that one dude who wore the hoodie and had the stroke and then turned out to be fucking insane
I hate this timeline. Living across the Pacific, I actually know about Fetterman.
An Australian shouldn't know the names of so many American politicians. But it's hard when y'all are trying to out-crazy each other every second day.
I couldn't even name our current speaker of the house, yet I can identify Mike Johnson whenever his mug shows up in the news. This is truly the dumbest timeline.
One thing that I feel hasn't been addressed enough by the comments:
**Stay. The hell. Away. From. Social. Media. **
It is toxic, and will bring nothing but misery, jealousy, and insecurity.
We had ours late in life, so had the hindsight of having our circle of friends going through parenthood before us. You mentioned 'social' pressure, norms, expectations, etc. All of them are amplified 10x by social media, which presents an unrealistic, curated view of parenthood. Not to mention the 50 different 'advice' on what you 'should' do as a parent. (You should breastfeed or your baby will be a serial killer. No, just start with formula, it will make your life easier. No, you should give them organic goat milk to help them grow better).
We deleted all the apps just before the baby was born. It has now been a few years since we touched any of them (except FB Marketplace, because buying anything new is ridiculous. And, I guess, Lemmy). The only pictures you'll find of our little one is in our family chat group. The only advice we'll take are from the midwives and nurses that keep track of the baby's growth, and has a 24h hotline for us to ask literally anything.
People you know, including parents, will give unsolicited advice. Feel free to listen to them, but know that most of the time you can tell them off or ignore them. This is your baby. Your family.
And feel free to ignore this advice from a stranger on Lemmy 🙂