I'm not sure I would have done anything differently! Maybe made DH get up with him more, lol.
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Nothing...I think I did it all the way I wanted.
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I would accept more help, not stress so much with LO's crying, and nap more instead of house cleaning.
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Nothing this time around.
My first time, I stressed too much about EBF. It took a while for my milk to come in so I should have just given my LO formula. -
Used Happiest Baby on the Block sooner, read up on sleep patterns more, and maybe more baby wearing.
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I would try not to stress out as much and I certainly wouldn't have gone back to work early from maternity leave (felt guilty b/c they were seriously short handed)
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@chopsuey119: We gave LO formula before my milk came in. With the help of the peds office, they were supportive of the interim formula and breastfeeding.
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Enjoy it more. I was crying and upset for the first 4 weeks or so. I wish I could have relaxed and enjoyed my tiny baby.
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I would set a good nap routine....
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@tequiero21: Oh yes! He would only sleep in my arms post-nursing for like 5 months! I would have decoupled nursing from sleep early on (or not let it get coupled to begin with!)
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I would have stopped stressing out about everything and enjoyed my time with her more.
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Relax! I was so nervous/stressed about every little thing.
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I don't think I'd change anything. I miss my squisy little newborn.
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I would've let him sleep on me more! We were so stringent about putting him down drowsy... Which totally fell apart once we has to stop swaddling anyways! So I wish I'd snuggled more and stressed about sleep habits less. I also would've gone to see the Ob quicker when I suspected something was wrong and hopefully avoided emergency surgery two days before we moved to a new state.
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Started pumping sooner!
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I am pretty happy with everything that I did. I just wish he would have latched a lot better from the start.
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@mrskc: yup, I was an emotional mess for the first month or so and it took me about six weeks to decide I "liked" LO!
Other than that if I could do it over, I'd spend the first couple of weeks in bed with baby and make everybody run round after me so the only thing I had to worry about was her.
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I would have accepted more help, met with an LC sooner, and spent more time doing nothing but staring at my baby and sleeping.
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@Kemma: this too! I would take it easy the first couple of weeks.
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Get out more! I was stuck inside my whole maternity leave. DD was verrrrryy fussy!
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Never let LO sleep on our bed now he won't sleep anywhere else.
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Keep giving her a bottle at least once a day, instead of stopping after my milk came in (we supplemented for a few days), so that we wouldn't go through hell getting her to take on later, and so that maybe DH could give her one at night.
Ask for help for PPD earlier and get on meds, so I wouldn't end up screaming at LO when she was only weeks old, or end up standing crying in the middle of a park because I was at the end of my rope.
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Ask for help w/ PPD sooner. Trust my gut that it was PPD and not just a stage I'd quickly pass on my own.
Not stress about BF/FF. Just do what seemed right.
Got more help for nights, especially when DH went back to work and I was mostly alone 24 hrs a day and DD seemed colicky for a few weeks and I was plain exhausted and oh so stressed.
Worry less, enjoy more.
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So many things...
- Hire help
- Trust my instincts
- Try to enjoy my baby
- Not worry about work and house cleaning
I would like to say that I wouldn't stress about breastfeeding as much as I did, but I probably would anyways. That was the hardest part.
@googly-eyes: Sounds like we had similar experiences with the newborn stage. I hope you're doing a million times better now. I love being a mommy now, but it took a while. -
I wouldnt have killed myself trying to breastfeed when I couldnt. I would have advocated more for myself when I was re-admitted when she was 2 weeks old, which probably would have allowed me to breastfeed.
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I would have handled some situations with ILs differently (still maintaining the decisions I had made but making sure they were 100% clear from the get-go).
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I would see an LC in week 1, not wait until after I am supplementing with formula (not that there's anything wrong with that). I had perfectly fine milk I was pumping, I was just given wrong information from my pediatrician.
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I would have spent more time in bed cuddling with my daughter, and I would have rested more- my C-section scar was open and unhealed for 8 weeks- instead of being angry and upset about this, I would have just let it go and enjoyed that down time.
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I would have snuggled more. Now my LO won't cuddle at all and I really miss those days.
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I don't think I would change anything. I really loved having a newborn! Not that it was easy at all, I just really loved that tiny baby stage
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Nothing, I think we did pretty good!
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