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<blockquote data-quote="Thunderfoot" data-source="post: 3682954" data-attributes="member: 34175">CongratsNow to the advice, all very good so far - but also remember - BABIES BOUNCE!&nbsp; In other words, at some point your child will fall down and hurt itself, they may bleed, they will cry, they will get over it and they will heal and usually they will learn from it.&nbsp; The hardest thing a new parent has to learn is that overprotection is almost as bad as abuse.&nbsp; If the child is overprotected, they will not learn valuable life lessons (like the stove is hot) or if you decide to climb a tree, you may fall down (of course this takes into account a few years worth of lessons, but I think you get the picture.)The first time the child is old enough to understand that fall down and cry means parents run up and give me a cookie (metaphorically speaking), they will milk it for all its worth.&nbsp; Children are inherently perspective and even if they can't tell right from wrong, they will figure out very quickly how to control you better than a mind flayer. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />Its worth the sleepless nights, the bumps and bruises, etc though.&nbsp; My oldest just graduated High School and started college, my youngest just started High School...and every moment may not be a bed of roses, but it is awesome. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Thunderfoot, post: 3682954, member: 34175"] Congrats Now to the advice, all very good so far - but also remember - BABIES BOUNCE! In other words, at some point your child will fall down and hurt itself, they may bleed, they will cry, they will get over it and they will heal and usually they will learn from it. The hardest thing a new parent has to learn is that overprotection is almost as bad as abuse. If the child is overprotected, they will not learn valuable life lessons (like the stove is hot) or if you decide to climb a tree, you may fall down (of course this takes into account a few years worth of lessons, but I think you get the picture.) The first time the child is old enough to understand that fall down and cry means parents run up and give me a cookie (metaphorically speaking), they will milk it for all its worth. Children are inherently perspective and even if they can't tell right from wrong, they will figure out very quickly how to control you better than a mind flayer. :D Its worth the sleepless nights, the bumps and bruises, etc though. My oldest just graduated High School and started college, my youngest just started High School...and every moment may not be a bed of roses, but it is awesome. ;) [/QUOTE]

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