I know that this is my first child and he is only a year old, but there are a few things I have learned that I thought I would share. I realized most of these things after the first month of carrying Eli around like an egg that could break at any moment.
1. You have to take time to eat and sleep when you can. Being rundown does not help your baby and chances are you will be so drained you may accidently bump your babies head into a door facing.
2. Hitting a door facing will not hurt your baby--he may not even wake up.
3. Finding food you can eat with one hand is very important.
4. Salad is a very questionable one handed food.
5. Babies do not like lettuce coated in ranch dressing dropped on their heads.
6. No matter how fast you think you are with a rag or diaper, your son will pee on you when changing him. Even if you put the rag on first, he will somehow shift or squirm when you are least expecting it and you will be showered.
7. Little boys can pee a long way away!
8. Keep your mouth closed when changing your son.
9. Start getting ready to go out at least an hour before you need to leave. This allows for two diaper changes, a feeding and at least one outfit change for you and the baby---don't ask!
10. Don't listen to everyone's advice, especially people that have never taken care of babies.
11. And the most important thing----Laugh and Enjoy it! You will be pooped on, peed on, spit up on, thrown up on and you will smell kinda funky sometimes, but nothing is better than having this little miracle look up at you and smile (especially when you know the smile isn't just because they have gas) and grab on to your finger and trust you completely.
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1 comment:
Beautifully put, good to know you have a sense of humor about it all. Thanks for sharing.
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