Where I brain dump all my new mom q's

[mpc]

Aug 1, 2017 19:56:47 GMT -5 shauni27 said:

Jul 31, 2017 16:24:22 GMT -5 mrsgoontz said:

shauni27 I have no advice b/c i'm not a mom yet but hugs. I think you are just a total rock star and are doing great.

I admit reading this I was slightly freaking out because I didnt know these things to even consider . Then the googling comments made me feel better, I feel so clueless. Birthing the baby is not scary to me, it's keeping him alive and knowing what to do if something happens or doesn't go as planned. 

I hadn't thought of any of this stuff, I wont lie. I knew we would be up a lot but I had no idea how much. I just assumed he would sleep in his bassinet when I put him down.

I remember crying in those first few weeks that everyone had told me that babies wake up a lot, but no one had warned me that a bigger challenge would be getting them back to sleep. hugs shauni, it really does get easier.

[oneslybookworm]

Hang in there shauni27!!! I'm right there with you, this shit is hard!! You can do it though, and baby Sage will be fine. Hugs love!

[rachelgreen]

I mean, I'm days late here and it's been covered but I just had to add my anecdotes for funsies. Dd1 slept in her rnp for the first 6.5 months of her life. She had severe silent reflux and the incline was the only thing that she could sleep in peacefully (well, as peacefully as a screaming, colicky baby could sleep). She's a totally fine 2.75 year old now. Both girls have spent nights in bed with me. Way more than I can count. This time around I had the halo bassinest and that was fantastic.

Basically, none of us know what the fuck we are doing the first go around. And surprise, you won't at every new age. Don't sweat it. You learn as you go. If a second kid comes around for you, don't worry. You'll be breezy as hell for him/her. 😉 Just ask dd2. Pretty sure she drank pool water today and I let her walk around barefoot at target. Meh.

You're doing great. You got this.