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Moms Talk: No One Told Me....
This is the Mom's/Dad's talk for the Mom or Dad to be. This is your chance to share that bit of advice you wish someone had shared with you.
You always hear new parents saying, "No one told me how hard it would be. No one told me about the sleepless nights. No one told me..." Of course they didn't. They didn't want to scare you! Or if they did tell you, you weren't ready to hear it. It's hard to find the right audience who really wants to hear the gripes and complaints of becoming a parent.
Every parent has learned some things along the way that they didn't know they would ever need to learn. So let's offer some information in a kind, and not scary way. I'll start:
No one told me that I would be able to talk on the phone to my mom, eat a snack, write "thank you" notes, bounce a baby with my foot, and pump ... all at the same time! My advice is to take a nap when your baby naps because when they're awake you are in full demand!
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No one told me how hard it would be to find time to eat. My advice is to splurge and buy those overpriced, prepackaged things to snack on. You need your energy and you probably want to stay healthy so this is a good time in your life to buy those prepackaged bags of cut up apple slices, precut cheese squares, precut carrots and celery, or energy bars. It's not a forever thing, just for now.
No one ever told me how challenging being a parent would be on my relationship with my husband. My advice is to make a date and get a reliable babysitter (Aunt, Grandparent, friend) to set up a date night for just you and your spouse to get away from "baby land" for a couple of hours. The really important part of this is to set it up BEFORE you have the baby and make sure it is someone who will not let you back out after the baby is born! Also, no movie dates for a while -- you will fall asleep! It happened to us!
