I really, really wish I had learned more before I ever had a baby to begin with. I think I did really well with what I had - being 18 and coming from a really dysfunctional family, no money, etc etc...None of my kids ever got bottles or formula or cried themselves to sleep or anything. But I think I would have avoided the first c/s (and thus the 2nd and 3rd that were just repeats), could have been using cloth diapers from way earlier, my daughter wouldn't have ended up in the freakin' ER from diaper rash, etc etc. We would've made our own baby food instead of just getting better jarred stuff. If only I had had the internet! SOOooooo much more helpful than "What to Expect the First Year" ;)
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Date: 2005-10-01 04:28 pm (UTC)I really, really wish I had learned more before I ever had a baby to begin with. I think I did really well with what I had - being 18 and coming from a really dysfunctional family, no money, etc etc...None of my kids ever got bottles or formula or cried themselves to sleep or anything. But I think I would have avoided the first c/s (and thus the 2nd and 3rd that were just repeats), could have been using cloth diapers from way earlier, my daughter wouldn't have ended up in the freakin' ER from diaper rash, etc etc. We would've made our own baby food instead of just getting better jarred stuff. If only I had had the internet! SOOooooo much more helpful than "What to Expect the First Year" ;)