https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 08 May 2026 10:56:28 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-your-first-night-home-with-baby-go#post-1335542 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 12:39:33 +0000 plantains 1335542@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congrats on having the babies! Our first night home, my mum was staying with us so she really helped out. It was totally fine. Also, we were in lala land and spent a ton of time just staring at her:) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-your-first-night-home-with-baby-go#post-1335527 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 12:32:08 +0000 Ms.SK 1335527@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>1st Hint of Daddy's Little Girl came out that first night home:<br /> We put both babies down together in the bassinet as they had been in the hospital. Baby girl whimpered and my husband jumped up, picked her up and took her into the bed with him. He was such a softie. So when baby boy started to fuss I figured what the heck, and brought him to sleep with me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-your-first-night-home-with-baby-go#post-1335508 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 12:24:41 +0000 googly-eyes 1335508@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The first night home was actually probably the best night of her first week. She was probably sleepy from screaming all weekend in the hospital, lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-your-first-night-home-with-baby-go#post-1335257 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 11:10:20 +0000 Alivoo01 1335257@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It was a bit overwhelming the moment we walked through the door as we tried to figure out where everyone was sleeping. We had a packed house since my MIL decided to stay with us also instead of staying at the apartment near our shop as we initially thought. DS felt overwhelmed and was wailing like crazy till I locked me and him in our master bedroom to calm down. After we figured out who was sleeping where, the rest of the night was fine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-your-first-night-home-with-baby-go#post-1335238 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 11:05:36 +0000 singingbee 1335238@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Stressful. She couldn't latch because I was sooooo engorged. I would get her back to sleep and then worry because she couldn't eat. I called our lc in the morning at 7 am and we saw her that afternoon. It was much better the second night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-your-first-night-home-with-baby-go#post-1335219 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 11:01:36 +0000 PurplePeony 1335219@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Stressful. DD had pretty bad jaundice and didn't want to wake up for anything, including food. When we did manage to wake her, it was impossible to keep her up long enough to eat more than a few sips. I spent basically the first three days and nights at home trying to wake and feed her, round the clock. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-your-first-night-home-with-baby-go#post-1335115 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 10:36:55 +0000 Zbug 1335115@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: ha same! That was the only night we set an alarm. She was never going to let us get even close to the three hour mark. Other than that, I don't remember much about the first night. Time (apparently even just three months) heals all wounds :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-your-first-night-home-with-baby-go#post-1335075 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 10:27:21 +0000 edelweiss 1335075@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>congratulations! it felt surreal, and i was nervous. the dogs barked every time the baby cried, which was almost all the time, and our building's fire alarm went off. but i mostly remember being nervous, like WTF am i doing??? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-your-first-night-home-with-baby-go#post-1335054 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 10:23:04 +0000 maybebaby 1335054@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I missed the babies being born! Congratulations. The first night home was hell. My milk hadn't come in and my nipples were bleeding (didn't discover nipple shields until a few days later!) and in my sleepless desperation I made a bottle of formula from a sample. DH offered to feed him but I refused saying it was my fault. I sobbed the entire time I fed him repeating over and over "I'm so sorry." Wow. I hadn't even remembered that until now! I wish I could hug then me and tell me it will all work out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-your-first-night-home-with-baby-go#post-1335013 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 10:15:01 +0000 Mrs. Blue 1335013@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It takes a while to get in a routine. We had to make a rule that we didn't talk during night feedings or we ended up whisper fighting. :silly: We brought the boys home on the same day and the doctors wanted us to continue waking them up every 2-3 hours to eat. We were so tired from feeding them so often that the first few weeks are kind of a blur! I do remember the first few nights I checked on them ALLLL the time. It was hard to go from having a million monitors reassuring me that they were breathing and okay to having nothing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-your-first-night-home-with-baby-go#post-1335012 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 10:14:57 +0000 lawbee11 1335012@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It was pretty much what I expected. I didn't sleep much and she was up every couple of hours to nurse. DH and I didn't realize we should be quiet, not make eye contact, etc., so she would wake up and we'd sing to her and tell her how cute she was. Then we'd wonder why it was taking her so long to go back to sleep...oops! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-your-first-night-home-with-baby-go#post-1334977 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 10:08:01 +0000 GrapeCrush 1334977@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With DS first night went great...the second night was horrible!! Haha DD fit in perfectly and we haven't had a bad night yet with her </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-your-first-night-home-with-baby-go#post-1334923 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 09:55:22 +0000 avivoca 1334923@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just looked at each other not knowing that the heck we were doing. She refused to sleep anywhere but in our arms, so we slept with her on our chests, worried about not being able to see her, and changed approximately 1 million diapers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-your-first-night-home-with-baby-go#post-1334905 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 09:50:40 +0000 Boheme 1334905@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: ha! Same here! </p> <p>I remember not knowing what the hell to do with this tiny little fragile baby that they sent me home with with no how-to manual. He slept in his swing, and I couldn't take my eyes off him because I was afraid to stop watching him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-your-first-night-home-with-baby-go#post-1334844 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 09:32:08 +0000 Smurfette 1334844@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't remember it being bad. DH made fun of me cause I would set my alarm for every 3 hours to feed her but we never needed the alarm, she was our alarm. