{"id":982,"date":"2013-07-11T15:27:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-11T15:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/box2067.temp.domains\/~atinytri\/i-get-it-now\/"},"modified":"2020-12-25T12:40:35","modified_gmt":"2020-12-25T16:40:35","slug":"i-get-it-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.atinytrip.com\/i-get-it-now\/","title":{"rendered":"I Get it Now: Loving the Newborn Days"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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When people used to ask me if I was loving having a newborn, I was pretty meh<\/em> about it. Of course I loved Little Boy in that mama bear I’ll do anything for you protection hug. But man, those newborn days were tough! I was lucky to get even 3 straight hours of sleep, and let’s not even open the can of worms that were our feeding issues for the better part of two months. So I answered that I was loving being a mom or that he’s a great baby but that was as far as I was willing to go.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After several months I couldn’t help but marvel at how lucky I was. Little Boy became such a happy, easy going baby. He charmed strangers and once his sleep got better we could really enjoy him. It was then that I was warned, with an ominous tone, “you’ll see, all babies are different”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apparently I was too lucky with my firstborn so surely I had a nightmare ahead of me. Then I became pregnant again (despite all the warnings) and started thinking ahead. Of course all I could imagine was having the same experience again: not sleeping, lots of pumping, and a mix of love and exhaustion from being an all inclusive on call caretaker. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Baby Brother is different. Different in that he is the most chill-relaxed little dude you will ever meet. The only fussing I ever hear is when he’s having trouble falling asleep, which cues me to just bounce him a little more, or walk around, or nurse him to sleep. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the day to day we don’t really hear crying, except when he’s been “abandoned” in the car seat. He is that poster child for the cuddly newborn; just hold him and he’s a happy baby. I get why people love newborns! Holding him tells me: have more kids! This is fun! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Baby Brother melted into my arms at first sight. He was quite literally born knowing how to nurse. His sleep from about 6 weeks has been mostly really good (first wake-up around 4 a.m.) with just the occasional nightmarish night. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He’s a big baby that’s heavy to carry around but that’s really my only complaint. While I have a feeling he will be more of a handful as he gets older*, for the time being I am enjoying his babyhood. And reminding myself of how much I dislike being pregnant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

*And yes by the time I’ve gotten around to publishing this post we’ve hit the four month sleep regression and our first bout of teething- indeed more of a handful. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When people used to ask me if I was loving having a newborn, I was pretty meh about it. Of course I loved Little Boy in that mama bear I’ll do anything for you protection hug. But man, those newborn days were tough! I was lucky to get even 3 straight hours of sleep, and …<\/p>\n

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