In my experience it only gets harder the older you get (if I were in my 20s when I got my first kid it would have been easier to handle, except I was studying then…), and you will never really be ready for all the needs of a baby, it’s something you have to learn step by step.
That said when you first have them it’s a great experience being a parent.
I mostly fight with AEG’s auto dose, they have built it in a way where the gaskets only lasts a year before it starts dripping liquid detergent.
They gave me a replacement but now it’s dripping again.
Liquid detergent with Auto dose is cool and all, but stick to powder if you want to save yourself some worry.