It may seem ironic but the best advice is ‘Don’t Be Afraid to Ignore Advice’. You can be easily swamped by all the wonderful people trying to give you good advice.

When your baby arrives, your love for that newborn will be like their bowel movements, overflowing!

trust yourself, and enjoy you look back and it was only short amount of time next the are starting school

Don’t stress when having your first about knowing what to do as it just comes naturally. Also if you’re really tired during the day take a nap while baby is sleeping as the housework can wait!

you can’t prepare for everything

Do what you feel is right, don’t be pressured by social media to be the mum that you aren’t meant to be.

The best advice I was given was to let go of the ‘shoulds’ – my baby should be doing this or that, as a parent I should be doing this…. Approach each day as a fresh day with minimal expectations and enjoy and love your baby as they are TODAY!

Enjoy your sleep while your pregnant because that will go straight out the door once but has arrived.

Never wake a sleeping baby!

Just take one day at a time and try and enjoy this stage of your child’s life

Nothing Goes as Planned – be adaptable, think on your feet and trust yourself. Be prepared to do things differently – after all every preganancy, birth and upbringing is different & unique so embrace how you want to do it

It’s normal for infants to have short sleep windows, so try to reset your expectations. Also know that your sleep is important, too, so grab sleep when you can.

Take any offers for help, any. Also don’t be scared to ask for help, as you’ll need it. Even if it means someone watching the baby while you catch up on sleeps, it’s important and worth it.

A happy mum makes for a happy baby. Look after myself too

First time mum is tough, you’ve read the books and get told what to do from midwifes and clinic nurse and if things are not as they should be, you feel like your failing, so think best advice is, there is no wrong way, just do what works for you!!!

Get lots of waterproof mattress protectors. For your bed, the cot, the guest room. Your life is about to get a lot more fluid.

this would be great for my 12 month old neice shes teething really bad at the moment and also a bit snotty, my sister isnt getting any sleep because shes worried about bubs.

I dont know, I dont have kids, im a aunty and babysitter to my neice and nephew but people tell my sister = ask for help if you need it and try make time to still do something that you want to do., like my sister loves the gym so at least 3 times a week she will ask me or someone else to babysit for an hour and she will go to the gym. im entering for my 12 month old neice.

Don’t listen to peoples labour stories, if they were so traumatic , no one would ever go back again!

“Enjoy the moment” , this was repeatedly told to me. No matter how messy my house was, I was told to be there in the moment and breath. Always remember no matter what, you are your child’s everything. Happy mom is the mom your child needs.