Lessons Learned
1. After a restless night of getting barely any sleep, I learned that a nursing mother should not eat beans because it causes gas which makes the newborn baby very uncomfortable and cranky.
2. You can offer a clean pinky to the newborn baby to suck on for comfort.
3. You can't give the newborn baby a bath until the semi-clear white scab on the bellybutton peels off. You must apply rubbing alcohol on this area to help speed up the process.
4. New moms are very emotional and cry easily. I guess this continues on from the pregnancy. I wonder when you can finally go back to your normal self.
5. I am tired.
6. Dealing with insurance, particularly HMO, can be very stressful and they do not all agree to a certain procedure which makes it even harder.
7. It's better not to use baby wipes on infants which can cause rashes. Just use fabric-like paper towel and warm water to wipe their tiny butts.
8. When you're a new mom, you are constanly breastfeeding your child. Every 3 hours from the time they start their feeding and each feeding usually lasts longer than an hour because the infant falls asleep during the meal.
9. If you're going to do birth announcements, get most of it ready before you give birth: the template, the labels, and the envelopes.
10. New mothers space out and can't remember things due to the lack of sleep.
11. When you do laundry for the baby, do not use fabric softer which can irritate their skin.
12. Diaper Genies are hazardous to the environment. Diapers are difficult to decompose but when you have the plastic in the Diaper Genie wrapped tightly around them, diapers are never likely to decompose ever.
1. After a restless night of getting barely any sleep, I learned that a nursing mother should not eat beans because it causes gas which makes the newborn baby very uncomfortable and cranky.
2. You can offer a clean pinky to the newborn baby to suck on for comfort.
3. You can't give the newborn baby a bath until the semi-clear white scab on the bellybutton peels off. You must apply rubbing alcohol on this area to help speed up the process.
4. New moms are very emotional and cry easily. I guess this continues on from the pregnancy. I wonder when you can finally go back to your normal self.
5. I am tired.
6. Dealing with insurance, particularly HMO, can be very stressful and they do not all agree to a certain procedure which makes it even harder.
7. It's better not to use baby wipes on infants which can cause rashes. Just use fabric-like paper towel and warm water to wipe their tiny butts.
8. When you're a new mom, you are constanly breastfeeding your child. Every 3 hours from the time they start their feeding and each feeding usually lasts longer than an hour because the infant falls asleep during the meal.
9. If you're going to do birth announcements, get most of it ready before you give birth: the template, the labels, and the envelopes.
10. New mothers space out and can't remember things due to the lack of sleep.
11. When you do laundry for the baby, do not use fabric softer which can irritate their skin.
12. Diaper Genies are hazardous to the environment. Diapers are difficult to decompose but when you have the plastic in the Diaper Genie wrapped tightly around them, diapers are never likely to decompose ever.
