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When it comes to getting parenting advice,Bindi Irwinsays there’s no shortage of it out there, but after her first year of motherhood, she’s learned it’s okay to find her own way.
Before theCrikey! It’s the Irwinsstar, 23, and her husband Chandler Powell, 25, welcomed 13-month-old daughter Grace Warrior last March, “I had this whole plan,” Bindi tells PEOPLE in this week’s cover story.
“Like, ‘This is what I’m going to do with food, and this is what we’re going to do with sleep routines.’ Then she was born, and everything was thrown out the window,” she says.
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One thing they did not anticipate was Grace’s aversion to people in clothing she’s not used to.
“Our current battle is if you’re not wearing khaki, Grace gets pretty weirded out,” says Bindi. “Living in the zoo, where we have a family of 400 people all wearing khaki, if she sees someone not wearing it, she’s like, ‘You are new and different. What’s happening?’ I mean, I did not think to plan for that.”
For more from Bindi Irwin and her family, pick up the latest issue ofPEOPLE, on newsstands Friday.
source: people.com
