Baby Talk: Nuggets...

...nuggets of information that is. 

See what I did there?

Welcome mamas to the first ever Baby Talk link up!

I am so excited to get this going and hopefully as the word spreads we will get more and more mamas to contribute their stories, advice & reviews. 

It seems like every other day I have a friend (blog or real life) who is announcing that they're pregs and so I've been dishing out a lot of preggo and new baby advice lately. I decided to start jotting down these little tidbits until I had enough for a fabulous blog post to share with you all and the first day of Baby Talk seemed like the perfect opportunity to share some of the things I've learned these first few months.

Get out your pens & paper, here we go....

*Whoever thought snap pajamas were a good idea is a total idiot. I get that you only have to unsnap the bottom half, which seems like a good plan, until your baby starts squirming out of control and it takes you 15 minutes to snap 8 snaps. I now go out of my way to find jammies with a zipper.

*TUCKS MEDICATED PADS ARE THE BEST INVENTION EVER! My amazing baby shower hosts included these in the Survival Kit they gave me and I thought "I am never going to use these." WRONG. I used the entire damn jar. When your lady parts go through all that, a nice cold medicated pad feels like pure heaven! 

*Baby Blankets. They are a wonderful gift idea and a new mom definitely uses a lot of them, but EVERY ONE gives a blanket as a gift....so if you can think of something else, I'd say go with something else. No one needs 30 baby blankets, unless maybe they have triplets. 

*Sits Baths! TAKE THEM! Right after I have birth, all the nurses told me to take a sits bath every day...but the absolute last thing I wanted to do when my hoo-hoo hurt that bad was SIT in a rock hard bath tub. One amazing nurse recommended putting a towel in the tub to sit on. And so I did. And it felt amazing. Soaking in the tub for 15 minutes a day was literally a game changer for me. I was finally able to sit without my donut!

*Wait until the absolute last minute to get dressed. I definitely learned this the hard way. With spit up and drool and poop and pee and sucking and biting, etc. etc. etc. there are a million ways your outfit can get ruined in a matter of seconds. I make sure that I get dressed after Kenley is fed, burped and changed and ideally has been passed off to her dad.

*Sometimes it's easier to throw it in the trash. Blowouts happen. They are absolutely inevitable. Some are manageable. Some are not. In most cases the outfit will come out only partially harmed, but the poor onesie. Oh those poor poor onesies. Sometimes you need to just cut your losses and throw that puppy right in the Diaper Genie.

*Germs are here to stay. Another thing that's inevitable...germs. They're everywhere. They're impossible to avoid. You can drive yourself mad trying to protect your baby from every little teeny germ, but really are you even doing you baby any good? There's a difference between being clean and sanitary and a complete germaphobe. Your baby needs to be exposed to SOME germs otherwise that little immune system will never learn to fight! So don't drive yourself crazy using Clorox wipes on absolutely everything.

*It's OK to cry. Being a mom is hard. It's the most incredible thing in the world, but it's hard. If you feel overwhelmed or anxious or tired or stressed or so overcome with pride and happiness that you just have to cry....then just cry. Your husband might look at you like you're an alien, but just get it all out and you'll feel better.

*Stay off the internet! For the love of Pete! DO NOT under any circumstances check the internet for pregnancy or baby advice. Unless you're looking at a legit and reputable site (mayoclinic.com & babycenter.com are pretty much the only ones I trust)...stay away! Definitely do not look in the forums because you will get depressed and terrified. There's always some absolute worst-case-scenario-lady that feels the need to share her story with everyone and scare the crap out of a tired mama who just wants to know if her baby is teething or not. There's a reason you have a doctor and a reason those doctors have 24-hour help lines!

Do you have tips, tricks, stories, questions, reviews or ANYTHING baby related on your mind?
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