What advice did your parents give you when you had your first child?

My mom told me when my daughter was about 2 weeks old not to worry about the house work, the dirty dishes and dirty laundry will always be there, but my daughter will only be a baby once. She also told me when I said I didnt want to spoil her by holding her all the time, ';why not? You only get to spoil them once and all too soon she will be grown up and moving out and starting her own life... '; and that was better than any advice that she could give me about how much to feed her or how to change her...What advice did your parents give you when you had your first child?
don't buy new furniture, kids will just ruin it. they were so right, but i didn't listen!What advice did your parents give you when you had your first child?
Well my mom passed away when I was 15 so she couldn't give me much advice about how to raise my daughter, but I can remember what a wonderful mom she was. She taught me to love with your whole heart and give everything you have to your child. And when they have failures or problems they know that they can always call their parents....And she taught me that kids are such blessings and that you should tell them that everyday. I hope I can be half the mom she was!





Your asking what you can do makes me know you are going to be awesome to!!!
thats easy.......the best advice ever!!!
My dad had passed away when I was 14, but I remember what he told my sister. My mom just told me that now I am becoming a mother that my life was over.
This was actually from my mother-in-law; my parents really didn't have much advice. Anyway, when our son was born, he was in the hospital for five or six days due to high biliruben (sp?) and low blood sugar levels. We finally took him home, and went to the pediatrician the following day. Well, the doctor took her own sweet time about everything, and when the baby fussed, she said ';Don't let that baby make you hold him all the time!'; My wife and I knew, of course, that this was crappy advice.





When we mentioned this dingbat doctor's ';advice'; to my mother in law, she said, ';Enjoy your baby. Hold him all you want. He will never be this age or this little again, so you might as well enjoy him.'; This is the advice I'll be passing along to my kids when they have their own children. That, and ';sleep when the baby sleeps.';
Several things: It's the hardest job you'll ever love. Give one warning and take action. Never argue with a two year old.