This document provides seven tips for new parents about what to expect when having a baby. It warns that babies may not always be angelic, can cause sleep deprivation through nighttime waking, tend to be messy, and copy everything their parents do. However, it also says that cutting a baby's hair before their first birthday is acceptable and that the challenges of raising children are outweighed by the joy they bring despite broken fingers, animals in the bedroom, and other unusual parenting events. In the end, the document expresses that children are worth every difficult minute if parents do their best to guide them in the right direction.

1. Having a Baby?

2. A little Peanut?

3. Are you scared?

4. Well, here are a seven things you might want to know.

5. DON’T DO IT!!

6. Just Joking!

7. #1

8. You may think your getting an angel….

9. ..but sometimes they are not all that angelic.

10. #2

11. Sleep depravation is real!

12. You will forget your name and teeter on the edge of insanity.

13. #3

14. Babies sleep a lot…

15. …just not at night.

16. #4

17. Babies can’t talk.

18. But somehow…

19. …they let you know…

20. …exactly what they think of things.

21. #5

22. Babies are messy.

23. MUD MUD

24. YOGURT YOGURT

25. Just whatever they happen to fall into.

26. #6

27. Kids copy everything !

28. BEWARE!

29. #7

30. It is okay to cut their hair before their first birthday.

31. And though you may have had…

32. Broken Fingers…

33. …Lizards in bedrooms…

34. …and hospital stays…

35. …and sometimes your world…

36. …seemed upside down…

37. You managed to…

38. …teach your baby to feed himself…

39. …be an angel most of the time…

40. …and be so darn cute…

41. …so you decide to do it again.

42. In the end You just pray

43. You have directed them down

44. The right track.

45. They are totally worth every minute of it!

46. Links to: Foster Care in WV Adoption Raising children in a Christian home