breaking the rules......

so at this point, i think we've broken at least 90% of all "the rules"......you know the ones that are in bold in "the books" and the ones the nurses in the hospital tell you over and over again?.......

broken rule #1 - never fall asleep while holding your baby - um, broke that one while still in the hospital......=)
broken rule #2 - never bring your baby into your bed to sleep while you're sleeping - if it's 4 am and you know you don't have the energy to get your kid to fall back to sleep in the crib, you'll do it too!......
broken rule #3 - always wash a burp cloth that falls on the ground before using - well if it falls on the floor of the T or something, ok, but otherwise we're throwing caution to the wind.......
broken rule #4 - never leave your baby on the changing table while you grab a diaper changing item - ok granted we don't do this anymore, but we used to in her pre-wiggly stage........
broken rule #5 - make sure you are adept at more than one breastfeeding position - the football hold worked for us in the hospital, and that's the one we're sticking with!......
broken rule #6 - put baby to sleep awake so they know how to fall back to sleep on their own if they wake up - we tried, sort of, but this rarely works......i'd rather re-swaddle her at 2am to help her drift back to dreamland than listen to her cry at 9pm.......

well maybe we haven't broken as many as i thought......here are some that we haven't broken......

unbroken rule #1 - always put baby to sleep on their back
unbroken rule #2 - always buckle baby up in carseat for a ride (we've unintentionally broken this one, but i'm sticking with it being unbroken as it's not one we want to break)
unbroken rule #3 - never shake your baby
unbroken rule #4 - never leave your baby in the car while running an errand

well that puts us at about 60%/40%......guess it's not quite the 90% broken i was expecting......give us time - we're bound to break more!