Hellobee Boards Topic: What did you wish you knew before you became a new mom? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 14 Apr 2026 11:44:26 +0000 rachiecakes on "What did you wish you knew before you became a new mom?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-wish-you-knew-before-you-became-a-new-mom#post-227691 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 21:20:51 +0000 rachiecakes 227691@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>One more - I wish I'd known that my hospital didnt do footprints or newborn photos, I found out our fourth day there :/ </p> rachiecakes on "What did you wish you knew before you became a new mom?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-wish-you-knew-before-you-became-a-new-mom#post-227689 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 21:19:37 +0000 rachiecakes 227689@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wish I had been more educated in breastfeeding. It was so hard - and I did take a class!<br /> I also wish I'd known enough to get a variety of things. I wanted to babywear &amp; swaddle and my son will have none of it! Should've saved the money I spent on Ergos and swaddles on a better stroller. </p> Freckles on "What did you wish you knew before you became a new mom?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-wish-you-knew-before-you-became-a-new-mom#post-227663 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 21:12:34 +0000 Freckles 227663@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thought this was an interesting blog post on babycenter.com.</p> <p><a href="http://blogs.babycenter.com/mom_stories/12_things_i_wish_i_knew_as_a_new_mom/" rel="nofollow">http://blogs.babycenter.com/mom_stories/12_things_i_wish_i_knew_as_a_new_mom/</a></p> <p>After 3 months, I look back and laugh at how naive/clueless i was pre-baby. Some things i wish i knew (some of which are similar to those on the post):</p> <p>1. Half of the registry items will be useless. Like those cute but small swaddle blankets that don't exactly contain the LO? The best gifts were from the moms who passed on stuff that worked best for them.</p> <p>2. Don't even bother having a post-partum workout schedule until after you have the baby. I had planned on being ready to run a half-marathon in September. I hadn't counted on a labour that wouldn't allow me to run until 3 months later.</p> <p>3. Read as much as you can about babies and sleep, because you may not be lucky enough to get a good sleeper...and you won't have time to read all those books after the baby comes!</p> <p>What do you wish you knew? </p>