The Newborn’s 10 Commandments

Are you a new parent seeking out advice? Well, there are millions of blogs, books, videos, podcasts, research articles and pieces of family and friend advice out there just waiting for you. Did you know that by becoming an expectant parent / new parent that you are now the key market for the multi-billion dollar industry, that is new parenting advice!

Often this marketing is based on your fear of what you might be doing wrong. That you couldn’t possibly survive without this product or that download.

While that may be a logical fear (no one wants to be a bad parent), there is something you could read that might inspire you in a positive way. It’s called “The Newborn’s 10 Commandments,” and it’s been circulating the internet for quite some time. Sometimes it’s called “Letter From A Newborn.”

It’s origins are unknown but it’s meaning strikes true.

The Newborn 10 Commandments

1. Please take time to find out who I am, how I differ from you and how much I can bring to you.

2. Please feed me when I am hungry. I never knew hunger when I was inside you and clocks and time mean little to me.

3. Please hold, cuddle, kiss, touch, stroke and sing to me. I was always held closely inside of you and was never alone before.

4. Please don’t be disappointed when I am not the perfect baby that you expected, nor disappointed with yourselves that you are not the perfect parents.

5. Please try not to expect too much from me as your newborn baby, or too much from yourselves as parents. Give us both six weeks as a birthday present – six weeks for me to grow, develop, mature and become more stable and predictable, and six weeks for you to rest and relax and allow your body to get back to normal.

6. Please forgive me if I cry a lot. Bear with me and in a short time, as I mature I will spend less and less time crying – and more time socializing.

7. Please watch me carefully and I can tell you those things which soothe, console and please me. I am not a tyrant who was sent to make your life miserable, but the only way I can tell you that I am not happy is with my crying.

8. Please remember that I am resilient and can withstand the many natural mistakes you will make with me. As long as you make them with love, you cannot ruin me.

9. Please take care of yourself and eat a balanced diet, rest and exercise so that when we are together, you have the health and strength to take care of me.

10. Please take care of your relationship with each other, for what good is family bonding if there is not a family to bond?

Your Loving Child

We love for parents to be able to slow down, savor the moment, and don’t sweat the small stuff. We feel like this letter is the perfect accumulation of our goals and dreams for our new parents.