The first few weeks must be the scariest thing I have ever death with! This little girl that had been living in my belly for 39weeks was finally here! NOW WHAT??!! No matter how prepared I felt, how many books or blogs I read, I still was completely overwhelmed with this new life I was now responsible for.
Bringing Molly home was exciting but stressful! We learned quickly our girl is a diva! She hates being on her back and she hated being held like a baby! My top fears where: what if I don't hear her? What if she's not breathing? What if she doesn't like my milk? I quickly had to get some confidence and some SLEEP. I literally drove myself crazy! My advice to any new mom is take all the help you can get. You will learn fast to sleep when baby sleeps! Make sure you eat and drink plenty of fluids. You need to take care of you in order to take care of your precious little one!! You will also learn that not everything you planned on doing will work out. And that's okay! A lot of my plans went out the window once we brought her home! I learnt to just go with the flow after a few days!
Molly's first drs call was for her belly button! After her stub fell off we had just assumed it was swollen for a few days. The swelling never went down! I started to freak out thinking it was my fault, of course! Why do we do that anyways?Blame ourselves for everything under the sun! Any who-- I knew something was wrong and called her pedi. Sure enough, she had an umbilical hernia! Never heard of it? Me either! Hello google? Please help! Haha. All I could think was hernia=operation!!!! Ahhhh! luckily hers is very small and completely normal. It's the kind of hernia that goes away on it's own and doesn't need to be operated on. Whheewww!
After her umbilical scare everything had been going normal. Key word HAD lol. Then came the projectile vomit! Molly has reflux. We found this out at her 2 month check up. One of the vaccines given is a small drink. After it was given to her BAM! projectile vomit all over the office and me! I can laugh at it now but my poor baby is defiantly not feeling it! Again, i blamed myself "my milk is bad!". Our pedis suggestion was to give her a small amount of rice cereal in a bottle after I breast feed her. So now we are on the early road to solids.
When did you start solids? Comment below and let me know if you have had similar situations and how you death with it!
Some of my go to guides while pregnant and postpartum were: itsjudyslife (YouTube) and babycenter.com I also used the "what to expect" app on my iPhone. I highly suggest YouTube for any new mom. A lot of moms are vlogging their pregnancy week to week, and its always nice to have reassurance that YOU ARE NOT ALONE!! Lol
I hope you enjoy my updates! I've probably left tons out but I will now be able to update more often. Keep an eye out for my next blog. Product reviews! My thoughts on the products we got for Molly. Everything from her crib to her swing.
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
My first mommy blog!
Welcome to my first blog as a new mommy! My beautiful baby girl was born may 25th and she sure has changed our world! My husband and I both say "it's Molly's world now and were just living in it!" It's true! She takes up every ounce of our time, and I guess that's why I waited to start this blog. Now that I'm getting in to the swing of things and she's on a schedule I have lots of first time mommy knowledge!
This is my journey as a first time mom. I hope to share my tips, tricks, and yes even my struggles! Being a first time mommy is not easy especially with all the criticism and unwanted advice you get from just about everyone. So please no negative comments! Like I said this is MY journey and MY choices. I'm here to share and maybe help just a little a long the way! I'm not shy to talk about any topi! I will cover everything and anything from breast feeding to sex after baby! Email me your questions and suggestions!
Let the blogging begin!....
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