https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 07 May 2026 00:07:52 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/before-i-forget-what-nobody-remembers-about-new-motherhood#post-909893 Sat, 06 Jul 2013 15:05:37 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 909893@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Couldn't have been written better! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/before-i-forget-what-nobody-remembers-about-new-motherhood#post-909885 Sat, 06 Jul 2013 14:58:49 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 909885@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i've said these words to my husband more than once in the last 3-4 months - "i never want to do this again - it's torture. torture!" - buuuut now that we're past the 4 months mark, i've been finding myself getting really sad that he's growing so fast, and i've actually been thinking i might actually be able to do it again. it's crazy that i even have a tinge of wanting another. crazy! those hormones are somethin' else. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/before-i-forget-what-nobody-remembers-about-new-motherhood#post-909861 Sat, 06 Jul 2013 14:38:33 +0000 birdofafeather 909861@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i knew someone had to have posted this! a couple friends sent it to me and it was so so good and so true. i laughed and cried while reading it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/before-i-forget-what-nobody-remembers-about-new-motherhood#post-889688 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 13:50:02 +0000 immabeetoo 889688@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rrachael: completely valid :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/before-i-forget-what-nobody-remembers-about-new-motherhood#post-889594 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 13:29:27 +0000 rrachael 889594@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@scg00387: I think I posted on fb when I wore dd to target the first time, alone, with no melt downs. It was that epic. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/before-i-forget-what-nobody-remembers-about-new-motherhood#post-889541 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 13:19:21 +0000 Boheme 889541@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So good, and so true. I'm in the thick of the newborn days and its freaking hard... but at the same time I find myself wanting to hit pause and keep him as my little tiny baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/before-i-forget-what-nobody-remembers-about-new-motherhood#post-889536 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 13:18:47 +0000 immabeetoo 889536@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So good. I remember proudly telling DH that I had gotten to CVS with LO and back without any tears (from either of us). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/before-i-forget-what-nobody-remembers-about-new-motherhood#post-889526 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 13:17:28 +0000 maybebaby 889526@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I read this the other night when I had a "mommy melt down" and it made me feel SO much better. Also saving to send to friends when they have their little ones and need reassurance that they are doing a great job and that this, too, shall pass. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/before-i-forget-what-nobody-remembers-about-new-motherhood#post-889273 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 12:30:31 +0000 JoyfulKiwi 889273@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a coworker who says some variation of " enjoy every moment" literally every time we talk about my son. At first it was annoying, but then it started being helpful. I'd use it to get myself through the rougher days - someday I will forget all the suck and I will miss it. It makes it easier to bear in the meantime. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/before-i-forget-what-nobody-remembers-about-new-motherhood#post-889263 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 12:29:03 +0000 Raindrop 889263@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is great. I think we are suppose to forget so that parents would feel it's okay to have another. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/before-i-forget-what-nobody-remembers-about-new-motherhood#post-889247 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 12:24:45 +0000 meredithNYC 889247@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: Man, I wish I had thought of that! Something to do for the next bebe, I suppose. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/before-i-forget-what-nobody-remembers-about-new-motherhood#post-889217 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 12:16:24 +0000 looch 889217@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wrote a letter to my son about his birth and the first few weeks of his life, exactly so I wouldn't forget about the experience. And I read it every once in a while, so I remember and celebrate how far we have come. :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/before-i-forget-what-nobody-remembers-about-new-motherhood#post-889201 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 12:11:34 +0000 Adira 889201@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LOVE this article! I'm barely out of the newborn phase (Xander is 4 months) and I feel like I'm already forgetting so much about how HARD and awful it all was! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/before-i-forget-what-nobody-remembers-about-new-motherhood#post-889156 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 12:01:36 +0000 rrachael 889156@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow this is so spot on. I actually caught myself *missing* long nursing sessions the other day now that dd is fast and squirmy .... Cleary I have some sort of amnesia for what those sessions were really like ... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/before-i-forget-what-nobody-remembers-about-new-motherhood#post-889144 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 11:59:13 +0000 meredithNYC 889144@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mamabolt: Ha! Yeah, you might scare her. Maybe save it if she's having a rough first couple of weeks? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/before-i-forget-what-nobody-remembers-about-new-motherhood#post-889111 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 11:51:25 +0000 googly-eyes 889111@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Love this! It really captures how I felt in the beginning, like "did these women experience the same thing I'm doing?" My (least) favorite comment was, "this makes me want to have another baby!" Excuse me, WHAT?! Haha.</p> <p>But I really try now to encourage moms w/ newborns that I know IRL or on HB. It really is so hard!</p> <p>Hope this finds all the newborn mamas! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/before-i-forget-what-nobody-remembers-about-new-motherhood#post-889069 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 11:43:05 +0000 boiledpnut 889069@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thank you so much for posting this. I definitely needed it. :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/before-i-forget-what-nobody-remembers-about-new-motherhood#post-888966 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 11:22:24 +0000 MrsF 888966@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love this. New motherhood is certainly the best of times and the worst of times (mostly the worst, if I'm being honest). I think it's a biological imperative that we forget so that we can continue to reproduce. I'll think of this article the next time an old lady at the grocery store tells me to "enjoy every moment!". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/before-i-forget-what-nobody-remembers-about-new-motherhood#post-888931 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 11:17:16 +0000 mamabolt 888931@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I thought this was a great article! I was considering sending it to my friend who is due in August - but is that strange? Don't want it to be like "hey, your life might suck in a few weeks!" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/before-i-forget-what-nobody-remembers-about-new-motherhood#post-888896 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 11:12:37 +0000 meredithNYC 888896@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just shared this on another board, and thought it was worth putting up for others to read, too. Apologies if it's been posted already, but I thought it was really good!<br /> <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/sexes/archive/2013/04/before-i-forget-what-nobody-remembers-about-new-motherhood/274981/" rel="nofollow">http://www.theatlantic.com/sexes/archive/2013/04/before-i-forget-what-nobody-remembers-about-new-motherhood/274981/</a> </p>