Just read the manual! What manual?!

Kids don’t come with instruction manuals. Of course there are tons of books on the market, starting when a woman is pregnant, about child bearing and child rearing, but how do you know which one is the right one, especially for you and your child. I had babysat from the time I was 12 through my early twenties. I worked for several families and was pretty close to a nanny for one of them. I considered being a nanny for a long time. So when I was pregnant with Oldest I thought I had a pretty good head start on things. Like most new moms to be, I read What to Expect When Your Expecting and my husband leafed through What to Expect When Your Wife is Expanding. They got us through pregnancy for the most part. They did not prepare me or us for the premature labor, bed rest and eventual C-section, but we muddled through and Oldest was born a very healthy, nine pound, plus baby. I remember thinking the first night we brought him home, even though I knew a lot about caring f