Parenthood is legit a club where the ONLY initiation is having your own. Someone could explain it a thousand times, but it’s literally - and I can’t stand when people use literally incorrectly - impossible to truly understand until your mini me is here ❤️🔥 Another realization since Mayes is that every first time parent kinda wings it, and we’re no different. I try not to over-google, but it happens and I’ve definitely panic-purchased unnecessary Amazon items late night 😬 There’s a lot of second guessing your own intuition because you just want to make sure you’re doing it right. I’ve learned (mostly) to trust my gut, and give myself grace when I feel lost. I remind myself that people have been raising babies for a long time with a lot less knowledge, so I can’t F it up too bad, right? 🙃 Thought I’d share, even though I am pretty embarrassed: Have to give a shoutout to my sis @dianabayaca for teaching us the proper way to put her in a car seat. We were pretty flustered at the hospital getting discharged late night. We would have been charged for an extra night had she not pooped before midnight, so you know my ass was cheering her on like LFG 🙌🏽 💩 We couldn’t get the car seat right even though we had practiced, and the nurse ended up doing it for us. I know she’s not supposed to, but I think she felt bad and knew we wanted to go home. Anyway, we had her in there completely wrong the last two weeks until Diana showed us. I felt terrible for messing it up, especially when it comes to Mayes’ safety. Might sound extreme to say I felt like a failure, but when I don’t get simple things right, that’s where my mind goes. I’m working on the grace part 💖 Still surreal to say things like “my daughter” or “our family” out loud, so I better start getting used to it! From OUR FAMILY to yours, we wish you the happiest of holidays and all the good jujus going into 2022 💓 🤍🙋🏽♂️🙋🏻♀️👼🏽😸😼 Anthony, Lauren, Mayes, Burpee & Escrow https://www.instagram.com/p/CX6h9ddpgvT/?utm_medium=tumblr