etc). then we were given sposies for a NB...then DP's dad bought us sposies till DS turned 2. i used a cloth nappy once i was so disappointed in myself for not just telling people to not buy the sposies.

food - DS eats pretty well but when i was PG i would look at people in food courts feeding toddlers fast food & i'd say to DP 'we are NEVER doing that'. DS has had fast food occasionally & i even caught myself saying 'look, how cute - he loves chips'

BLS - i was ONLY going to do BLS. in the end DS had a mixture of BLS & some spoon feeding. this one doesn't bother me much & just reiterates to me that there shouldn't be too many 'rules' when it comes to babies.

luckily i never cared about where DS would sleep etc because he slept no longer than 2 hours at a time until he was about 2

[Manhattan]

cloth nappies - i bought lots for DS when i was PG & fully intended to use them (i washed them all in preparation etc). then we were given sposies for a NB...then DP's dad bought us sposies till DS turned 2. i used a cloth nappy once i was so disappointed in myself for not just telling people to not buy the sposies.

Sounds just like me, except the cloth didn't touch DD's butt even once

Other than that I dont think I made any rules, I just went in blind and did whatever worked and tried not to feel too guilty about it.