An expectation for a complete lack of control. You can plan, prepare, and do what you feel is best, but at the end of the day you have to be flexible and know

An expectation for a complete lack of control. You can plan, prepare, and do what you feel is best, but at the end of the day you have to be flexible and know that you will learn. I wish I could say there was a method or a book or something, but just knowing that some parts would be hard and confusing helped set my expectations. I wasn't surprised I was cleaning poop off the floor of my in-law's because I knew I would experience failure, but I was surprised babies pooped that far.