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stressed out
By Lombardi 3 Months Ago
im really stressed out about this pregnancy its my first and i am super tense.i am only 18 and have little experience with little babies. what should i expect? my husbands a little stressed as well. he doesn't know how to act lol.
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By ShelbySAH 3 Months Ago
I was 19 when I first got pregnant, I was married and had had a lot of expierence with babies during my teen years. I still didn't know what to expect. Being a parent is the hardest job in the world.

There is no book to teach you how to be a parent, it is just a hit and miss. I have been a mother for 12 years now and I am still learning.

I suggest because of your age that you and your husband take some local parenting classes.

My husband and I are actually enrolling into a parenting class for parents with preteens. SCARY!!
Last Edit: 2008/08/29 17:02 By ShelbySAH.
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By Lombardi 3 Months Ago
thanks sooo much for the advise=) its really ggod to have some one other than my mother giving it to me=)i have asked my husband to take parenting classes with me but he says that we do not need them.his parents have just flown in from Italy to help out, and mine live about 30 minutes away, and he thinks they will be enough help. personally taking the classes would help a lot but he thinks other wise so i don't know how to persuade him differntly.
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By DONE GOODBYE genevra 3 Months Ago
Lombardi, when are you due with your little one? Even if hubby does not want to go to parenting, you can still go to Mommy and Me classes. Its really like Shelby said, it is a day by day, trial and error process. As long as physical abuse, violence, and assaults do not happen.

I raised 3 sons. It is still, at their ages, 27, 25, & 22, a trial and error procedure. We are still venturing on new territory day by day. Love is never ending, it just stretches, and stretches. So does your patience. As long as you "Say what you mean, mean what you say". Always. That way you don't make empty threats, promises, and the child knows the boundariesand learns to trust your word. Lastly, do NOT make a child make adult decisions. I believe, that the mother decides what the child will eat. Follow the food groups. I hate it when you go to a restaurant, and a 2 year old is deciding what they will order from the menu and trying to order. The waitress is getting impatient all adults googling at the child attempting - but is being taught to grand stand, really. JMO. The child should not have to make that decision, the adult does. If we nip it in the bud, when they are little, adolescence will be an easier process.

And, say NO, and this is ok. Stick with your NO. Kids need Boundaries!

Sorry to go on. I just like seeing parents doing their job, being a PARENT. It is only an 18 year term position. No experience necessary. Common-sense essential. Time sharing, negotiable.

- Genevra
Last Edit: 2008/08/29 22:43 By DONE GOODBYE genevra. Reason: edit
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By Frustrated! 3 Months Ago
I agree with Shelby

Good Luck x x

Brieal
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Re:stressed out
By Lombardi 3 Months Ago
yeah i think i am going to take some classes and drag my husband along even if he wants to or not. i just really hope i live up to all of my own and my parents expectations. i was always taught to be very respectful to my pears and to myself and am glad that my parents had laid out a sturdy foundation for me which i plan to do for my own child, and that i learn from my own mistakes so i can become a better parent.thank you all for the advise it really helps a lot and if you have any tips or any thing for me they would be greatly appreciated
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