10 things your new baby won't worry about - so why should you?
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The house is a mess and you can't remember what shampoo is. So what? Your baby doesn't care, so neither should you...
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The house is a mess and you can't remember what shampoo is. So what? Your baby doesn't care, so neither should you...10 things your baby won’t worry about
- Whether they are in pink or blue<p> <span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.parentdish.co.uk/news-and-views/please-lets-stop-the-tacky-stereotypes-for-children/" target="_blank">Shocking pink or baby blue</a> is irrelevant when it comes to babygros, rompers and T-shirts. Go with whatever fits, is clean and even better, free, and everyone’s happy. </span></p>
- How you gave birth<p> <span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt;">Your baby doesn’t care how he or she got here, just that they are here with you. So stop beating yourself up about natural births v c-sections, pain relief and forceps and repeat after us: I. Did. Good. </span></p>
- How you look in family photos<p> <span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt;">Because <a href="http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2011/08/04/are-you-the-invisible-mum-in-family-photos/" target="_blank">shots</a> where you’re all looking in different directions, you have milk on your top and your baby looks a teeny, tiny bit possessed are much more fun than posed piccies. </span></p>
- Whether or not you make your own baby food<p> <span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt;">It’s the feeding that you baby cares about, not how much effort (and possibly tears if you have a lid-off-liquidiser-moment) goes into the making. </span></p>
- If their clothes are fancy<p> <span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt;">£600 for <a href="http://www.parentdish.co.uk/kids/expensive-and-over-the-top-childrens-gear/" target="_blank">baby Burberry</a> which won’t fit within a month? We thought not. Mothercare has seven bodysuits for a tenner!</span></p>
- That they see you in the bath/on the loo/living in PJs<p> <span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt;">New babies, and for that matter toddlers (you might draw the line at <a href="http://www.parentdish.co.uk/kids/nudity-in-families-do-you-go-naked-in-front-of-your-children/" target="_blank">teens</a>) won’t notice if you’re on the loo or in the tub when you’re chatting to them, singing away or trying desperately to stay awake. So don’t panic, take them in with you.</span></p>
- How many pictures there are of them on Facebook<p> <span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt;">There’s plenty of time for uploads when he hits double figures, so don’t feel you have to <a href="http://www.parentdish.co.uk/baby/why-do-parents-have-to-share-everything-their-children-do-on-facebook/" target="_blank">compete with friends</a> in the picture stakes online. Babies can’t count.</span></p>
- That you're always late<p> <span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt;">It doesn’t matter if you spend the first year of your baby’s life going back into the house to pick up something you’ve forgotten, or if you’re always on a go-slow no matter where you’re off to. You’ll get there. And everyone else can just wait. </span></p>
- That your hair hasn't been washed in a week<p> <span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt;">Babies sometimes can’t even tell if they have sick on themselves. Enough said.</span></p>
- What he gets for his first birthday<p> <span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt;">The wrapping paper is a present enough alone, but if you really want to celebrate, you can easily be awarded Parent of the Year if you give your baby their very favourite play item of all time: the cardboard box. If you have relatives and friends asking for ideas, be honest! If you need something practical, ask for it. Even nappies can be wrapped with a fancy bow…</span></p>
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