20 Problems Only New Parents Will Understand
Drop the pacifier and step away from the baby... really, really quietly.
Remember the nine months before the birth, full of nervous anticipation and preparation? Then, there was that frantic night of rushing into hospital for the birth and welcoming your wonderful new bundle of joy. As traumatising as all that was, you had truly never been so happy.
And then the real nightmare began.
You went from quiet nights in, to frantic days out and the last time you had a day to yourself you wasted it on those damned antenatal classes. Suddenly, you've never been so aware of the times that your parents warned you that it would be harder than you thought and boy were they right - although you'd never admit that to their faces. Of course. there are wonderful moments and the sleepless nights are more than worth suffering through, but boy do we suffer.
In other words - we all love our kids, but never more so than the time between them dropping off to sleep and 4 minutes later, when they wake up... just as the kettle boils.
So settle into your arm chair with that elusive cup of tea (if you've managed to actually make one that hasn't gone stone cold), don't wake the baby and join us in this count down of the most prevalent battles of day to day parenthood.
20. Being Afraid That You'll Break Him/Her
In three months time you'll be throwing baby around like a football, but for now you'll have an inherent fear that the moment you switch position you'll drop them - and you know that it's an irrational fear because you're using your best ninja grip.
At this stage, Mums everywhere will repeatedly advise Dad to "SUPPORT THE HEAD", as though it could fall off at any moment.