Having a baby is an exciting and life changing experience. Espcecially if it is your first baby.
During a first pregnancy, people are unaware of just how their lives are going to change. In fact nothing prepares you for the dramatic change in lifestyle. No longer can you do things at the drop of hat, everything needs to be planned and catered for.
Life becomes an endless round of of feeding, burping, nappy changing and sleepless nights. There are days that you will just manage to drag yourself through, wondering how you are going to make it, and this stress triples if you have a sick or whingy baby.
Having a caring, sharing partner relieves some of the burden, but they are generally out at work for most of the day, while you are trying to juggle housework and baby duties. And although many women have mothers and mothers-in-law who are more than willing to help, somehow in modern society it is often seen as some sort of failure if you can't soldier on by yourself.
So why do we do this to ourselves? I suggest that any new first time mum takes all the help she can get, so that she doesn't become too worn out to function. Let your mum or m-i-l babysit and take some time out to do some 'me' things, such as meeting a friend for lunch or going out with your partner.
Baby will survive, after all these people raised you and your partner. And so what if some of their ideas are a little old fashioned, your baby isn't going to care as long as they are fed, changed and burped.
So girls, take time out to smell the flowers, both you and your baby will benefit.
During a first pregnancy, people are unaware of just how their lives are going to change. In fact nothing prepares you for the dramatic change in lifestyle. No longer can you do things at the drop of hat, everything needs to be planned and catered for.
Life becomes an endless round of of feeding, burping, nappy changing and sleepless nights. There are days that you will just manage to drag yourself through, wondering how you are going to make it, and this stress triples if you have a sick or whingy baby.
Having a caring, sharing partner relieves some of the burden, but they are generally out at work for most of the day, while you are trying to juggle housework and baby duties. And although many women have mothers and mothers-in-law who are more than willing to help, somehow in modern society it is often seen as some sort of failure if you can't soldier on by yourself.
So why do we do this to ourselves? I suggest that any new first time mum takes all the help she can get, so that she doesn't become too worn out to function. Let your mum or m-i-l babysit and take some time out to do some 'me' things, such as meeting a friend for lunch or going out with your partner.
Baby will survive, after all these people raised you and your partner. And so what if some of their ideas are a little old fashioned, your baby isn't going to care as long as they are fed, changed and burped.
So girls, take time out to smell the flowers, both you and your baby will benefit.
