Here is a little post about what has helped me as a first time mom. I've been through so much stress and so much anxiety. I struggled with breastfeeding, I was afraid to leave home, my daughter has issues with being constipated due to formula, she's a nightmare when in a leap, I've lost many hours of sleep, I've been scared I wasn't good enough and all sorts of other stuff. Things I imagine are totally normal to go through especially as a first time mom.

What helped me was finding peace in the solutions that worked for us. I've rocked my daughter to sleep every single night until she at some point around 10 months didn't want that any more. Bed time has always been fairly quick due to me rocking her to sleep. And now it's often even quicker.

I didn't feed her purees when I got the green light to, because I didn't feel like she needed it. She started eating around 7-8 months and today she'll eat just about everything at least once.

We've given her milk before bed even after weaning off formula because she finds comfort in it. We always ask her and she's said no a few times. I imagine she'll stop one day when she feels like it.

We talk a lot to her and now when I ask her if she's hungry or thirsty she can answer clearly. She's also able to say yes or no when I ask her if she wants something specific (Kids are really smart!) and she's several times just asked for me and I've asked her if she needs a hug when refusing to sleep, eat, get dressed, have a diaper change or something like that.

My point being, that do whatever works for you, your family, your child and listen to your gut feeling. Be patient and recognize these sweet little babies of ours to have a tremendous amount of feelings towards everything and no one will know the right answer better than you and your partner.

And if I had accepted that a long time ago, my experience as a mom would have been a lot easier. I know now, that I've always known better than anyone else.