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hmmmm....
Jeez.. this is pathetic. I've got two kids, now 8 and 4, and I can't come up with any good advice on the nitty-gritty. So I guess I'll give meta-advice.
Educate yourself, and then follow your best judgement. Don't let other people (especially relatives) push their advice on you or make you feel guilty because you're not doing it "the right way" (aka the way they did it).
Your most valuable tools as a parent will be patience and perspective. Try not to freak out over every little thing.
Sleep when you can. Don't try to outsmart the kid's schedule ("I might as well stay up another hour, she usually wakes up hungry about that time").
And finally a word of advice from my mom: "When you go out somewhere and you see some kid acting up or doing something stupid... do not EVER say, 'well, MY kid will never do that.'"
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