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It's impossible to go into parenting without any expectations, but are yours too high?

Take our quick quiz to find out!

Parenthood will be:

Pretty tiring I imagine, so I will just have sit back and take things easy.
Lovely and awful in turns. I'll have to wait and see what happens and adapt as necessary.
Easy - I already have a daily routine worked out so that my partner and my baby will know what to do and when. I want everything to run smoothly


If my baby has sleeping problems, I will:

Consider which method would suit me best and stick to it until we have broken the habit together, even if it means a week of hell to get there!
Just take her back into my bed; I can't face having to keep going in and out all the time.
Either let her scream or do a more efficient form of controlled crying: babies need to learn how to get to sleep with minimal help from their parents. minimal intervention from me.

To stimulate my baby, I will:

Take her to a class, read to her, take her on walks: basically mix things up a bit but make sure she also has enough time for relaxing too.
Play her those educational DVDs several hours a day.
Take her to every baby class there is: singing, swimming, exercise, signing...

If my friends' babies are doing things before mine is, I will:

Shrug and think that the mums and dads must be pressurising their child to perform.
Spend every waking hour of every day trying to help her do things. If this doesn't work, I'll go to the GP and ask what's wrong with her
Accept that children do things at different stages and not get too worked up about it; she'll do it when she's ready

When weaning my baby I will:

Prepare some of the food but I won't beat myself up if I buy prepared food too for a break.
Buy as much as I can ready prepared - why make life tough for myself?
Cook everything from scratch and never buy any pre-prepared foods.

Music is:

Pleasurable for everyone: it can be used to soothe, stimulate or have fun to!
Nice, as long as it's not a CD of those terrible children's songs!
Essential to proper brain development and intelligence.


When potty-training my child, I will:

Give up at the first big accident and let my child tell me when they are ready, even if takes till they're ten.
Have him out of nappies within a week, even if it means covering everything in plastic and being a prisoner in my own house.
Take things as they come and accept that there may be setbacks as well as successes.

'Me time' is:

Whenever I want to put my feet up; children learn fast that way that sometimes they have to wait for things.
Not an option for the next five years at least: my job is to devote myself to my child 24/7.
important: I will try to ensure I get some time each day to read a book or have a bath or go out with a friend.

 

 

 

 
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