If only kids came with instructions.....

I have heard it said so many times…”If only kids came with instructions!”  These people have obviously not been in the right place at the right time.  We have been taking child birth classes the last few weeks, and we have had a lot of information shoved at us.  This week we took a class called “Little Steps” which was about parenting a newborn.  We got more handouts and pamphlets than we know what to do with.  Everyone and their brother has a book about parenting (some of them are even good).  Not to mention that everyone and their sister has some sort of advise for us (some of that is even good).  I searched Amazon for “Kid instruction manual” and the closed I came is “Kids don’t come with instruction manuals:  Basic parenting skills”.  So I thought we could strike it rich by publishing the “Kid’s Instruction Manual”.  We could just compile all the stuff we’ve been given and put it into a book.  Of course, it would be the most contradictory book ever written.  Chapter 1-Bottles aren’t Bad.  Chapter 2-No Boob, Bad Mom.  Chapter 3-Let ‘em Cry, It’s Good for ‘em.  Chapter 4-Babies Don’t Spoil, Pick that Crier Up.  You get the picture.

Really though, we have gotten a lot of good information.  I’m not sure it will matter, because all the studying in the world is no substitute for hands on training.  Some days I feel prepared.  Some days I think I have no idea what I’m going to do.  Some days I freak out, others I’m calm as a cucumber.  What will be will be.  We only have 6 weeks left!  I can’t believe how fast its gone by.  That little guy will be here before we know it and then what!!!  We’ll do great!!!!!