What Do You Wish You'd Known Before Baby/Birth?

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I wish I'd known that sometimes (ok most of the time) being a mother would be so hard it would feel impossible. And that starting good sleep habits like laying baby gown to sleep awake from the beginning is so important. I def wish I'd read books on baby sleep before he was born!

What does everyone else wish they'd know before your baby was born?

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That if something seems hard, give it a few days and everything will be different. What seems hard one week (nursing, or bedtime, or anything) might get easier by next week and vice versa. They grow and change so fast!

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That breastfeeding would be difficult and that's ok.

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I second them both! I'm so tired! I also don't think I need half of the baby stuff I asked for on my registry! Give me more diapers!

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that the healing process is sometimes very long and frustrating, even if you had an "easy" birth. that stretch marks can show up even after giving birth. that your back will ache and only exercise can help but with a newborn that's almost impossible. that some grandparents get very possessive and there might be a few arguments around the holidays. and that the love you feel will be so overwhelming that sometimes you'd rather watch your little one sleep even though you should be catching up on your own sleep

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Something I learned after my first and that has helped me now with my second is that love for your baby grows. For me l, it was not instant love. I had trouble breastfeeding and felt used. But after that baby smiled at me, I was a melted pool of mommy puddle. With my second baby, I had a lot of love and protection for him from day 1 but again now that he is smiling and wanting me and cooing... I'm back in that Mommy puddle. My heart has only grown for him as he has grown since he was born.

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That if you breastfeed, your nipples are permanently sensitive😭 especially now that it's cold.. and to freeze breast milk flat😒didn't know that.. also that our vagina smells a little funky for a few weeks..😐

What Do You Wish You'd Known Before Baby/Birth?

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