Parentcraft is not taught, instruction is generally resented, and success relies on instinct

Frustratingly unable to tell if I can feel the kicks inside or not. Priti now definitely feels movement, and even reckons she can tell which way round the baby is lying.

All the books and blurbs say that now is the time to start acquiring the kit - the cots, pushchairs and playpens, not to mention the nappies, bottles and clothes. A colleague remarked that having children is still one of life's great experiments. Parentcraft is not taught, instruction is generally resented, and success relies on instinct.

Must must must read the dang books...