Showing posts with label first 6 weeks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label first 6 weeks. Show all posts

Monday, April 13, 2009

TOP 10 THINGS I CAME TO REALIZE DURING THE FIRST 6 WEEKS.


1. Just because your baby sleeps 18 hours a day, doesn't mean you are.
2. Your body doesn't feel like your own. It leaks, it aches and let's you down.
3. Your kid's smell will become addictive, similar to heroin.
4. You will cry a lot. Happy, sad, overwhelmed...just cry.
5. At least once (sometimes once a day), you will want to return your kid back to the hospital.
6. When your baby cries, your mind literally shuts down and you can't think straight. You just feel.
7. When your kid falls asleep on your chest, you will know why you are doing all this...and then you will cry again.:)
8. Your childess friends will not quite get it, but will be there for you nevertherless.
9. You will try ANYTHING to make your kid smile for the first time.
10. It will get better. Much, much better.

TOP 10 NECESSITIES FOR THE FIRST 6 WEEKS.


1. Supportive husband or a family member
2. Swing
3. Sling
4. Amazing swaddle blankets (I recommend Aden+Anais)
5. White noise of any kind
6. Myson drops
7. Gripe water
8. Dr. Brown's bottles
9. Cloth diapers to use for anything
10. Strong faith that this insanity and sleep deprevation WILL end.