3 Big Mistakes I Made As A New Father
When I first found out my wife was pregnant and we were expecting our first child, I promised myself that I would do everything I could to take on my share of responsibility for raising our baby.
I literally went out to the bookstore that day and bought several books on raising a baby, and I read them from cover to cover throughout my wife's pregnancy.
I literally read close to 1000 pages on the development of babies and just about every review I could get my hands on for baby products.
I thought I had all of my bases covered, but even with all of the information I read, I still made a plethora of mistakes.
One of the biggest mistakes I made and one that really shakes me up every time I think about, is the fact that I did not have my baby's car seat installed properly for close to three months.
When a friend pointed out how loose it was and that I did not install it properly, I got a huge wake-up call.
Ever since that day, I always take any car seat that needs to be installed to a car see inspection station, and I strongly urge you to do the same.
You can find the locations of these inspection stations in your area, by doing a simple search online.
Another big mistake I made was that on several occasions I forgot to check to make sure my baby was actually strapped into her car seat.
What good is having your car seat installed properly, if you forget to strap your baby in? Sometimes when my wife and I were in a hurry, I would assume that she had strapped our daughter into the car seat and vice versa.
Since we had a cover on the car seat, you could not easily see if she was strapped in or not.
On a few occasions when we got to our destination, we would be horrified to find out that she was not in fact buckled in.
After the second or third time it happened, we both made it a point to always check to make sure she was strapped in, before the car was started.
Finally, another costly mistake I made was to buy too much baby clothing when my baby was first born.
I didn't realize how quickly my daughter was going to grow out of her clothing, and she only ended up wearing about a quarter of the outfits I bought for her.
I could have literally saved hundreds of dollars, by only buying clothing for her as needed.
While you are bound to make plenty of mistakes as a new parent, hopefully by reading this article, you will be able to avoid the mistakes I listed above, and not have to learn the hard way like I did.
I literally went out to the bookstore that day and bought several books on raising a baby, and I read them from cover to cover throughout my wife's pregnancy.
I literally read close to 1000 pages on the development of babies and just about every review I could get my hands on for baby products.
I thought I had all of my bases covered, but even with all of the information I read, I still made a plethora of mistakes.
One of the biggest mistakes I made and one that really shakes me up every time I think about, is the fact that I did not have my baby's car seat installed properly for close to three months.
When a friend pointed out how loose it was and that I did not install it properly, I got a huge wake-up call.
Ever since that day, I always take any car seat that needs to be installed to a car see inspection station, and I strongly urge you to do the same.
You can find the locations of these inspection stations in your area, by doing a simple search online.
Another big mistake I made was that on several occasions I forgot to check to make sure my baby was actually strapped into her car seat.
What good is having your car seat installed properly, if you forget to strap your baby in? Sometimes when my wife and I were in a hurry, I would assume that she had strapped our daughter into the car seat and vice versa.
Since we had a cover on the car seat, you could not easily see if she was strapped in or not.
On a few occasions when we got to our destination, we would be horrified to find out that she was not in fact buckled in.
After the second or third time it happened, we both made it a point to always check to make sure she was strapped in, before the car was started.
Finally, another costly mistake I made was to buy too much baby clothing when my baby was first born.
I didn't realize how quickly my daughter was going to grow out of her clothing, and she only ended up wearing about a quarter of the outfits I bought for her.
I could have literally saved hundreds of dollars, by only buying clothing for her as needed.
While you are bound to make plenty of mistakes as a new parent, hopefully by reading this article, you will be able to avoid the mistakes I listed above, and not have to learn the hard way like I did.
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