Lets start with the basics
Do you know how to hold a baby?
Put a baby to sleep?
Dont panic if youre all, no, no, NO!
Its soothing for infants, and something that parents can do at home.
First, wrap your baby securely in a swaddle cloth with her arms folded up.
Fill a tub with water thats between 100-103 degrees Fahrenheit.
Slowly lower your swaddled baby into the tub until the water is at chest and shoulder level.
Then, starting with the legs, individually unswaddle each limb, wash it and rinse it.
Do everything slowly and gently.
You want to be ableto clean the darn thingsfairly easily, too.
Heres a bunch of weird baby products that parents swear by
Booger scraper?
Toys with lots of tags?
(Mmmm-k.) A wipe-warmer?
(How sweet.)
A coat with a pouch in the back for baby?
(Sure, lets go all in!)
When you become a parent, you are initiated into the weird world of modern baby products.
But how do you separate the truly world-changing innovations from the gimmicks?
Need to get some work done while youre home with the baby?
Its not easy, its not ideal and some days, it feels downright impossible.
But for some parents,its simply part of the equation.
You cant formulate coherent thoughts.
You feel like you have two different bosses in two different worldsand one of them keeps begging for milk.
And every time she returned to visit, she passed a new line-up of moms.
I had to ask permission to touch her or change her diaper.
I was not in charge, and thats so weird when youre the mom.
This is not helpful.
Because maybe they dontat least not yet.
Brothers and sisters will discover affection in their own time, she writes.
You cant force love, so dont demand it.
Dont even expect it.
Doing so can make your child feel inadequate and possibly afraid of losing your love.
Lets keep it going!
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