For many parents, the first time you'll see or hold, a newborn baby is when your own first baby is born and as a first time parent you may not know just what to expect, what your baby will be like, what your baby will do or how to handle your baby.

With experience you will learn to be a parent and those early days will certainly give you lots of experience! You will very quickly become an expert no matter how unlikely it may seem at first. However hard and daunting the first days may appear, they will pass and your experience with your new baby will become a joyful and rewarding one. By looking after your baby and interacting with them you will soon learn to recognise what they need and want.