Sunday, May 9, 2010

New Mom Advice

While at the baby shower, each person wrote down some new mom advice.

Some good ones included:

-Keep a journal
-Wash under fat folds
-Buy a good camera
-Whatever attitude you have (about anything) your children will mirror. So beware.
-The best parenting advice comes from the scriptures, Ensign, Holy Ghost and Heavenly Father so dont read Parenting magazines.
-Let it go. Just let it go, it's not worth it!
-If you need medication, use it.
-Beware of expectations, they only bring disappointment.
-Boys are hyper (usually)and it is normal. Dont worry too much about lost teeth, broken bones, and blood. It will all heal.
- Imagine your child as who he will someday become, even during tantrums.
- Triple paste- the best diaper rash ointment

I was hoping you could give me some New Mom advice too.

8 comments:

Evan said...

How about this: Everyone has their own two cents, and frankly most of it is worth little more than that. If you weren't able to figure out how to be the best parent for that little one, then God would not have given it to you, so trust in yourself, do it your way, and take everything (even this) with a grain of salt.

Karen said...

Amelia got advice from everyone at her shower also...I'll have to have her send you what she got!!! Only a few more weeks for you two...How fun...Enjoy this special time in your life...will be thinking of you! You know it was so fun being in the hospital with your mom when both of our #4's were born.

Karen said...

Amelia got advice from everyone at her shower also...I'll have to have her send you what she got!!! Only a few more weeks for you two...How fun...Enjoy this special time in your life...will be thinking of you! You know it was so fun being in the hospital with your mom when both of our #4's were born.

Amelia said...

Be good to yourself, trust yourself, and be patient with everyone involved in the process, this is the first time you've had to be a mom, so you're probably going to make some mistakes. That's part of the process! Love you!

Morgana said...

Oh my dearest cousin - what an adventure you are about to begin! I would advise you to cherish the brand new baby smells, and noises, and snuggles. All too soon, your baby will smell like dirt (lol), and will be telling you how to do stuff (LOL!), and be too big to fall asleep on your chest (comfortably). And as he gets older, definitely remember how to take 5 deep breaths before you react to things. It will give you time to be calm and think about your reactions. I'm still working on this one and Maddie asks me often if I have taken by deep breaths. This is the hardest and most wonderful job in the whole world!!! And I have no doubt that you are going to excel at it :-) Love you to the moon sweet cousin!

Wendy said...

That's all great advice! Mine is: just follow your intuition.

emily, etc, etc said...

All of the advice you received was great! My only bit of advice is to enjoy every minute (even the sad ones) - once I was able to laugh or just smile during the hard stuff everything just seemed to be a lot more fun in general. So smile when you get to get up at 2 am to feed him. Laugh when he throws a fit (unless it is encouraging him - then laugh later). When I finally learned to enjoy it all, parenting didn't seem as hard. But, as you know, I still have my days. Usually I need a reminder of this advice every once in a while and all is well again. GOOD LUCK - you will be the best Mom ever!

As a sidenote; I really liked the advice on expectations - there were never truer words spoken!

Aubrey A said...

I'd say, don't worry if he cries too much. Sometimes kids just gotta cry. And ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS walk away if it becomes too much. I know this is something that our rational brains think is silly (especially before the baby comes) but something happens after you have this sweet innocent child and things can escalate a lot quicker than you ever thought possible. So don't feel bad putting him down if you're frustrated, because half the time they're frustrated because you're frustrated. I learned this with my youngest, he was a crier over everything (he cried for 2 hours straight one night) and there were many a times when I just had to put him in his crib and walk outside for air. It helps, I promise.