It's a baby boom again. Lots of friends having first babies and several having second or even third babies.
I shall not lie, I am glad I am not a first time mom anymore. Things have been so much easier with Baby Q than they ever were with Blueberry. Part of it, I think, was due to the birth experience itself and the lack of stress I felt post-labor. Part of it, though, is definitely the comfort of knowing what I'm doing, what's going on, and even who I am as a mom.
So many questions the first time around. Cloth diapers--yes or no? Co-sleep? How about bottles? Pacifiers? Baby food--make my own? Or stumbling onto the concept of baby-led feeding. How to nurse. How to take care of plugged ducts. Baby is sick--time to panic or not?
Knowing what I believe, how I prefer to raise my kids, what works for our family. All of these things are so much simpler now. I'm a much more relaxed mom of newborn this time around.
So happy new mommy-hood my dear friends. It does get easier.
In some ways..... :)
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Yup, I'm with you. Mothering a newborn was SO much easier the second time around. I enjoyed my baby a lot more because I wasn't so stressed. Now I wonder how the third time will go....?
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