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I wish I had known how short lived the little annoyances are i.e. potty training, saying annoying repetitions when wanting something before she could ask and that being a father doesn't make a good father.

Now that I've had my second child I can honestly say I wish I had known how precious breastfeeding truly is. With my first, I attempted to breastfeed but wasn't committed and ending up switching to formula early on. Now that I've matured and had my daughter, I made a commitment to myself and my baby to breastfeed. It has truly been the most wonderful bonding experience.

I'm not sure that there is an actual known "wish" for me. I come from a very large family and had always been around babies and lots of children as are my three girls around my nieces, nephews all the time.

I guess for me it would possibly be how a child does need you as the parent to do everything for them. They need you totally for a very long time. Sure they learn to do things as they get older, but mom is always there no matter what.

J.

www.noahbyjodi.com

I was very young also when I had my first(22). But my wish is for my second. I wish I knew how hard a high maintainance baby was going to be on my first born. We do lots of outings as a family, but there are still times my son has to get pushed to the side for a little bit, because his sister need something. Not alot, but he has told me that there are times that he feels lonely in our family. It broke my heart.

I was pretty young when I had my first.. almost 22 years old. I wish I had immediate family around me to help me more and knowledge of what post partum depression was. ( I had my first in 1984.. it really wasn't talked about back then)..

Someone should have lined up a nanny or babysitter for me realizing how hard it was going to be there at first with getting up through the night and so forth. I had c-sections and nursed all three of mine. I just was so tired and depressed.
Having help makes all the difference so you can enjoy those early months with the baby. Good luck to you!

I would have liked to know what happens immediately after you give birth to the baby and two weeks following. I mean with my own body. Also the overwhelming love that I would feel for my child (especially since I always knew I wanted to be a Mom and that I loved kids so I just was overwhelmed to feel that level of love). I don't think anyone could ever explain it to you. It is something you have to feel. That you have to know yourself inside out. Because parenting is a challenge and if you don't know what your weaknesses are you will be at a disadvantage in being able to parent to your fullest potential. Also that each child that you have is different and what worked for one may not work for another and you must be very, very flexible. And that you will have to let go of all your control issues in order to again be a better parent. I'm sure their are many more but I don't want to write a book.

LOVE the question :)

here is a different response from mant that you will get....

I wish I had known how how to respond to everyone that was always ready to give me advice, suggestions, hints, instructions, etc.

I know have 4 but I wish with my first one that I would have been more "lais back" and not worried so much about the small things..I was very uptight andworried about everything..I guess that goes along with having your first baby..

I wish I would have know how bad most of the baby skincare products are for the skin and to have known about more natural solutions versus spending so much time and money at the doctor's office! Now I am smarter? How about you?

I wish I would have known that children's minds are like a sponge especially up to the age of 7. And how important it is to heal our own issues/traumas so not to pass them on to our children.

This sounds terriable, but I wish that I would have known that that little baby growing inside of me is going to be mean the world to me and you should really cherish this time you have with he/she growing inside of you!

I had a very hard pregnancy. I was pretty misrable from 6 months on... I gave birth to an 11Lb 8oz boy afer 2 days of labor! I thought to myself- I will never do this again... 4 years later and I don't remember any of the pain or weight gain!! I only wish I knew how much I loved him so that it would have made the pain and anguish much much more bearable. I hope that makes sense.