When your expecting a baby or the mother to a newborn, you’ll receive all kinds of advice from other parents. Some of the advice you’ll receive will work for you and other’s will not. Every baby is different and so are parenting styles.
My 30 year old daughter had her second child a few months ago and immediately came to me for advice. Baby Jax was having some issues, so who better to come to for advice than your own mother, the baby’s grandmother? Here’s some of the advice that I passed onto her.
1. All babies are different. Some will get up during the night every other hour and other’s will sleep 2-3 hours at a time. Some babies will take long naps during the day, other’s won’t.
2. It’s normal for a baby to spit-up and be fussy at times. As long as they don’t have a fever, crying in pain and are feeding well, you shouldn’t be too concerned.
3. Don’t switch from breastfeeding to bottle feeding or switch around your baby’s formula until you consult a doctor, midwife or baby nurse. If there is a problem, let them diagnose it and advise you on what to do.
4. Don’t buy over-the-counter medication and give it to your baby without consulting a doctor. Almost all newborn medications are given according to your child’s weight and diagnosis. Just because one mother gives a child XYZ, doesn’t mean you should do it too.
5. When the baby is sleeping, you should sleep or at the very least…lay down and rest. Try to save the housework and chores for when baby is awake. There is nothing wrong with mom napping during the day too!
6. When it comes to laundering baby’s clothing, crib linens and bath linens, use Dreft laundry detergent. It’s the same product that I used on my daughter and grand daughter when they were little. It’s hyperallergenic and perfect for baby’s delicate & sensitive skin.
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Sleep when the baby sleep so you can catch up on sleep otherwise you will have more stress!
I don’t have any children of my own yet. I’d love to win this for my cousin.
My advice for new moms is to accept help when offered to you! If someone comes to visit and asks what they can do to help, give them a chore! Seriously. Rest when you can and know that this stage won’t last long.
Make sure that there is someone you can call for last minute advise or help. make sure that there is sometime that you can have for yourself.
Be patient and make sure to get help whenever you need it.
Be open to accepting help or advice. Every baby is different so if the first thing doesn’t work, try something else. Also, sleep whenever you can.
Don’t be afraid to ask for help. Your family and friends can help you.
Sleep when baby sleeps is a good one. I’d love to be sleeping right now, I have a newborn.
My advice is to take help that is offered to you from people you trust.
If someone offers to help you out, I’d take it. I had 0 help with both of my kids, and soon to be the 3rd. so I would die to a little help.
The best advice is to just keep your eyes on your Child in order to keep them safe. It only takes a moment for something bad to happen.
Don’t be afraid to either ask for help or accept it when it’s offered! That and it can be hard for some to turn off the nesting bug and not feel like every little thing needs to be perfect, at least it was for me. The dishes and laundry will get done when it gets done, lol.
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My best tip is never be embarrassed to ask for help or advice. Rest is really important too.
I would suggest taking lots of pictures cause they grow too fast
I had twins and was so tired in the beginning I regret it now
My tip is to take offered help and to sleep when the baby sleeps.
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Don’t say no to anyone that offers help. They really do want to help you because they know how stressful newborns can be!
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Best tips I ever received was to not stress the little things, sleep when the baby sleeps. And to ask for help!
My tip would be to take MANY photos and keep a frame or book handy to print one favorite for each month. The first year is the most awe mazing and there are so many changes. AND MOM, get people to take photos of you with baby. In most cases the mom takes the most photos and when you go to look for them when your “baby” leaves the nest…you may find you have very few of you with them, since you are generally behind the camera.
Also, dont try to be supermom. You will burn out. Take care of YOU too!
Trust yourself and it’s ok to feel overwhelmed and to ask for help. We all needed it.
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The tip that I would give to a new mother is to find a natural detergent to clean your newborn’s cloth with. I would also tell the new mother to make sure that you find some time for yourself so that you can reboot and relax while the baby is sleeping. I would also tell them to reach out to family for help to ease the stress of a newborn baby.
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My new mom advice is to always take a nap when baby is napping, you are going to be tired a lot so get your rest when baby is getting theirs.
I would tell a new mom to enjoy this time because it goes sooo fast. And to do your best to deal with all the advice. There will be lots lol.
Be patient. You aren’t perfect. You aren’t going to have all the answers. It’s ok. Ask for help and know you aren’t alone.
My advice would be that know that you are doing your best. No little one comes with a manual…how easy would that be. Also rest when the baby rests and don’t forget to eat!
Take time for yourself as well. It’s important to sleep and eat!
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I would say to take help when offered and try to get some sleep and relaxation whenever you can. I would also say that it does get easier so hang in there.
II’m currently pregnant with my Second child and the best advice I can give is take the help that is offered to you. When grandma or aunt ect says, is their anything you need, tell them what you need. Have them come visit the baby so you can have a shower or just a few precious minutes for your self. Eat a meal that’s hot for once while they hold the baby, take a nap. In the beginning lots of family and friends will want to visit and while you feel tired and basically awful they can give you some relief. I wish I had taken this advice with my first child. I didn’t want to miss a second with her but it’s exhausting. But I will with this one. When the husband is at work and company wants to meet the baby I’ll be saying yes, yes to time spent, yes to dinner, just yes and thank you.
Sleep when the baby sleeps! Housework isn’t as important as actually getting rest.
Try not to stress out over every little thing. If help is offered, take it. And get any rest you can, while the baby is resting.