Becoming a mother is a minefield of decisions. And I am now at the point where I am expected to make some. But I have no idea how or what to do for the best.

I had always assumed that my baby would sleep in a moses basket for example. I know that when they are first born, they need to sleep in the same room as their parents really and that this is often via the moses basket route. Or if you have the cash to splash and aren’t worried about their dependency on swinging on order to sleep, a crib.

So having held off for long enough, last week we ordered the moses basket and the sheets and sourced a stand for it too.

But then I got told in my antenatal class that babies should not sleep in them overnight for fear of cot death. News to me. And unless I place the cot on my bed or the child on the floor there isn’t really many options available to me.

And I had never questioned that my baby would be swaddled. From the moment they are born, midwives do this to the babies. I had always been told it helped calm babies as they like being cuddled and tightly held. But apparently this can be dangerous too.

And then there’s the whole feeding debate. Bottle feeding or breastfeeding? Disposable or washable nappies? Giving the vitamin K injection or not? Demand feeding or routine establishing?

The list goes on. And the advice is about as conflicting as opinion on the Middle East.

So how am I meant to decipher the good advice from the bad? How am I meant to know what to do for the best?

I have eight weeks to work it out. Help!