“We’re not going to do screen time.” “He can nap anywhere.” “He’s going to adapt to our lifestyle.”
If you said any of these before your kid arrived, congratulations — you were a Beginner Parent. We all were.
I said every single one of these. All of them. Out loud. To other people. With confidence. Owen has since humbled me on each count, sometimes in the same afternoon.
The screen time one lasted eleven days. The “he’ll adapt to our lifestyle” one lasted until the first restaurant meltdown. The sleep one is still a sore subject.
What was your most embarrassing Beginner Parent take? No judgment — we’ve all been there.