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-your-first-night-home-with-baby-go#post-1334830 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 09:28:00 +0000 LuLu Mom 1334830@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I watched her sleep the whole night, didn't get a wink of sleep. She was in the NICU for 5 days, so I was used to being away from her when she slept (under lights so they wanted me out of the room) so having her in the same room was a huge change for me, every sound she made I freaked out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-your-first-night-home-with-baby-go#post-1334801 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 09:21:10 +0000 blackbird 1334801@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>a lot better than the "stay in" at the hospital that they offer when your baby stays in special care/nicu as a trial run! that was a scary night. it was basically 3 hours down, up to eat/poop, 3 hours down, up to eat/poop. Freaking clockwork. I don't really remember it. </p> <p>I actually think that E did really well at home because the nurses in the nursery broke her in for us, lol. She was there a week, so maybe your babies will do better than you think :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-your-first-night-home-with-baby-go#post-1334765 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 09:13:20 +0000 Anagram 1334765@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours was fine, but like T.H.O.U., our parents were staying with us. They were a big help so we didn't have a lot to fight about.</p> <p>But congratulations on bringing him home! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-your-first-night-home-with-baby-go#post-1334756 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 09:10:44 +0000 JoJoGirl 1334756@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yoursilverlining: :-/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-your-first-night-home-with-baby-go#post-1334753 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 09:10:07 +0000 yoursilverlining 1334753@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: this sounds EXACTLY like our first night too; breakdown and all :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-your-first-night-home-with-baby-go#post-1334747 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 09:09:05 +0000 LovelyPlum 1334747@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congratulations! I hope baby girl gets to join you all at home soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-your-first-night-home-with-baby-go#post-1334746 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 09:08:20 +0000 knittylady 1334746@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Terrible! We discovered the hard way, and over and over, that he wouldn't sleep anywhere but in our arms. For some reason it took allllll night for us to get. We kept putting him down over and over just for him to scream. Yeah, steep learning curve haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-your-first-night-home-with-baby-go#post-1334722 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 09:00:49 +0000 JoJoGirl 1334722@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours was hell! She screamed for like 8 hrs straight and I had a nervous breakdown at 4am and screamed to DH "I CAN'T DO THIS!" while changing her diaper and he staged an intervention and took her and ordered me to bed.</p> <p>That sort of continued for like, months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-your-first-night-home-with-baby-go#post-1334717 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 08:59:39 +0000 Modern Daisy 1334717@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dont' worry - that is totally normal! Our first night was the absolute worst. I found what helped us was deciding in advance who would handle what wakeups, then initiate a "no talking" rule during MOTN feedings. You just have to trust that the other person is doing their best and back off. Plus you can't both always be up at the same time - at some point someone has to be rested. </p> <p>And during the day, you have to agree to trust each other. If DH wants to try something you don't think will work, just let him. The truth is, no one - not even the 'experts' - know how to soothe your baby. So you just have to learn by trial and error and try everything. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-your-first-night-home-with-baby-go#post-1334662 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 08:41:51 +0000 T.H.O.U. 1334662@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congrats! We didn't really bicker much because my parents were there but its tough! Hope sweet girl gets to come home soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-your-first-night-home-with-baby-go#post-1334658 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 08:40:35 +0000 Adira 1334658@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I honestly don't remember, but I suspect it was horrible. I was soooooooooo emotional, breastfeeding was so painful, and I had to feed Xander all the time! It was rough! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-your-first-night-home-with-baby-go#post-1334596 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 08:09:00 +0000 MamaMoose 1334596@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't sleep a wink. I was terrified the baby would suffocate in her sleep so I just stared at her. Hubs was great though. He handled every diaper change and helped me get situated for each nursing session. And if I remember correctly he took her in the morning so I could nap. I was a hot mess those first few days *cough* weeks *cough* </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-your-first-night-home-with-baby-go#post-1334595 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 08:08:46 +0000 mrs.shinerbock 1334595@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>About the same as the day went. We blearily stumbled out of bed to change diapers and feed every time she woke up or the 3hr alarm went off. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-your-first-night-home-with-baby-go#post-1334549 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 07:38:51 +0000 Sugar.Biscuit 1334549@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We got to bring our son home last night from the NICU, out daughter has stay a little longer. </p> <p>Our son did great! DH &amp; I bickered &amp; fought the whole time! He was hyper sensitive &amp; I was a little too anal. Hopefully we can get a system down for routine &amp; communication before sissy comes home otherwise we are screwed! </p>