https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 09 May 2026 07:58:42 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-feeling-like-a-new-mom#post-1689264 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 14:36:38 +0000 Sapphiresun 1689264@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think around maybe 8 months? I kind of felt like once I got the hang of feeding solids, new mom time was over. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-feeling-like-a-new-mom#post-1689190 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 14:05:54 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 1689190@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I stopped feeling like a new mom when I had baby #2! Everything came more naturally, and it was a whole different experience than with baby #1. I felt more in control, like I actually knew what I was doing, and I was less fazed about things overall. I just felt like I knew what I was doing, I didn't doubt my decisions, or feel guilty over things that I might've felt guilty about as a FTM. </p> <p>I think since I had the experience with #1 under my belt, with every new challenge I knew things would turn out okay in the end, and that we would get through it... because I had already seen the light at the end of the tunnel for each phase with #1. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-feeling-like-a-new-mom#post-1688962 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 12:05:57 +0000 sunny 1688962@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>To be honest, I still feel like a new mom and LO is a year and a half! There are always new things happening with her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-feeling-like-a-new-mom#post-1688956 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 12:02:54 +0000 lamariniere 1688956@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think by about 8 or 9 months I no longer felt like a new mom. I do agree with @looch: about always having to confront new situations though. But I think for me the new mom feeling evokes a lot of panic and self doubt whereas now that my son is older, it's less panic and just how do we deal with this new issue, in a more measured way. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-feeling-like-a-new-mom#post-1688923 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 11:43:48 +0000 catlady 1688923@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I actually had the realization over this past weekend that I no longer felt like a "new mom". It felt good! My LO's 8 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-feeling-like-a-new-mom#post-1688808 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 11:01:50 +0000 Ra 1688808@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>As soon as I think I've got this parenting thing down, the little dude changes things up and knocks me on my butt. Then I feel like a new mom all over again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-feeling-like-a-new-mom#post-1688755 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 10:48:00 +0000 Mamasig 1688755@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a 20 month old and a 4 week old, and I still feel like a new mom. Honestly, my newborn still scares me a little even though I did this before. Each child is different! Plus I'm always experiencing new things with my older son. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-feeling-like-a-new-mom#post-1688750 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 10:46:35 +0000 MoonMoon 1688750@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Around 9 months, a lot of anxiety fell away, and now at a year I don't feel like a new mom any more. Anxious? Yes. New challenges? yes. Don't know what I'm doing? Yes. But a new mom? No. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-feeling-like-a-new-mom#post-1688691 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 10:28:33 +0000 californiadreams 1688691@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>probably sometime after LO starting crawling and I could no longer control everything he did or got into and realized it was okay and the world was not ending. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-feeling-like-a-new-mom#post-1688682 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 10:25:52 +0000 pmerr 1688682@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've started feeling less like a "new mom" as we've gotten more used to doing things/gotten a routine. I still feel like a FTM when things pop up, since I've never dealt with those problems before.<br /> Edit: DS is 9MO </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-feeling-like-a-new-mom#post-1688675 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 10:22:01 +0000 Honeygold89 1688675@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not sure but LO is 4 months firday and I don't feel like a new mom anymore I think because I have a routine down and it just seems so natural to me. I think it went away around 10 or 12 weeks </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-feeling-like-a-new-mom#post-1688643 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 10:11:29 +0000 Smurfette 1688643@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I still feel like one but I am feeling 100% about my parenting abilities and confidence. But there is so much I haven't had to deal with yet. </p> <p>Like yesterday, texting a friend to ask if R's black poop was from blueberries! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-feeling-like-a-new-mom#post-1688637 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 10:08:42 +0000 NurseMommy 1688637@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Around 4 months-ish. That's when my confidence in my parenting ability (to a baby) started to blossom and I started trusting my instincts as a momma. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-feeling-like-a-new-mom#post-1688560 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 09:42:40 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 1688560@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hmmmm.. A is 12 weeks and I don't feel like a new mom! Probably because my friend has a 1 week old, so I think she is more new! lol :grin: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-feeling-like-a-new-mom#post-1688525 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 09:36:32 +0000 illumina 1688525@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 8.5mths and I am starting to feel less like a new Mum...especially when I see other Mums with newborns and I realise how far we've come. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-feeling-like-a-new-mom#post-1688510 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 09:34:03 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 1688510@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't remember when the feeling went away. It might have been when I stopped needing extra help- like, now I can grocery shop on my own with her, and not get stressed. Or, I can make normal plans and know that it won't take me an hour to get ready to leave the house.</p> <p>I'm still a total newbie when it comes to lots of things though! She's only 10 months! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-feeling-like-a-new-mom#post-1688469 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 09:26:17 +0000 Foodnerd81 1688469@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@kjpugs: Yeah, I definitely find it weird/funny that now I'm the one giving advice to my friends with newborns. Like I know what I'm doing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-feeling-like-a-new-mom#post-1688466 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 09:25:34 +0000 Foodnerd81 1688466@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: Totally agree-- everything new thing is a "first" but that's forever. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-feeling-like-a-new-mom#post-1688462 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 09:24:48 +0000 kjpugs 1688462@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I feel like now that friends are having newborns I am starting to feel less like "the new mom" as they come to me with questions. Although I think I will always feel like a FTM because when she's 1 - I've never had a one year old! etc etc, every year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-feeling-like-a-new-mom#post-1688455 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 09:24:18 +0000 Mrs squirreld 1688455@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think as soon as I started getting into a pattern, doing things without thinking like second nature... Probably around 3 months... Everyday there is a new challenge but I'm pretty sure that will last forever! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-feeling-like-a-new-mom#post-1688454 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 09:24:04 +0000 looch 1688454@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>In my mind, I am always a new mom. As my son gets older, the problems and situations get more complex and I find I am still clueless on those aspects. Even things I thought I knew how to remedy sometimes don't work, so I feel like you're always a new mom until you're parenting your second child, lol! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-feeling-like-a-new-mom#post-1688441 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 09:21:26 +0000 Adira 1688441@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hmmm... probably by 8 or 9 months. I mean, probably earlier with some things, but we didn't really get into solids until after 7 months, so it wasn't until after we got the swing of that that it felt like we were past a lot of all the big "new" stuff and I didn't feel like a "new mom" anymore! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-feeling-like-a-new-mom#post-1688434 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 09:20:08 +0000 autumnlove 1688434@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Less stressed around a year but I still feel like a new mom for LO 1's new phases. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-feeling-like-a-new-mom#post-1688432 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 09:19:46 +0000 Mrs. Pen 1688432@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't feel like a new mom either - but my son is over 2. I am not sure I realized when that feeling went away! Maybe around a year?? but every stage is "new" and presents with different challenges.. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-feeling-like-a-new-mom#post-1688427 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 09:18:47 +0000 Foodnerd81 1688427@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was just looking at some recipes online and saw 'tips for new moms' and realized-- hey! I don't feel like a new mom! Yes, loads of things are still new to me, but I feel like just a regular mom to a baby. C is 10 months old and I guess it's been this way for a while. </p> <p>How about you? </p> <p>(Please note, this is not to say I know what I'm doing 85% of the time. :) ) </p>