Comments on: The early baby days https://www.ababyonboard.com/the-early-baby-days/ A London mum blog for the parenting journey. UK interiors, pregnancy, baby & parenting lifestyle blog Wed, 20 Aug 2014 12:52:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 By: Second babies, sleep and the SnuzPod bedside crib | https://www.ababyonboard.com/the-early-baby-days/#comment-139051 Wed, 20 Aug 2014 12:52:00 +0000 https://www.ababyonboard.com/?p=6253#comment-139051 […] how to co-sleep safely by out NCT teacher, I was terrified of squashing her. So instead in the early baby days we took it in turns to sit up with her asleep on us in the night. I dreaded the nights and feeling […]

]]> By: What to watch when you have a new baby | https://www.ababyonboard.com/the-early-baby-days/#comment-137105 Tue, 29 Jul 2014 05:30:40 +0000 https://www.ababyonboard.com/?p=6253#comment-137105 […] the early baby days after getting home from hospital seem manic, but you don’t do much other than sitting around […]

]]> By: Miley Adam https://www.ababyonboard.com/the-early-baby-days/#comment-134942 Tue, 17 Jun 2014 07:19:17 +0000 https://www.ababyonboard.com/?p=6253#comment-134942 Nice tips and i am happy to read you blog post that you have shared your experience which will be very helpful to new upcoming moms like me 🙂

]]> By: gillian https://www.ababyonboard.com/the-early-baby-days/#comment-134870 Sat, 14 Jun 2014 21:49:23 +0000 https://www.ababyonboard.com/?p=6253#comment-134870 In reply to Gemma.

Oh god, sorry! It wasn’t my intention to scare anyone at all. It wasn’t all bad, it was just completely different from how everyone said it was. It is different for everyone though (and there’s lots of lovely, lovely bits) x

]]> By: Gemma https://www.ababyonboard.com/the-early-baby-days/#comment-134326 Sun, 01 Jun 2014 13:41:39 +0000 https://www.ababyonboard.com/?p=6253#comment-134326 I’m just under 10 weeks away from my first and your post has terrified me!

No, in all honesty, it’s great that people will be so upfront about these things. As it’s the first grandchild on both sides, most people are just cooing over baby clothes and other cute baby stuff and forgetting to talk about the hard bits with me. Luckily I’ve got a great support network.

Thank god for the internet right?! Thanks for being so honest.

]]> By: Laura https://www.ababyonboard.com/the-early-baby-days/#comment-134242 Sat, 31 May 2014 00:57:29 +0000 https://www.ababyonboard.com/?p=6253#comment-134242 Those first few days are blissful and confusing as you said and I agree do as little as possible and always accept help when it’s offered 🙂

Laura x

]]> By: Charlotte https://www.ababyonboard.com/the-early-baby-days/#comment-134172 Fri, 30 May 2014 15:11:43 +0000 https://www.ababyonboard.com/?p=6253#comment-134172 Hi. This is a very timely post as my second baby is two weeks old so I’m right in the thick of post-baby hormones and sleeplessness. I’d forgotten how hard it can be but the great thing about the second time is that this time I actually believe that although this stage seems to last for ages that in a few months time (hopefully!) things will be a lot easier. (I didn’t believe people who told me that with my first 🙂 ) Plus I’m not going to put too much pressure on myself to get things ‘right’ – and give myself much more time to eat cake and relax!

]]> By: laura redburn https://www.ababyonboard.com/the-early-baby-days/#comment-133942 Thu, 29 May 2014 12:18:14 +0000 https://www.ababyonboard.com/?p=6253#comment-133942 i definitely think that the ‘bad’ side of things isn’t talked about enough. so many parents feel like they’ve done wrong because they don’t feel like some perfect all knowing glowing angel (or something, ha) and it’s so important to get a balanced view.

things don’t go as planned, and i feel like many parents would feel much more supported if there were more people talking about the less positive aspects of birth and being a new mother.

]]> By: Mouse https://www.ababyonboard.com/the-early-baby-days/#comment-133936 Thu, 29 May 2014 10:36:33 +0000 https://www.ababyonboard.com/?p=6253#comment-133936 Hi!
I’m 4 weeks away from giving birth to my first baby, so found this post very reassuring! I’ve worked with babies my whole working life, yet still feel like I have absolutely no idea what to expect. I’m bored to death of all the unwanted advice people are insisting on giving me, yet nobody wants to talk about the gory details like tearing, stitches, or what breastfeeding actually feels like. It’s good to know that other people go into this feeling like they have absolutely no clue what to expect. Thank you for sharing this! x

]]> By: Jenna https://www.ababyonboard.com/the-early-baby-days/#comment-133933 Thu, 29 May 2014 09:56:22 +0000 https://www.ababyonboard.com/?p=6253#comment-133933 Great post.

My baby is now almost 8 weeks old and it’s still very tough but it’s got nothing on those couple of weeks. Breastfeeding broke me, I mean really broke me. I hated every midwife visit – I felt like I was constantly being judged by them. The sleep deprivation was hard and Jasmine also refused to sleep anywhere but on one of us. I lay wide-awake all night, worrying that I’d fall asleep and crush her. I refuse to make out to my friends (who haven’t had children) that it’s easy. I’m not trying to scare them but nor will I let them be blissfully unaware of what they’re getting themselves in for if they decide to have children! xx

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