Due April 2018- no idea how to look after a baby!

[carpetbrush]

^as above really! This is our first, and apart from seeing the babies of others, I have no clue how to do a thing!

will I learn on the job?

[Seeline]

I had no experience at all. My eldest has made it to 16 so I think you just learn as you go along

[Seeline]

Oh - and when the second comes along, and you think you'll be fine having done it all before, you find out each one is different........

[teaandbiscuitsforme]

You’ll be fine! I only held a baby for the first time 2 weeks before my DD was born and I had to ask a Midwife how to change a nappy. Don’t stress, it’s a steep learning curve but it’s soon second nature!

[Bluelonerose]

Honestly you will never know what your doing you'll wing it a lot and feel like your not getting anywhere but you will I promise x

[BiglyBadgers]

It's OK, we're all just winging it I promise you. Anyone who tells you otherwise is lieing or delusional.

[mimiholls]

Nobody knows what they're doing and there's really no way to prepare you for it, you will learn on the job. I had several moments thinking 'somebody tell me what to do I have no fucking clue what I'm doing!' when dd was tiny. There is so much conflicting information and advice, there is no 'right' way to do most things anyway.

[Blueskyrain]

If you think about it, no animal 'knows' before they reproduce, but they manage being parents just fine. It soon becomes second nature.