How confident were you in your parenting skills?

when you had your first child. What are somethings you learned, any regrets? How confident were you?How confident were you in your parenting skills?
I was so scared with my first child I had no confidence in my parenting skills and he seemed so tiny (7 lbs). I was sure that I was going to hold him the wrong way, not enough, too much. For the first couple weeks he cried every time I held him it seemed he could sense the fear in me. I learned that babies are durable you are allowed to make some mistakes, the things you teach them when they are young do matter you can never say I love you too many times, they are washable so enjoy getting dirty once in a while, and they grow up way too fast so don't be in such a hurry to get to all those firsts!How confident were you in your parenting skills?
I'm pretty okay with my first son. I wasn't the type of person that worry too much about anything anyway - Sometimes I even think I'm too laidback.


But that helped me a lot during the first months with tiny babies that's crying and pooping most of the time. I went through it pretty okay and went through the next phase pretty well.
The thing I remember is my Mother didn't understand the feelings of being a kid. I always said when I had children I would remember how it felt to be in school, have a crush, get your feelings hurt, peer pressure, how important it is to LISTEN. So when I had children I tried my best to do this. And guess what? I have a 26 year old who is the most wonderful person you could imagine. And his brothers who are pot heads etc. Go figure!
I learned how much patience I was going to need with the communication skills I picked up from my father. I am a far better parent now and have been for the last 12 years than I was when I first started.
i learned its not allways easy being a parent. i have no regrets what so ever.i didnt have alot of confidence. i just wanted to be better parents than mine were
I was pretty confident. I had been around babies a lot before. Mine had health issues, so she was pretty scheduled with everything from meds to feeding. that took some of the mystery out of it for me. I think I did okay.





my only regret is that I did not just sit still and hold her enough. I was in a bad relationship and I spent so much time trying to be a wife (cooking, cleaning, etc) that I did not spend enough time being a new mother. other than that, I have no regrets.
My mother was my guidence in my life. I have 2 younger brothers, twins and had another that was killed by cancer, and he was 36 when he passed on. I was 13 when he was born and I took over. Mother was the boss except for me. And then I met my now dead and ex-husband and decided to get married. Did so for 10 years and got out and took the kids with me. And then raised them by myself. And I was strick. You wanted to get an allowance you earned it.
I was very confident of myself b/c I had dealt with babies before. The one thing I learned is not to listen to other people about how to raise my child. Its okay to take this advice and that advice but you have to make it work for your family. I also learned not to listen to morons who told me I didn't know what I was doing b/c I was only 19.