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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is just for fun!

Before I was a parent I thought parents sat in the back with their babies because they couldn't stand to leave their precious poopkins alone in back, and I thought they were overly indulgent nuts.  Now I get that its for your own sake to keep the baby from screaming the whole way and I'm totally riding in back to save my sanity

Before I had 2 I didn't really see why screentime was necessary - now I'm all over the ipad for my 2yo to give me 15minutes to get baby down and give him a little 1:1 love[/quote]

I never rode in the back.[/quote]

Same. I still equate it with overly indulgent. [/quote]

Oh FFS - then you didn't have a screamer.  I'm sure you now other things to survive the day that other people judge[/quote]

Another extremely valid reason to sit in the back is to keep your kid from falling asleep until you get home, so you can go for a long crib nap rather than a 10 minute car nap.[/quote]

Nope, never did that either.  I’ve never prevented a child from sleeping. That is just weird to me.[/quote]

Eh, good for you. We were coming home from my husband’s work event the other day, and it was close to the baby’s naptime. Just a 10 minute drive but I knew she might conk out in the car, which would disrupt her sleep schedule for the rest of the day. So I sat next to her for the car ride and made silly faces/played peekaboo for the car trip. She had a great nap when we got home and got much better rest than she would have in the car. In my mind, amusing her so she’d stay up 10 more minutes was best for her overall well-being. It wasn’t “keeping a child from sleeping,” it was taking steps to give her a chance at a better sleep experience.[/quote]

Oh I totally had that kid too -- if she fell asleep for 5 minutes, there would be no nap or no regular bedtime, depending on what was coming up.  Imagine having dinner with the grandparents and then driving home and the 5 minute car nap means she falls asleep at 9 pm instead of 7?  Joy.  This just goes to show that all kids are different.  My second never had this problem.   [/quote]

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