One line tips for new parents

Anonymous
Write funny stuff that they do down. Put your phone away.
Anonymous
Sticking to a schedule is worth it!
Anonymous
Parenting is hard—if you’re taking too many shortcuts to make it easy, something is going to go wrong.
Anonymous
It's a long road.
Anonymous
Pick your battles.
Anonymous
Put 24 rolls of TP in every bathroom before you head to the hospital.
Anonymous
Park closest to the cart return. Not the front door.

Buy jackets one size too big to accommodate sweaters.
Anonymous
Get a lot of those soft baby washcloths.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Recently went to a baby shower and everyone was asked to provide one line tip inside the card. Don't have kids myself so looking for suggestions....


You WENT or are going?
Always weird to me when non parents give advice so I'd stick to more generalizable things.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Teach them proper diction and grammar. Every time. No “Susie and me went to the store”. Eradicate “like” from their speech.


This is silly advice
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:The days are long but the years are short. Enjoy every moment.


I think anyone who says “enjoy every moment” is putting too much pressure on new moms and also doesn’t remember a lot of the moments!
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Comparison is the thief of joy. Love the child you have, for who they are.


This one is awesome!
Anonymous
Always know where your scissors and sharpies are.
Anonymous
OP, if you don’t have kids, can you provide advice from your childhood? Something your parents did well or something you wish they had done? That would be more useful to the new mom than something you gleaned from the Internet.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Sometimes it’s ok to just throw the onesie or outfit
away.

(This will make sense later.)


lol... and the onesies are designed to be pulled off down over the legs should you ever need to
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