NO SUGAR!

Ask any doctor! There is a reason why they always stress about people putting things that do not belong in bottles, in the dang bottles!

If you put sugar on the pacifier, the baby will grow to expect it. Also, imagine the tooth decay. (I know, no teeth yet, but trust on this one, I have been through countless doctors and specialists about this as ex-hubby and me both have genetically bad teeth.)

And please, no cereal in the baby bottles when they get older.

Try not to overfed. It is a common habit to shove a bottle into a baby's mouth when they cry. The parents of my last surrobaby did that and the poor child is severely overweight at only a year old. Babies gain weight just through mother's milk or formula, then, when the time comes, through the appropriate portions of cereals and baby foods.

And people wonder why so many kids are becoming obese. Especially here in America. I see more obese babies here than I saw in my travels to Israel.

Society is starting to make us think if the baby cries, we are bad parents.

Which I think is funny, cause if that were so, a lot of parental generations before us should be committed for child abuse!

Hold your child. I suggest for further bonding, get a co-sleeper (it's a mini attachment that attaches to your bed so you can sleep next to your child.) Or, do as we did with our princess and get the crib sandwiched between the wall and your bed and remove the side of the crib facing you.

Did you know Americans are pretty much the only people who put their babies in other rooms? Tell me this, when you (if you) hear the baby cry, how long before you wake up and get there? To an infant, it's a lifetime. Imagine being that small, having some difficulties and being alone... in a dark room... with some strange creatures hanging above your bed (those stupid carousel toys that are supposed to lull a child to sleep).

It is a scientific fact that babies sleep better while in co-sleeping arrangements: http://www.askdrsears.com/html/7/T071000.asp

Other than that advice, I just say, be there for your babe. Whenever you can for as long as you can! And enjoy this time, before long, they will be old enough to tell you that they hate you and wish they were never born when you ground them for being out past curfew or tell them they can't borrow the car!