Since I didn't ask...

[beetiger]

Now that I'm pregnant, people seem to have a variety of opinions on what I should do about any baby-related topic, from what I should be eating to circumcision to sleeping arrangements to how long one should breastfeed to whether I should go back to work right away.

I'm trying not to be annoyed by this. In fact, I'm really trying to embrace it, since it's mostly well-meaning.

For this reason, I open this up to you. Please give me unsolicited advice, on any topic (not just baby stuff). Anonymous comments fine. No promises on whether I take any of it.

(I'd do this as a poll, but I wanted to leave the option of long responses.)

Comments

[tempralisis.livejournal.com]

This is advice for a few years from now, but…
How to get your kid to tell you the truth: guaranteed to possibly work some of the time!
Truth Bear (or some other similar stuffed animal/ inanimate object/ etc.). When you want your child to give you the truth, wave said object in front of your kid and say in a squeaky voice (obviously coming from said object) to “tell the truth!”. (Specifically, tell the truth to the object, not you.) There is one catch. You can’t actually do anything with the truth. You can’t punish your kid, or in fact act on it in any way. Otherwise the trick doesn’t work. Anyway, this worked well on me until, about… um… middle school.

-Tau