1. when changing nappies, breath through your mouth.
2. Also, with nappies, keep your fingernails short.
3. It is apparently possible to live on very little sleep. 5 hours a night seems typical for a new parent.
4. I won’t know what has hit me. (This seems to be the most common advise, and usually told me with a smile.)
5. Apparently, baby poo comes in a variety of colours, from black to yellow, and it’s perfectly normal!
6. All babies look like a tiny Winston Churchill, except your own.
7. Baby first. Mum second. Dad last. This is the house pecking order to be. Accept it.