Today, 1 month and 4 minutes ago ( it is 7:52pm) I gave birth to Brianna Elizabeth Soto! It is beyond difficult to believe its already been a month!!! This month has flown by!! Its amazing how much you learn in such little time and how much your life changes!! Brianna is already growing out of hew newborn clothes and it breaks my heart!! In honor of her 28 days of birth, I decided to write the top 28 things I have learned being a new mommy. HOPE IT HELPS!!!
1) You will never ever ever sleep the same again!! I spend 2 hours sometimes trying to sleep Brianna. Once I am finally able to lay her down, i spend about another 45 minutes listening to her breathing, seeing if she vomits, googling different things like why babys get baby acne, etc.
2) Don't open all the bottles of Desitin. Some babies, like mine, are actually allergic.
3) No matter how organized you try to have your diaper bag, it will always be a mess. I have everything in separate little baggies, one bag for pampers, one for bottles, one for extra clothes, etc, and when I get home the bag is always a mess.
4) You can never have too many bibs. Brianna goes through two a day.
5) Buy a lot of receiving blankies, gloves, and socks. If not, you'll be washing 6 out of 7 days a week.
6) It is difficult to go out with a newborn to run errands, but believe me that while youre going through the aisles at publix all you are doing is thinking about your child and how much you miss her.
7) Waking up every 3 hours kicks your butt. But your happiest moments in life will be when you have that baby in your arms and she is asleep on you with a full tummy.
8) You will go through over 200 diapers in 1 month without even having to try. But believe me, change baby constantly because diaper rash will break your heart.
9) You are dying to leave the hospital and bring baby home. But walking into your house and realizing there is no red call nurse button is SCARY!!!!
10) Take comfy outfits for baby to hospital. I bought her the most gorgeous linen take me home outfit and it broke my heart to put it on her. She ended up coming home in a pink cotton gown since it was comfortable for her.
11) Take everything the hospital gives you and dont feel bad about it. You'll feel bad when the hospital statement comes in and you see that every piece of toilet paper you used the hospital charged the insurance for.
12) Bathing a baby is more mentally freaky than what it really is. BUT ASK THE HOSPITAL TO TEACH YOU!! Especially since they teach you how to bathe her face and hair without getting water into the ear.
13) You will spend the first week at home thinking that you are going to break this child. You cant imagine that you would be entrusted with something so fragile.
14) Read and sing to baby since day 1. You think they dont notice, but Brianna with 1 month already calms down from crying if I start singing to her.
15) Dont feel bad saying no. If a visitor is sick, ask them to stay home. If people want to carry her, they need to wash hands and wear a receiving blanket, even if they have 15 kids and consider themselves the baby whisperer.
16) Dont over-google. A simple baby acne can become a liver disease if you keep reading.
17) No matter what, babies need to sleep on their backs!! Doesnt matter if baby is more comfortable on their tummies, abuela says her 7 kids all slept on their tummies and are fine, etc. Its not safe. At least not in the beginning.
18) There are 2 million opinions. Listen to your pediatricians before your cousins's mother's dog walker's brother. YOU'LL GO CRAZY!!
19) Read instructions. Don't think you can build anything just because your husband is a manly man. There is no need to risk babys health over machoness.
20) Find out what formula and pampers hospital use. It sounds crazy, but you cant change them to a different one just because its the one you have at home. WARNING: Hospitals do not have soy organic chai lactose free imported from Paris formula, so ask how to go about changing baby to that kind of formula if you feel so strongly about it.
21) You will never use your changing pad. You may use it during week 1 when everyone comes over to see how cute it is that you change the babys diaper. Eventually, it'll become a stage for pictures and your changing pad will be your pack and play, couch, husbands legs, and your bed.
22) Babies like noise. It calms them. Dont have the whole house whispering as to " no asustar la nina".
23) Tummy time is important, but it doesnt have to be on a super cute pink tummy time mat. Tummy time can be on top of you as you lay down on the couch or bed. Actually, its better because baby will lift neck to be able to look at your face.
24) C-Section pain seems like the end of the world, but it goes away. I remember telling my OB that I ask for my pain beds 30 minutes before their due and she told me pain would go away in like 4-5 days. I thought to myself " YOU CRAZY" but its true.
25) C-section is STILL major surgery. Dont go crazy around the house trying to keep house clean, etc. It will hurt!! I remember my first publix trip because I thought I could do it and those walks through those aisles killed me.
26) Prepare meals for delivery and stick them in freezer. I didnt do that because honestly I dont like to cook and I spent 2 weeks saying " pasa por pollo tropical on your way home".
27) Appreciate peoples advice. It may seem overwhelming when someone tells you how they did it differently than you, but appreciate that however they did it, they too did it well
28) BELIEVE THAT GOD GAVE YOU THAT BABY BECAUSE YOU COULD HANDLE IT! YOU ARE THAT CHILDS MOTHER! YOU!! NOT TIA, ABUELA, ABUELO... YOU!!!!!! Be confident in yourself!!!!
29) ( 1 for good luck): No matter what you have, c-section or natural, GET UP AND MOVE. Dont let the "estoy recien parida" excuse get you lazy!!! You'll feel better if you move!!! Remember you need to help your body get back to normal!
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