Everyone has things to tell you, you know your child best (Being a Parent)

Member Name: Charlie007

Product:	Being a Parent
Date:	22/04/09 (80 review reads)
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Advantages: The best thing in the world

Disadvantages: lack of sleep

I had always wanted to have children but hadn't fully considered when this would happen - it had always been one of the things on the list of things to do but had not been properly planned so three years ago my husband and i decided that we shouldn't leave it too much longer - we got married and then soon after that tried for a baby - in April last year i found out i was pregnant and now have a four and a half month old baby who is the best thing that can ever happen to anyone!

I think that before she was born i had a clue about children and i work with children professionally - giving advise and support to parents so you would imagine that i knew what i was talking about but the reality of having a child is soo different to what i thought it would be - it is amazing but in such a different way to how i thought it would be.

It is like a secret world where you have to have a baby in order to fully understand it.

The biggest shock initially was the lack of sleep - everyone had said make sure that you get your sleep before she is born - which i ignored but hey were they right, now i would love a full night of unbroken sleep - she is sleeping through but i still need to wake up to make sure that she is ok!

If i were to do it again (and i am hoping too!!) then i think the things that i would do differently are
have more us time after the birth, our house became a conveyor belt of people going round and round for about three weeks!
I would also not buy as much - i got caught up in the excitment of shopping and got lots of clothes that she never wore and is now too big for - other people get you lots of cute things so buy the practical stuff first.
You don't need everything that is in the magazines, you don't need a bottle warmer that plugs into your car cigarette lighter and 100 of the other things that have been designed and marketed so that you think you are a very bad mother if you don't have them!


Enjoy every minuite - it goes soo fast!

Summary: Everyone has things to tell you, you know your child best