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Congrats,
Pretty amazing to make a new human from scratch.
All your issues that are not baby related will also come to the surface, so be easy on each other. Sleep deprivation and shaking up the snow globe that has been your smooth sailing life up until now can be interesting. Some moms snap back to normal quick and some are not quite themselves a year later. Some dads deal with change better than others. As grandparents we get a good chuckle out of some “serious issues” of our kids with a new born that are just part of maturing as parents. Nothing you will experience hasn’t been experienced by millions of people before you, and I mean nothing.
Don’t get hung up on fads or take developmental milestones as written in stone and don’t expect every kid to be exactly the same down to the week.
Don’t hesitate to ask relatives for help. It can seem weird to a new parent to even bring it up, but small breaks to have time to yourselves or take a nap can be nice. We tell new parents in the family they can call us anytime day or night, and sometimes a cranky baby is from something they just haven’t thought about, like when teeth start coming in.
Parents come up with all kinds of funny rules visitors have to follow for their first kid, and by the second most of those rules go out the window. Have boundaries and do what works, people understand.
Pretty amazing to make a new human from scratch.
All your issues that are not baby related will also come to the surface, so be easy on each other. Sleep deprivation and shaking up the snow globe that has been your smooth sailing life up until now can be interesting. Some moms snap back to normal quick and some are not quite themselves a year later. Some dads deal with change better than others. As grandparents we get a good chuckle out of some “serious issues” of our kids with a new born that are just part of maturing as parents. Nothing you will experience hasn’t been experienced by millions of people before you, and I mean nothing.
Don’t get hung up on fads or take developmental milestones as written in stone and don’t expect every kid to be exactly the same down to the week.
Don’t hesitate to ask relatives for help. It can seem weird to a new parent to even bring it up, but small breaks to have time to yourselves or take a nap can be nice. We tell new parents in the family they can call us anytime day or night, and sometimes a cranky baby is from something they just haven’t thought about, like when teeth start coming in.
Parents come up with all kinds of funny rules visitors have to follow for their first kid, and by the second most of those rules go out the window. Have boundaries and do what works, people understand.