Today DW and I talked about the numerous parenting decisions we've made so far and if there exists the best one (despite all our horrible mistakes!!! :wink: ).
For us, the best decision may be "moving house". The decision was planned, but the fact that it has been the best is retrospective.
DW and I had lived in a very small house (with a cat) for nearly 10 years before she was pregnant, and we had moved our house (still with the cat) to a place very near to DW's workplace (10 minute's walk suffices) just before DS's birth. At that time we only had a vague thought of "living close to MaMa's workplace so that mother and baby can see each other easily" (considering the general breastfeeding unfriendly environment here).
It has turned out that this decision was very correct because DW had problems expressing enough milk for storage, and DS actively resisted bottle-feeding (or any other containers holding BM - I was worried at that time - we had tried a dozen brands of bottles and teats). Since DW has resumed her job, there has been virtually no need for expressing breastmilk because either DW returns home to nurse during a short break or I wear DS to her workplace for a feeding (except once - but I used a banana instead of EBM!!! :D ).
Although usually everything is done in a quick rush - the timings between DW's scheduled meetings, DS's needs for feeding and naps often crash (which make me rather stressful)! But on the whole, we have been still able to manage it quite well IMHO (including the fact DW's bosses have never grumbled).
However, we may still move house again in the near future, because air pollution (and rent rate) is a problem in this most crowded part of the island. So if there is BabyFranklen2 (hopefully!) we may not be able to replicate this decision (I guess I will be very nervous again).
What about you? Could you share any best (planned or retrospectively speaking) parenting decision you think you've made so far?
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