I have now been a "new mommy" for two weeks today! It's been the most amazing and tiring experience of my life. There is absolutely nothing I could have done to prepare myself for any of it especially how much love I would come to have for this little ball of baby. She is really something amazing. Truly I'd do anything and everything for her. Unfortunately, most days I'm lucky to get a shower much less make it out of my bathrobe which has become part of my daily ensomble which also includes yoga pants and nursing tank tops. I especially love my bathrobe because of the huge pockets it has. I can put pretty much everything I need in them so that I always have it close by.
Nipple cream - very useful stuff. The hospital gave me 3 sample tubes so I always have some on me. My nurse even taught me that it makes the most amazing chap stick... and it DOES! It also works well as lotion. My hands and knuckles were so chapped it looked like I had punched a wall. Lanolin felt like some sort of magic cream on them
Nasal Aspirator- Paranoid new mommy sucked up lots of vomit with this and a few buggers
Baby monitor - between the garage and going up and down stairs this has become an absolute must
Cell phone - Never know when I'm going to want to take a picture (which is about all the time) and I definitely don't want to have to hunt down my phone when it rings
Breast pump - The electronic end of my Medela Freestyle quite often finds itself in a pocket
Burp cloth- I constantly had a cloth diaper burp cloth hanging out of a pocket or 2. Once I even found one hanging out of both pockets and I had one on my shoulder. Not exactly sure how that happened... I was pretty sleep deprived.
I'm sure that many other things wound up in my pockets during my little one's first couple of weeks with us but that time frame is such a blur now. I was running on basically no sleep and very little to eat and drink (because who has time to remember to do that). I SHOULD have carried a bottle of water around in my pockets too!
*Not published for a couple weeks after written
Cell phone - Never know when I'm going to want to take a picture (which is about all the time) and I definitely don't want to have to hunt down my phone when it rings
Breast pump - The electronic end of my Medela Freestyle quite often finds itself in a pocket
Burp cloth- I constantly had a cloth diaper burp cloth hanging out of a pocket or 2. Once I even found one hanging out of both pockets and I had one on my shoulder. Not exactly sure how that happened... I was pretty sleep deprived.
I'm sure that many other things wound up in my pockets during my little one's first couple of weeks with us but that time frame is such a blur now. I was running on basically no sleep and very little to eat and drink (because who has time to remember to do that). I SHOULD have carried a bottle of water around in my pockets too!
*Not published for a couple weeks after written
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| This sweet little face is worth every sleepless night <3 |
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