Are you one of those people who have always kind of wanted kids, but also felt awkward around other peoples kids and kids in general so you haven't known how it would be if you became a parent? Well, here's my story:

I've always wanted to experience pregnancy, but I've always been kinda awkward around other people's kids, so I wasn't sure how it would be to become mom.

Pregnancy was easy, the baby came wherever I went so I just needed to be aware of no longer being able to squeeze by someone in a tight spot towards the end.

Then my son arrived. I wasn't doing well so my husband did take care of him and the nurses taught him some tips and tricks that I watched from a distance, but I was way too loopy to catch it all (which I normally would have been able to do)

It was still different with our son. It wasn't awkward like with other's kids, well, maybe there was a little awkward the first time I changed his diaper, but I got the hang of it pretty quickly. My husband showed me. I'd been shown before but it was super awkward, but not with my own son!

And actually interacting with him came super naturally. Watching how active he is, and getting to see a side I've never seen of other people's babies has been super fun!

I don't do baby talk, I mostly ask him questions and kinda narrate what I'm doing and what he's doing, and where daddy is and what he's doing.

We're raising a future adult, so even if he doesn't have control over his own body yet, I'm choosing to treat him as if he does, because at any moment he will learn it, and I don't want to miss that and not encourage him in his abilities!

So, if you wonder if you'll be a "good" parent, or if you'd be able to handle it, I think yes, because when it's your own, certain things will naturally come out of you that never came out before.

Now, get married (if you're not already) and start having babies. They're amazing! And you can totally do it! 🤗🥳👶