Confessions — My Reader Girl

Finally, we were in the delivery room, and my wife was resting. The previous night I had downloaded various books, getting information about the steps to take at birth. I was anxiously waiting for the moment.

After procedures, I saw our baby leave the uterus of his mother, and I felt a wave of panic: the head of the baby was rectangular!

That information was not in any of the books I had read. I had lost the test just with the first question.

After the birth, I was talking with my wife about this, a funny moment; we had a good laugh.

“A successful defense lawyer says: If you argue ten points, even if each is a good point, when they get back to the jury room they won’t remember any”

— Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip Heath and Dan Heath

If I were to give single advice based on what I know about during the pregnancy, it would be this:

"Gain just the appropriate weight and Eat only the right foods."

02 March 2017

Most of the time I was reading on my couch, and the voice inside my head was continually cheering me up: You're doing exceptional, the new baby will soon arrive, and you'll be ready. One day the voice was doubtful, concerned and afraid.

How do I get my girl to take risks that help her to learn?, My little girl is going to be happy?

“Use the formula P=40 to 70, in which P stands for the probability of success and the numbers indicate the percentage of information acquired. Once the information is in the 40 to 70 range, go with your gut.”

— Retired general Colin Powell

I felt a huge gap in my mind, and it was causing me mental pain and to take away the pain, I needed to fill that gap. Finally, I realized my mistake; I needed facts, not just advice about raising children.

But there were many mysteries about raising children, an enormous amount of parenting books, blogs, and mothers-in-law, and every relative who’s ever had a child. There was plenty of information out there. Hard to know what to believe.