Okay, Timehop. Enough with the reminders from nine years ago. I said dumb things before I was a parent. Everybody hear that? I want to publicly stand (sit, actually) before you all and say (well, write) OOPS SORRY. Some thoughts: 1. Almost nothing about parenting is as black and white as I thought it was. 2. I didn't truly know tired. Going significant amounts of time without sleep is tantamount to completely losing your sanity. You will do virtually anything to get it back. See Point 3. 3. Some of the things I said I'd never do are the very things I turned around and did to survive. I flipped quicker than a politician after an election. 4. A Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Ed. will prepare you to teach well and school you in child development, but you'll still feel like you know nothing about your own baby sometimes. 5. I was probably least receptive to the advice that ended up being the most helpful in the trenches. "Stop researching." "Prepa...
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