4 lessons we have learned since Braxton was born.
1.) If you are buying a present for a baby shower--- never, ever, ever buy an outfit that has buttons. Why? Because at midnight while you are carefully trying to change the baby without waking up the whole house-- all you want is an outfit with a damn zipper!
2.) Babies know when you are trying to do the quiet and delicate lay down in their crib. Just put them down, save yourself the humiliation. Just let the baby cry. Stand on the other side of the door for 20 minutes and the kid will eventually fall asleep. The next time you do it, the time will be shorter. After a week – the kid cries for 2 minutes and sleeps like a baby all night long (at least thankfully this was our experience!)
3.) You thought you knew what tired was before you had a baby. Now, you realize that you had no freaking idea how tired you could be (this is especially true when the baby is less than 6 months old!). You will find strength you never knew you had to haul yourself out of bed and rock and rock your newborn baby until the baby finally falls back asleep.
4) The secret to ever-so-baby-soft-skin is to put on baby oil after the bath and then baby powder on top of it! My genius husband figured this one out!
1.) If you are buying a present for a baby shower--- never, ever, ever buy an outfit that has buttons. Why? Because at midnight while you are carefully trying to change the baby without waking up the whole house-- all you want is an outfit with a damn zipper!
2.) Babies know when you are trying to do the quiet and delicate lay down in their crib. Just put them down, save yourself the humiliation. Just let the baby cry. Stand on the other side of the door for 20 minutes and the kid will eventually fall asleep. The next time you do it, the time will be shorter. After a week – the kid cries for 2 minutes and sleeps like a baby all night long (at least thankfully this was our experience!)
3.) You thought you knew what tired was before you had a baby. Now, you realize that you had no freaking idea how tired you could be (this is especially true when the baby is less than 6 months old!). You will find strength you never knew you had to haul yourself out of bed and rock and rock your newborn baby until the baby finally falls back asleep.
4) The secret to ever-so-baby-soft-skin is to put on baby oil after the bath and then baby powder on top of it! My genius husband figured this one out!
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