April 15, 2010 my great, great niece was born. The memories of when I brought my first baby home came vividly back. Excitement, overpowering love, fear and exhaustion were just some of the feelings I remember experiencing. Following are some tips I want to share with all new parents, especially Erin and Michael, for when you bring the baby home.
1. Have a breast pump ready. Engorgement is worse than childbirth!
2. When baby sleeps, parents sleep, especially Mom.
3. Accept all food gifts.
4. Let Dad get up during the night and bring baby to Mom.
5. Get on first name basis with the pediatrician's nurse.
6. Karo syrup in water is great for baby's constipation.
7. If the baby looks yellow (jaundiced), give her a 15 minute sunbath for a few days.
8. Get in the habit of the ten minute tidy up before retiring for the night.
9. Everyone will give you advise. Say thank you, and then figure it out yourselves.
10. Your life as you knew it is now over and a new chapter has begun. Live in the moment because it is over before you know it and then it is Senior Prom!
I love you guys and will be thinking of you over the next few days!! Anyone else want to offer some advise?
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great advice...especially the one about when baby sleeps Mom should sleep...sure makes Mom a happier gal....and Let Dad help out whenever he offers...don't try to be super Mom....
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