Don’t listen to negative, ignorant or judgmental comments about your parenting (especially if your mother in-law is the one making them).

A smile and nod, is the quickest way to ignore unsolicited advice (you don’t even have to explain yourself/differing stance), just smile and nod, and keep doing your thing.

Say yes to sleep training.

Sleep when the baby sleeps, clean when the baby cleans.

The earlier you break the bad habit the easier it will be to break.

Anonymous wrote:Don’t wake a sleeping baby.

Bad advice. This is what ruined me with my first. If you let a newborn sleep all day they won’t sleep at night. Especially by 6-8 weeks you need to limit daytime naps to 2 hours so they get in enough calories during the day and sleep better at night.

Nobody ever died from crying.

Don’t be afraid of your kids!

They are not going to die if you say no, draw boundaries, put them to sleep when they need to go to sleep (not when they happen to want to.), are strict on screen time, etc. too many parents tiptoe around their kids and we have some majorly entitled obnoxious kids running around because they feel like they rule the roost.

Sleep when the baby sleeps and the days are long but the years are short

Take lots of pictures and videos.
It will be a blur, you won't remember everything.

Pp here. Forgot the best advice I was given:

When you’re both crying, your baby will be fine in the crib while you go take a breath, or flip through a gossip magazine, or take a quick shower, or have some wine etc.

(1) leave the house every day

(2) beaded hot / ice packs are amazing for helping with breast feeding (warmth gets mil flowing) and work as “boo boo packs” later

(3) figure out what advice rings true to you and accept it and let the rest go

Anonymous wrote:Don’t let THE lovey leave the house, except for overnights.

+1 THE lovey never leaves our house. Ever. Each grandma has a different lovey at their house. If we go on vacation, we take a less special stuffed animal. No exceptions. Ever. Crucial rule.

Don’t wake a sleeping baby.

Anonymous wrote:Say no when they ask to play soccer.

What? That’s terrible advice!