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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How many decisions there are to be made while parenting and how hard it is.  Am I being too hard on her?  Am I not being hard enough?  Do I push on this or let it go?  And you second guess yourself all the time.

When I was growing up, I thought my parents just made up a bunch of rules or decided based on their whims at the moment, but they probably put a lot of thought into things and there were a lot of things they thought about that I wasn't privy to.
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Maybe they put a lot of thought into it or maybe they didn’t! When I had kids, I felt like I had to read a bunch of infant and parenting books and had no idea how to change a diaper or what solid foods to give. My mom and those in her generation were like, uh just do it. They also spanked and screamed and I’m sure never read a single book about any parenting topic. I’m not sure which method is better tbh.

When my in laws visited the baby, all the 60-80 year olds were telling me about how they used to rub whisky on the kids’ gums, throw crackers into the cribs, and put the kids down with blankets and pillows. Some of them said I probably shouldn’t do that in this day and age, but you could tell that they thought our generation and methods of parenting were too cautious. MIL thinks Back is Best sleep is ridiculous. [/quote]

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