Long story short this is my first DC, but my DH has two 20ish year old DDs from a previous marriage. He tells me that he did 'everything' when they were babies and so he knows everything already and doesn't need to do any preparation.
My view is that so much has changed in 20 years and advice is very different now - there's all the cot death and car seat safety stuff, advice about feeding is different, and even nappies have changed in that time surely?
It feels like he's being really blase about it all because he's been there done that, and I'm actually pretty concerned that he might do something that was advisable 20-years-ago but is now a big no no.
He's an exceptionally busy man and I can't get him to sit still long enough to read anything, but I don't think he would take any notice anyway as it seems like he's being pretty cocky about already knowing it all. By contrast I'm a real sponge and read everything I can find, but I worry that when it comes to actually putting it into practice it will be a real battle to get him to listen to me that what I am saying is actually the correct advice.
Any advice or shall I just chill out?
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HPonEverything · 10/08/2011 11:43
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