tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898094211187044963.post4232724995897060235..comments2024-03-29T01:11:51.836-06:00Comments on two points for honesty: Thoughts 11 days in..Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898094211187044963.post-21631530987271563932011-08-02T11:48:46.804-06:002011-08-02T11:48:46.804-06:00Haha- thanks for the advice and words of encourage...Haha- thanks for the advice and words of encouragement- it's greatly needed!! :-)whitneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06333605672978990466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898094211187044963.post-10057002098614753222011-08-02T10:26:51.787-06:002011-08-02T10:26:51.787-06:00Hello Whitney - I'm sure you didn't intend...Hello Whitney - I'm sure you didn't intend for people to just leave a bunch of comments of advice.... but since I'm here.... :) Way back when - when I was a stay at home mom and at one point had two babies under three and watched Barney until it gave me post traumatic stress disorder -I realized it was best to set very small goals for myself. Like today I will brush my teeth and wear something other than what I slept in. Also I would change the furniture around alot which gave a different perspective of the tv from where ever you would sit. You are awesome and I have no doubt doing an awesome job. Being a mom is hard work! <3 xxoo from L.B.Denisenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898094211187044963.post-11392150996049834432011-08-02T05:57:08.346-06:002011-08-02T05:57:08.346-06:00all that poop means you're doing something rig...all that poop means you're doing something right. i used to bounce maggie in the middle of the night and literally pray for poop. i almost always got it. :) <br /><br />they'll spit A LOT up until like 3 or 4 months. if you think it's over the top or if she seems like it hurts, ask the ped. also, check the flow on your nipple on the bottle. maggie puked up majorly until we found the right bottle. i highly recommend breastflow. they are awesome and they teach babies how to latch even better. (and they mimic the rate at which your milk comes down.)<br /><br />showering...if you can figure that out in the first month, you were way ahead of me. i'm still working on it. <br /><br />you'll figure it and her out. i think it did take me about a month to figure out what her language was. after that, i still doubted myself a lot but i at least knew what she wanted.<br /><br />(don't read books. they're crap. you know your baby. ask other moms. they've been through it. if you're really worried, ask your ped. but don't read anything about sleep or sleep training or schedules or anything. when they're this little, you CANNOT spoil them. the best thing we ever watched was "the happiest baby on the block" because basically? they're still fetuses...just outside the womb. but you know what? do what you feel is right--if books feel right to you, do it. you're the parents, uniquely prepared to be HER mom and dad. the books just made me feel like a crap mom...if i can save someone from hat, i'll try. although penelope leach is awesome!)<br /><br />you're doing fantastically.teachergirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08031859408698577418noreply@blogger.com