My fiancé and I had our baby shower last weekend, all of our closest family and friends attended and it only made us more excited about our little peanut. We're first time parents and it was an eye opening experience unwrapping all the gifts, we got stuff we never would of thought we needed! We got a stroller and a travel system (they do the same thing but I guess they're different), a wipe warmer to keep the babies butt happy, a bottle steamer to keep everything sanitary. It was a little overwhelming to say the least but I think we got everything we need.
At the entry way to the hall we had a advice box where our guest could provide us with parenting tips. One that particularly stood out to me said " don't worry about making mistakes, you'll learn from your experiences, we were all first time parents at one point." I don't know who provided this advice but it helped put me at ease. I've been stressing out lately with the due date inching closer and closer, I've even developed a twitch in my left eye that won't seem to go away from all the stress. It's not that I'm worried about being a bad parent, it's just that I don't want to mess up, I want make sure everything is done right. Reading John Dewey this week reinforced that I need to breathe and stop thinking to much into things, I'm going to make mistakes but those mistakes will lead to knowledge because all knowledge is gained through experience. I'm going to learn as I go through doing, I might change a diaper wrong or struggle with getting the car seat perfectly leveled but its not the end of the world and I will only make that mistake once.
I also have the benefit of a great support system of experienced parents and teachers, if any of my readers would like to provides me some advice please comment below :-)
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