No Dummy, Bottle Feeding or Technology are Three Things Parents Quickly Backtrack on

No epidural, dummy or bottle feeding are three things we declared wouldn’t happen when having our own babies, yet subsequently did very quickly.

But if you fail to stick to your original pre-baby plan you are not alone. According to a poll by VoucherCodesPro.co.uk, 97 per cent of parents end up doing something with their baby that they had resolutely decided not to do.

Introducing a dummy, bottle feeding and allowing technology at an early age are the three most common things that new parents quickly backtrack on.

A total of 93 per cent of more than 2,000 people taking part in the poll said that they used books, magazines and websites to help them prepare for their new baby. Whilst 40 per cent felt the information they read was helpful, 25 per cent found they didn’t read anything that helped them prepare at all.

According to these parents the research they did all made them feel stressed enough to put pressure on themselves not to fall into what they considered to be parenting pitfalls.

The most common things parents said they would never do were:

1. Giving my child a dummy – 79 per cent

2. Bottle feeding my child instead of breastfeeding – 59 per cent

3. Introducing my child to technology at an early age – 57 per cent

4. Feeding my child pre-made baby food instead of making it all fresh– 41 per cent

5. Co-sleeping – 38 per cent

6. Swearing in front of my child – 26 per cent

7. Bribing my child – 23 per cent

8. Shouting at my child – 17 per cent

9. Becoming a nag – 11 per cent

10. Arguing with my partner in front of my child – 9 per cent

A 67 per cent of new mums who had waded through the dos and don’t advised others not to be guilt tripped by the professionals with their advice and 14 per cent advised to go with the flow and have fun with the new baby.