August 2009
Help….my mother is taking over!
When a baby is born, a mother is born, a father is born, and a grandmother is born. Some first time grandmas can be an added stress, constantly telling you what to do, telling you how she did it when you were little and you’re still around. This could sound familiar “well when you were a baby we started feeding you cereal at 2 weeks, and you made it didn’t you?”
A what plan?
We have all heard of a birth plan, but a postpartum plan is just as important. The birth of your baby lasts only hours, but the postpartum period lasts for weeks. Most people think of it as a 6 week recovery period, you’ll be back to yourself once you get to your 6 week check-up right? Think again, being a mom is hard work. Most babies aren’t sleeping through the night at 6 weeks either. How to you get the most out of your 6 weeks? You create a postpartum plan before baby comes, make all the decisions about food, cleaning, sibling care before you need it.
Cloth vs. disposable
Cloth or disposable diapers, which to choose? Not that you don’t already have enough decisions to make, now you need to decide what to put on your baby’s bottom. They are definite positives and downfalls of both. The landfills are filling up, but cloth is a big investment in the beginning.
