Congratulations.<p>This free advice is worth what you paid for it.<p>1. You will screw up. Unless you screw up profoundly, everything will turn out better than you can imagine. Even if you screw up profoundly, everything will probably turn out all right.<p>2. It&#x27;s great to have plans. They won&#x27;t survive the opening phase of the battle.  An infant quickly becomes a person. But it takes forever compared to your plans. Montessori is years away. No amount of &quot;good parenting&quot; can short circuit that. There&#x27;s years of changing diapers and little sleep and having no clue before it comes. Enjoy the moment. Enjoy not having a clue. No parent does, some people just don&#x27;t realize it.<p>3. Your child will be a child even when they&#x27;re six one with a black belt. We&#x27;re all children at heart. Take advantage of the excuse to act like one.<p>4. Your child is not you. Their grades are their grades not yours. Their team wins the soccer match. You don&#x27;t. Your child isn&#x27;t better when someone else does worse. Parent and pursue your own interests.<p>It&#x27;s fun and wonderful and hard. You will need grow,too. You will.<p>Good luck.