| PSYCHOLOGICAL PREPARATION BEFORE DUE - | | | | truth. Do not be scared when you heard something |
| PART 1 | | | | from others. To trust yourself! You will be driven by |
| Are your ready to be parents? If it is the first time | | | | the instinct of love to a correct way caring your |
| for you to become parents, psychological preparation | | | | baby. |
| is one of the most important things. | | | | THINKING ABOUT YOUR OWN PARENTS |
| PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTOR 1: DO NOT THINK | | | | The best way to learn how to foster a baby is to |
| PARENTING IS SO COMPLICATED | | | | think about your own parents. The way you parent |
| There are so many exciting and uncertain things in | | | | your own children actually will be affected a lot by |
| the journey of becoming the new parents. You might | | | | the way your parents treated to you. Think about it, |
| be worry so much about less experiences of | | | | to see what you can learn from them and what was |
| parenting due to it is the first time to become dad | | | | not very good which will be thrown away. Write |
| and mom. Do not worry! Actually, parenting is not | | | | down on your dairy in case you can not remember in |
| such a complicated thing as expected. The first step | | | | the future. It is very useful for you to become a |
| you could do is to adjust yourself in psychological | | | | good dad and mom. |
| way. | | | | ACCUMULATE EXPERIENCES |
| BE CONFIDENT | | | | The experiences caring baby is accumulated day by |
| Enough confidence is very important to new dad and | | | | day. You will find that you learn how to parent your |
| mom, because only you can be the best person to | | | | child during parenting. The trust between you and |
| foster your baby; no others can do this job except | | | | your child will be built up in this journey. Through this |
| yourself. Your baby will trust you only if you trust | | | | journey, you are becoming mature. |
| yourself. | | | | Psychological factor 5: Do not add pressure on |
| DO NOT BE SCARED BY OTHERS | | | | yourself |
| You must be talking a lot about caring baby with | | | | Becoming good parents does not mean you have to |
| your family and friends to intend to obtain some | | | | give up your original interests and freedom, and put |
| experiences from them. You must be reading a lot of | | | | all of energy into looking after your baby. You should |
| magazines, papers and articles which tell you how to | | | | have normal sexual life and have good communication |
| become parents. Some times, they are really | | | | between each other. A harmonious family will give |
| confused. Some times they are even conflict each | | | | your child a positive affect, and it is helpful to his/her |
| other. Do not believe that they always talk all the | | | | future. |