Welcome to motherhood, where nothing is what you expect! Lol. I was one of those anti-co-sleeping moms too. I spent a lot of nights in the rocking chair in their room. Now, I have a 9 and 11 year old who sleep in my bed all the time. 🙄. I totally gave up! I was recently thinking that if I had another baby, I'd stop stressing about it and just co-sleep from day 1! In fact I'd probably get one of those co-sleeping bed attachments lol.
I also struggled with breastfeeding my first one. Second one was a lot easier, not sure why. Do your best but don't beat yourself up if you have to use a bottle at any point. It'll all be OK in the end! My kids had the same weird eating schedule, and they still do! Fortunately it gets a lot easier as they get older and can get themselves snacks. :). You're doing great! Loved hearing about this and would love to hear more!
Loved the list! My son is 16 months now. I expected that there would be steady behavior, sleep, and eating changes. But it’s not linear change. There are sleep regressions for example. He was a great eater a few months ago and suddenly he’s suspicious or more interested in seeing food fall. 😂
Another thing I didn’t expect was how breastfeeding would go for me. I didn’t anticipate not only how hard it would be but how I would feel about it. It is an understatement to say we had a rocky start. By six months though things were going so well we just kept going. I never imagined we’d be breastfeeding past the year.
One thing that cracks me up is baby paraphernalia. We bought or were given things for him to use that he couldn’t use or he just didn’t care for.
I love being a mother. I feel excited at the prospect of how much better prepared I’d be if I’m blessed with more babies. Not saying things would go smoothly, but at least I’d know what it’s definitely silly to have expectations about.
I love hearing your perspective. It sounds to me like your doing really well!
Welcome to motherhood, where nothing is what you expect! Lol. I was one of those anti-co-sleeping moms too. I spent a lot of nights in the rocking chair in their room. Now, I have a 9 and 11 year old who sleep in my bed all the time. 🙄. I totally gave up! I was recently thinking that if I had another baby, I'd stop stressing about it and just co-sleep from day 1! In fact I'd probably get one of those co-sleeping bed attachments lol.
I also struggled with breastfeeding my first one. Second one was a lot easier, not sure why. Do your best but don't beat yourself up if you have to use a bottle at any point. It'll all be OK in the end! My kids had the same weird eating schedule, and they still do! Fortunately it gets a lot easier as they get older and can get themselves snacks. :). You're doing great! Loved hearing about this and would love to hear more!
Love hearing about your experience!
Loved the list! My son is 16 months now. I expected that there would be steady behavior, sleep, and eating changes. But it’s not linear change. There are sleep regressions for example. He was a great eater a few months ago and suddenly he’s suspicious or more interested in seeing food fall. 😂
Another thing I didn’t expect was how breastfeeding would go for me. I didn’t anticipate not only how hard it would be but how I would feel about it. It is an understatement to say we had a rocky start. By six months though things were going so well we just kept going. I never imagined we’d be breastfeeding past the year.
One thing that cracks me up is baby paraphernalia. We bought or were given things for him to use that he couldn’t use or he just didn’t care for.
I love being a mother. I feel excited at the prospect of how much better prepared I’d be if I’m blessed with more babies. Not saying things would go smoothly, but at least I’d know what it’s definitely silly to have expectations about.
I love hearing your perspective. It sounds to me like your doing really well!
Have you read “Mom Genes”? I think you’d like it.
We are doing well! Things just keep getting better and better :) I haven't read Mom Genes - I'm going to look into it!
Definitely! And any time there is something that guarantees an easy fix, I've found that it only works about half the time...
That's adorable!
I totally feel you on this! Baby sleep is a process!