[LisaCA]

did you ever imagine some of the things you'd do?

I'm shopping at target yesterday running in for emergency stuff and i pass the easter dress section. we already have dd's easter dress (actually two, but hey, who's counting?) but there it was, the white hat and white gloves that i used to wear every easter sunday... and hated! so what do I do? buy the hat and gloves, lol.

I was such a tomboy (up til age 16, lol. a major case of gender dysphoria-love the label). mom would dress me in the easter dress, the patent leather shoes, the stupid hat and gloves, and take tons of pictures. this went on until I was about 10 or 11, lol. I hated it so much!!! so here I am, taking my 20 month old daughter who loves nothing more than playing with dinosaurs and bashing trucks together, and planning to dress her up like a little girl and taking tons of photos. dh says she'll hate me when she's older, lol.

I never imagined that I'd do this. And yet I feel driven somehow to force those fat toes into t-strap dress shoes and ruffled panties.

any other new adoptive parent confessions?

[MMC66]

I think I went the other way, I think I was so traumatized by my "psycho church lady" mom that I actually would bring my babies to church in their jammies because I knew it would give my mom a heart attack I still have a nine year old who wears nothing but boys clothes.

Oops, just checked, you said first time moms, never mind. No patent leather here though. See you on Jerry Springer

Martha

[AdrienneG]

I chuckle to myself when I think about my baby's first diaper blowout and how instead of handwashing the onesie to get rid of the poop stain before it could be washing by machine, I made a face at the thought of washing that by hand, and threw it into the trash can.

I normally don't get squeamish by things like that, but I had a moment where I forgot that babies tend to have more than one diaper blowout and I cannot throw away every outfit that gets poop on it.

[LisaCA]

second, third and fourth time moms (and dads) are welcome too. I just figured that by the second kid you'd calm down, lol.

and we're aiming for oprah's book club, when dd writes her "mommy dearest" type book and I go on to defend myself. Springer's the rest of my family, lol.

[coopspa]

"When my daughter comes home, I will not dress her in pink all the time! I refuse to raise a froofroo girl." --12 mo. ago.

Last time I checked it looked like someone had vomited pepto-bismal in my daughter's closet.

[LisaCA]

omg, I said the same thing!! no pink! then I realized that if she doesn't wear pink she'll be naked, so tons of pink. In fact she's wearing a hot pink dress with tight that have hot pink in them .

[cherrymom]

I say do it while you can. I dressed my dd (now 14) in froo-froo pink & cutesy until she started protesting (about 4/5) and now I get to do it all over again with my 20 mnth old. BTW - my 14 yr old just picked out a really cute white lacey dress for the summer so maybe her roots are coming back (ha! ha!) So far my little one loves it - she seems to be a "bling, bling" little girl. Loves the "pretties" HOWEVER - my 14 yr old will not wear tights/nylons or anything like it to this day. So maybe I have traumatized her....

[sugarbabysmommy]

Just gotta say, tights are evil! Don't you remember having droopy tight bottoms and yanking them up all day?


My mommy confession, if babe wants nothing but pudding while sick, that's ok by me as long as food goes down the gullit. And, I'm a clothing snob... never thought I would be.

[MamaTo6]

Okay Lisa...you said second third and fourth time moms BUT you didnt add SIXTH time moms. Too bad Im jumping in anyway.

I surprise myself everyday, and more than that I surprise my grown kids.

The older kids would NOT have gotten away with the temper tantrums Mikey has. Now I tend to ignore them or even pick him up and baby him a bit or even God forbid, give into him. I know bad mommy. The older kids roll their eyes (with love).

Mikey also has enough clothes to clothe triplets. Lets not even start on shoes. DH says the clothes and shoes he has will be out of style by the time he gets a chance to wear it all. I already have next years Halloween costume and Snowsuit.


Toys are another of my addictions. Infact it has gotten so bad that I now need to give away alot of toys because our lil man is so overwhelmed. We have a 3 floor home and each floor has a toy room. Mikey plays with hardly any of it, he would be much happier with a pie plate and a spoon. (so would my bank account)

[sugarbabysmommy]

... and I'm a book snob too.

[LisaCA]

first, there's nothing cuter than really bowed legs in tights and a mini skirt. Kills me every time I look at her. Still cute now that her legs have straightened but she's still pigeon-toed. Striped tights are a riot. And they make tights better than before, with spandex and what not. no more saggy crotch. not that I wore tights (too hot in southern california normally). Plus, my guess is that tights are the least of her discomforts (the diaper wad between her legs, lol?)

second, I knew I'd be shot out of the water with the lack of 6th, 7th, etc . Since I know there are folks here with 16 plus kids, I should have just stopped while I was offending everyone only once, lol.

[momofmykids]

Two words....SPONGE ROLLERS! I hated them as a child and swore I'd never do that to my daughter. But guess what? Yep, Miss T had some really pretty curls about three Easters ago. Hey, it's a rite of passage don't ya think?

[kelleymac]

My confession: I have become my mother. Those things I swore I'd NEVER say...yep, I hear them come out of my mouth all the time.


Kelley

[sneezyone]

I *AM* my mother. Oooonne...Twwwoooo.....Twwwwoooo and a haaalf (if she's being really uncooperative) ...THREEEE! And by the time I get to three, poof, no more bad behavior.

[BestLight]

Originally Posted by kelleymac

My confession: I have become my mother.

Me too! During potty-training, I've been known to hover my kids' bottoms over a public toilet (especially porta-potties -- !) in hopes of avoiding any contact whatsoever.

Mom would be proud!

(A bit OT from OP...)