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Is anyone else not too fond of the newborn stage? I love my baby girl but with the constant crying, no set routine and the guessing game of what's wrong I feel slightly disconnected with her. I have moments where I look at her and just love her so much but then it's rough when she's screaming even after everything has been done for her. I think I'm just not fond of this stage. Like I look forward to her being a couple of months old when she'll get some personality and smile at me and I can actually put her down to do something. Tell me it's not just me? I feel bad about it sometimes cause it seems it's always sunshine and rainbows with some and I don't feel that.

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That was exactly how I was when I had my son. He had really bad colic and just cried all day and night, and I was a single mom with no clue what I was doing. I didn’t really bond with him until he was about 8 months old. I never wanted to have another baby after that experience and stayed away from any friends having babies until they got older. Now my second baby is 5 weeks old and she is the sweetest little snuggly sleepy baby and she makes me understand why people say they love this stage. Every baby is different and there’s nothing wrong with not liking the newborn stage, but it also doesn’t last long when you look back on how fast time ends up moving. Stay strong you got this! Try and get some alone time in if possible! And you LO is going to be moving and crawling before you know it.

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Yup. I could have written this post. I just told my husband I feel like a monster bc I wish I could pass him off to someone else at night. It’s just so hard. Neither my hubby or I want more kids now, we are losing it over here. People say it gets better but when?!?!?

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Totally get this.. idk how so much of the world has multiple kids bc this is my first and I am not a fan of newborns.  .... but I know I’ll want more kids when this stage is over (but then how the hell do women do this newborn stuff with toddlers??) lol

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I had three little ones. The newborn stage isn’t my favorite, doesn’t mean I don’t love my baby or enjoy the newborn cuddles etc. but it isn’t the stage I enjoy most. My favorite stages is when the baby can sit-up and play with toys but not crawl everywhere and get into everything lol than I like when they’re 1 and start walking, cause they’re gaining some independence, but are still practically a baby, but a less needy one lol.

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Yes!! I literally can not wait for it to be over!! Mines the same....if she’s not asleep or being fed she is so grumpy and grizzly. It’s so hard to enjoy them when they are like that! 
I love her to bits, but just wish she was a bit happier. X

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Its not just you!! I always tell people I’m not a fan of the newborn stage at all! My daughter (my first baby) was rough as a newborn and she did not sleep all the time she barely slept it felt like and she was so upset most of the time. Once she hit about 3-4 months I started to feel like we were getting into a better groove and I started to enjoy her so much more. Especially because she started to be able to interact more with us and smile and make noise at us 🥰🥰 it will get better soon!! ❣️I’m keeping that in mind now with my son, even though so far he’s been much easier than she was.

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I am not a fan of the newborn stage. The eating every 2 hours, not sleeping through the night, the reflux- it’s exhausting. I’m ready for when he can hold his head up on his own and I can set him down for a few minutes to get things done.

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Im enjoying this babys newborn stage so far. Shes super chill and rarely cries. That being said I had three other very difficult newborns, that I did not enjoy the stage much lol, they were all very gassy and colicky.

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My first baby was very colicky, and the newborn phase was awful. I couldn't understand how anyone could like the newborn phase, and I thought it was so hard to cope with and adjust to. Looking back, i would still say that my son's newborn phase was so hard, and i was most scared about that with this baby, but the newborn phase with my September baby has been completely different and i cant complain.  She rarely cries, is so easy going, and almost sleeps through the night already.  I can now see why some woman may enjoy the newborn phase.  When the baby is super easy going in the newborn phase, then it is so much easier to do things and continue your 'normal' routine and the adjustment isn't as shocking.

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Totally with you. My husband’s comment: newborns are boring and provide no feedback.  I love when they finally smile at your and giggle and engage. I guess that is the trade off for the tough first months!

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