[nazghoul]

Good read. I really liked the line about soliciting advice from second time parents.

Also: “We all came out like this. This is how it has always happened. Insane.“

… I was a C-section :P

[flpm]

As a second time parent, looking back now, that is such a good advice. On the first play-through we second guessed ourselves so much. On the second time, we knew where all the good loot was hidden. :) we felt so much more in control. The truth is that a lot of details first-time parents try to control don't really matter that much or cannot really be controlled.

[xandrius]

What are these details? I'm curious to know what to focus on and what not to.

[DoingIsLearning]

Well, there are Persian texts talking about c-sections more than 3 millenia old. So I guess if you adjust your timeline you can argue C-sections are also "how it has always happened" for some of us.

[mattgreenrocks]

Pet peeve: parents you meet in passing warning me that $THEIR_KIDS_AGE is actually the hardest age to parent after asking how old my son is. :)

Nobody said it was going to be easy. They’re just venting after all. I just smile and nod.

[dgfitz]

I always tell my spouse: “the easiest day we had with the kids was yesterday” and they’re 2, 4, and 10.