Even though I’ve had three newborns of my own now, there are still things about newborns that surprise me!
- That you should have been doing weight training to prepare for all the lifting and carrying and bouncing and rocking.
- What a beautiful and celebrated thing a burp is.
- Just exactly how much and how fast newborns can accumulate loads of laundry!
- One burp cloth is never enough.
- Having to cut off a onesie because there is too much poop on it to pull it over baby’s head.
- How funny baby farts are.
- How much poop a small baby can hold.
- That a baby can poop, not only up the back of the diaper, but out the sides, and up the front too!
- That I could survive on so little sleep.
- How I immediately could not imagine life without my newborn.
- Somehow, baby boys figure out how to pee on the back of their heads.
- That you may not get your teeth brushed until lunchtime…or later….or ever.
- That you may cry right along with your little on in the middle of the night when nothing will console them.
- That it would be nice to “sleep when the baby sleeps” like everyone tells you to, but there’s a million other things to do and older kids to take care of.
- That showers would seem like a luxury vacation.
- Most baby socks are made for Oompa Loompas with really fat feet/ankles. Most newborns can kick off a sock in 10 seconds.
- The cuter the outfit or the more snaps and buttons on it has an eerie correlation to the extra amount of explosive poop for the day.
- That going to the grocery store alone becomes an exotic, exciting trip out that will have you slowly wandering the aisles to maximize your time away.
- Food cooked by anyone else tastes better and is so appreciated.
- Baby acne can happen, but it WILL go away!
What would you add to the list?
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I'm a nurse who married a farmer and I'm a boy mom of 3 to Braden, Ethan and Jonathan. I love blogging about family life, farming, recipes and embracing my role as farm wife and mom. I'm knee-deep in tractors, trains and trucks and I'm often seen with my camera in my hands catching life's moments.
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Hi Sarah,
Save your onesies! After I had my third and final boy, I learned that one of the reasons the shoulders are designed with the fabric crossed over like it is, is so you can pull the shoulders out and slide the onsie DOWN over arms, waist and poop without getting the poop all over everything. I never got to try it out, but hope you can benefit from this tid-bit!
Oh yes I know this trick very well not, but not all onesies are made like this 😉 I dress Jonathan from the bottom up anyway since his surgery!
So since having our 4th, I’d add: -that babywearing is a sanity saver, and way easier to chase after a 2 year old when the baby is strapped to you. – for pity sake let someone else hold your baby. I read a blog post about 10 things not to do for a new mom and one point was “don’t hold the baby, as mama is super protective” I lol’d. With #4 I’m like HERE HOLD MY BABY. – try and go for a walk once a day. The change of scenery helps with the afternoon crankiness. – if someone… Read more »
Yes! I wear Jonathan quite frequently, I love our wrap but I'm getting tired of wrapping and need my SSC back from my SIL 🙂
In response to cutting off the onsie: Did you know that they don't HAVE to go over the baby's head? Those great little slits by the shoulders make onesies big enough for you to shimmy it down over the baby's arms and torso, eventually past his/her legs and off. I hadn't thought of this until my husband did it!
Haha yes now I sure do with those diaper shirt cuts, but not all onesies are like that. I actually put all of Jonathan's clothes on from the bottom up because of his head and upcoming helmet! I didn't always know this trick though! 😀
The part about forgetting that the new baby hasn't been in the family since forever. I always find myself thinking back and wondering where were the kids when I went somewhere and then I remember they weren't even bor yet lol
Finally – someone else who doesn't 'sleep when the baby sleeps'!! I am going to lose it
on the next to person who says that to me. ii do still want
to shower, eat, change my clothes that have been spiked from pee, poop, spit-up, and maybe do a little laundry,load/empty the dishwasher, take out the garbage overflowing with dirty diapers…. It's not as easy as it sounds!
And you most CERTAINLY cannot sleep when you have baby #2, 3, 4, etc!
ah number 18 is so very very true. even still – almost 2 years later – going grocery shopping by myself, or even just running into a store with both arms free is a total novelty.