Did you follow all of the guidelines after having a baby?

My baby didnt like to be swaddle so we used a blanket, but thats not necessarily against guideline, as long as its tucked in properly.

She NEVER wore a hat or mittens

I had a bath as soon as I got home from the hospital, episiotomy and forceps birth.

She slept through from 13 weeks.

We went to the shops when she was 2 days old (she didn't like the bottles we had and I had cabin fever)

Restaurants at around a week.

Im sure theres more but thats all I can think of.

Never bought a prep machine, dont trust the build-up of mould and bio film, and there is more work 6 necessary to clean.
If staying home i had 2 bottles prepped in fridge if going out water was pre filled in bottle and milk was weighed out in a tub so I could just add milk. Also stated weening son at 3 months as he was drinking 9 ounce hungry formula every 3 hours he was hungry I fed him it helped.
Let my babies be held by everyone from the day they were born.

Cosleeping, blankets, out in public day after coming home from the hospital, pump fridge hack. Traveling to find a home big enough for our newest member, packed an entire house, drove and moved to another state during my recovery from csection. Had to drive the 3 hours back for my 6 week check-up

i dont trust anyone who says they did exactly everything by the book, its impossible!!!

Sex 4w pp C sections.- both
Drove 4/5 w pp C sections
Formula made in batches and kept in fridge 24 hours to use for bottles throughout day/night.
Didnt sterilise dummy past 3m unless certain floors or dirt.
We took our kids on paddle board with us from around 6mo too 😊- they had a life jacket on! It generated both concerned looks and looks of awe 😅

-Combo fed breast milk and formula from day 1, plus used a pacifier from day 1.
-When my oldest had reflux we propped up the head side of his crib 2 inches to help him sleep
-i would sleep with him on my chest while we were completely cocooned by pillows to hold him in place (only slept like 45 minutes at a time with his reflux)
-sex 4 weeks post c section (1st) and 2 weeks post section (2nd)
-Added a little rice to his formula to thicken it a touch after about 2 months
-started foods at 4 months
-gave up sterilizing bottles etc by 5 or 6 months
-oh and stopped warming formula around 2 months, just pre measured the powder and water to mix and feed as needed

We cosleep but follow the safe sleep 7

I didn’t have any bed rest after giving birth because my babies were in the NICU. I was on my feet and upright all day every day to be there with them. I didn’t sterilize bottles, pump parts or anything after bringing them home from NICU. Put unfinished bottles of breast milk in the fridge for later after being out for god knows how long. Mixed formula with tap water. Let them sleep in the twin z pillow overnight while only somewhat supervised (they wouldn’t lie flat in their beds). I skipped many pumping sessions to get more sleep.

Nope. I did everything by the book. Better safe than sorry.

I guess we sort of bent the "rules" lol. Started solids at 4.5 months, co-sleeping since 4 months, out in public 2 days after c-section, family vacation at a month old

To my knowledge, I followed them all. There are a lot to think about but I don’t remember doing anything I was told no to

We do pretty extreme attachment/respectful parenting and I’m quite crunchy so… we broke a lot of “rules” 😂 I trust science and my own intuition though

Sex before 6 ww

Co slept (still do at 15 months)

She didn’t like her bed, our bed, shit the room . She would cry almost every time we stepped foot in , so me and slept in the couch for the first 3 -4 months.

She liked to sleep on her side rather than back to sleep

Started solids before 5 months

Started “allergy” foods early

Never swaddled ( she doesn’t like it unless it was a mommy swaddle)

I followed most of the rules. Truly the only ones I didn't were forming a sleep routine (17 months and still going strong on no routine) and not sterilizing bottles etc. Which is actually not against US guidelines but I've definitely been crucified on here before.

I was so worried about doing anything wrong at first it really messed with my mental health as I was just stressing about absolutely everything but when your sleep deprived and you know your baby is safe and loved you just ignore all the conflicting rules x

- I drove before 6 weeks post c section
- I weaned at 4 months
- my baby slept on her side from day 1
- combo fed from day 1
- pumped from a few days
- was going out for walks from day 1
- used blankets to make her snuggly in bed
- didn’t sterilise everything all the time when I was tired
- co slept from day 1 fo sanity even though I woke up a lot panicking 😅

-I was up and moving way before I should have been (i had a c section). My son has always been more calm outside and loved going on walks so it was really calming for me. I think I was a few days PP and doing 2 or 3 mile walks.
- Co sleeping. I think this is probably the "worst" on my list. I'm a really light sleeper and have a huge bed that we moved to the floor so he wouldn't roll off and have a big fall.
- I was told to pump to help with my supply but it was so draining and felt like the hardest chore. Breastfeeding was also really hard for me so I didnt want anything messing with my breast outside of nursing.
- I know this isnt an official guideline but everyone suggested that we didn't use a binky/pacifier. We used one for the first year. Definitely avoiding this next time around, lol.