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