This is a time of forming attachment with the child and identifying yourself as a parent. You will find out what kind of parent you really are. Trust emerges as you meet your child's basic needs for warmth, food, dryness, and safety and as you make eye contact and offer gentle touches. You may begin to question yourself and worry about what is right for your child. You may feel doubt, uncertainty, jealousy, and competitiveness with everyone else in your child's life.
Inconsistency is typical as parents are trying to decide when to say yes when to say no.
You must decide when to follow through on new rules and how to set up a framework to guide your child's behaviour. This is a prime time for educational programs. You may question working outside the home as you try to figure out how to fit your child's needs with the household chores. As working mothers have to venture out or if your child attends pre-school, you may wonder if you prepared him or her well. What the child wears feels important to you.