'At first, this advice may seem silly to say out loud, but it's a great reminder.'
Hi, I'm Hannah, and I have a nine-month-old daughter named Ellie. While I feel like at this point I've been doing this whole parenting thing for a while, I'm still aSince telling people that I was pregnant, I've received endless advice on how to raise a child. If you're a parent, I'm sure you can relate! Much of the advice I've gotten has been straight-up annoying or total garbage.
It feels like yesterday that she was five minutes old and then five days old and five months old...and I know that in the blink of an eye, she will be five years old going off to Kindergarten and I'll be wondering where all the time went. I love talking with others about my parenting decisions and the things that are working for me and Ellie, but I felt more confident and happier once I stopped comparing.I will admit that I'm not great at accepting help from people. I take pride in being independent and doing things for myself. So when people told me to accept help with the baby and/or household tasks whenever help was offered, I had a hard time feeling like this would apply to me.
I did end up breastfeeding for six months because I found that it worked for me. Plus, my baby and I enjoyed it. That being said, I now realize how physically and emotionally demanding it is. And this advice helped me to reframe my mindset: I wasn't being lazy...I was just allowing myself the time to recover and figure out this new life as a mom.If you're not familiar with it, the Snoo is a smart basinett that claims to use science-based sounds and movement to help newborns sleep.
Now, we never leave the house without a change of clothes for Ellie should a blowout occur. Because it only does when you're least prepared for it.I was at a friend's baby shower, talking to a woman around my mother's age. She heard that I recently had a baby, and she told me her biggest piece of advice is always to follow your gut as a mother.Now, when I first brought Ellie home from the hospital, I would have told you that I was skeptical of this advice.
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