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I'm trying to survive infancy. I can't wait for him to get out of the baby stage. I know that people say motherhood is so rewarding, but I just think it's really hard, until you start to see the product you've created really come to life. Our 5 year old amazes me with how big his heart is, how creative he is, and how much love he has to give. I love our infant and my heart melts when he smiles, and he loves me almost TOO MUCH lol, but he drives me nuts too. I am better with children than babies I have realized.

We just survived it! It was seriously a tough time for us. But I remember the first few days thinking, "this is it?!" Then the sleep deprivation caught up ...

Hope things get easier soon!
I loved the newborn stage, I was just amazed and fascinated by her. She loved the 5 Ss and her swing so we were lucky and she wasn't that fussy (as a 1 year old she's a lot more yelly).

There were pockets of time I really loved (like those milk drunk snuggles) but it was mostly survival. He's 4mo now and a lot more alert and interactive, and a lot more fun, even though he's really clingy and still wants to constantly nurse/be held. It'll be even better once he learns to nap somewhere besides my arms though!

Just survived. I don't understand the people that truly love(d) having babies at home. Who enjoys sleep deprivation? Anyone who actually enjoyed the newborn stage must have had miraculously good sleepers or kids who took well to cry-it-out early on.

I really love toddlers/pre-schoolers and knowing that was in the future was what kept me going. Life now is great-- we still have bad days, but I'd take tantrums and a little mischief maker over the sleep stealing, uncommunicative blob any day. Newborns are tough. But it gets better.

Hmm...survived the first two weeks then loved it. I'm so much better with babies than the terrible 2-3's...now that, I'm barely surviving.

I'd say half/half... I was so fascinated by her, but at the same time I was so exhausted and it felt like groundhog day every day... time felt like it stood still and days felt really long in that first month, but I loved the cuddles and nursing her and having her sleep on my chest. She was so tiny and helpless... and all she needed was me - I really loved that.

It's all about survival on the beginning! It does get better though

Barely survived. C pretty much screamed through all of her awake time for the first 3 months and I wanted to jump off a bridge.

It gets SO much better. At 3 months, it was like a switch flipped and her whole personality changed. She became this sweet, happy, grinning baby and she's so much fun.

Apart from breastfeeding struggles, I'm loving it. I think I lucked out though with a baby who only really cries when she wants something and just doesn't like being put down.

I didn't LOVE it, but it wasn't horrible.....I will agree that once he started smiling & I figured out how to nurse lying down, it got a WHOLE lot easier though.

I loved it. I think my husband just survived it. The first two weeks were the worst. At week 3, she started sleeping in slightly longer stretches at night, that helped a lot. I think we just got lucky with a happy baby. She only cried when she was hungry or wet. Most of the time, she was happy to lay in our arms, the swing or the bouncy chair. I really enjoyed those first three months at home with her.

That being said, it has gotten better and better than that with each passing month.

I thought I would love it...not so much. Breast feeding has been so hard, and honestly newborns are boring! I can't wait for the more interactive stages.

We just survived the first 8 weeks and then enjoyed it from then on, especially nights. it was hard with all the sleep deprivation, breastfeeding issues, worrying about umbilical cord...

At 8 weeks she started sleeping much better and things improved

@hilsy85: I thought I would love it too!

I definitely did not love the newborn stage. LO is 6 months old and now is a wonderful time because she’s more her own person and I love to watch her investigate the world around her and you can actually do a lot more with her. There just isn’t much to do with a newborn besides fulfill their basic requirements; which is exhausting and boring at the same time. It’s especially hard before they smile socially at you; you do all this constant hard work and get so little in return haha

With DS (now 4) I just survived it. I was SO overwhelmed and he was high needs. I can honestly say I do not miss when he was little bitty.
With DD (10 weeks) I am enjoying it. Obviously lack of sleep is no fun but she will be my last baby so I'm soaking up every moment. We are bed sharing and snuggling all night. I don't even mind that she wakes every 1.5 hours at night. I'm really sad that her newborn phase is almost over because this is the last time I will experience it.

Survived. Mentally, I was a mess for the first few months and it made me less sure about having any more children. I really don't know if I can got through that again.

@Mrs. Tricycle: Even the second time around with LMW I was miserable until she passed that 8 week fussiness peak!! There were entire days I could not get up off the couch because she would cry if I moved. I was imprisoned. I know it's miserable but it goes by fast, and things get SO much better after those first couple of months. We're dealing with teething but it's still light years better than the first 2 months (we have to rock her back to sleep, but at least she'll sleep lying flat in her crib in her nursery alone!). You can do it! Just survive!! Don't feel guilty about not enjoying, there's plenty of time to do that after the newborn stage!!!