All good practice for having a third actual person to account for at all times...
I think that with some books there's a shedload of power-tripping going on, but also a shedload of Being Reassuring By Being Absolutely Positive as well. Me, I'm a bit of an observe-and-analyse-data girl, given that the spanner in the works is that change is the main constant and everything they do from the minute they're Out is a learning experience for them. Including crying, which they Just Do.
It took me forever to work out when Child was crying as an obvious experiment versus crying because he was too hot/too cold, unswaddled, hungry, bored, frightened by dressing gowns hanging on the door or reflections from the doorknobs on the wardrobe, or just having a yell because the sound was fascinating.
You'll be a bloody brilliant mother and O will be a brilliant dad. Lucky Offspring!
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I think that with some books there's a shedload of power-tripping going on, but also a shedload of Being Reassuring By Being Absolutely Positive as well. Me, I'm a bit of an observe-and-analyse-data girl, given that the spanner in the works is that change is the main constant and everything they do from the minute they're Out is a learning experience for them. Including crying, which they Just Do.
It took me forever to work out when Child was crying as an obvious experiment versus crying because he was too hot/too cold, unswaddled, hungry, bored, frightened by dressing gowns hanging on the door or reflections from the doorknobs on the wardrobe, or just having a yell because the sound was fascinating.
You'll be a bloody brilliant mother and O will be a brilliant dad. Lucky Offspring!