Re:Ask HN: Parents of HN, what are the things you wish you k...
by fred_is_fred on Sunday January 12, 2020 @03:46PM
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I wish #1 was known by everyone and not just parents. Pretty much everyone (including other parents) will blame you if your kid is a poor sleeper/poor eater/very active etc.
Re:Ask HN: Parents of HN, what are the things you wish you k...
by duxup on Sunday January 12, 2020 @10:08PM
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I was going to go with number 1 as well.
Another result of #1 is that when faced with a problem....try everything.
Baby not sleeping?
Go to bed earlier...or later. Don't sweat what works for others, just try things and accept that you're probably just going to bump into solutions accidentally...or they will just grow out of it.
2. They are a lot more durable, and less fragile than you'll initially feel. I stressed a ton over our first child. I tried not to be a helicopter parent, but still, in relative terms, every health issue stressed me out a lot. In fact, I stressed so much during the first weeks of our first child's life that I got stress-induced shingles! For the 2nd and 3rd, I'm much more relaxed and I simply have less time and attention to hover over everything that happens to them. Let them fall, get hurt, etc - they can handle it and they learn from it. Injuries, scars, etc all heal for the most part. Obviously this does not apply to truly serious conditions of incidents, but those are rare relative to your worrying.