Sometimes caring for a newborn drives me crazy. Sleep-deprivation can make me cranky and resentful. Her needs are never-ending, cyclical, constant. A newborn is basically an external fetus, with all the needs for food, motion, and physical comfort that she had in the womb. Now it’s me and my husband doing all the work instead...
Read more →My daughter really is a good baby. She hardly ever cries and is fun to be around. My mom says she cries less than I did, and she’s always told me that I was an easy baby, so I count myself lucky. However, when the baby does cry it stresses me out. This is biology...
Read more →Breastfeeding is pretty fun. It wasn’t at first; when we were still in the hospital we had some trouble getting it all figured out. Her mouth is small and my breasts are large, and some of the necessary physiological changes hadn’t happened yet. But we talked to the lactation consultant, and got help from...
Read more →I knew that having a newborn involved a significant lack of sleep. I just didn’t know what it would feel like, sleeping in one or two hour blocks, getting woken often, having to sort out the needs of a crying baby at 3:00am while being desperately tired. Not to mention trying to recover from...
Read more →The newest person in the house is the baby, of course. She struck me as a person from the first time our eyes met. She seemed undeveloped, and unknown, but nonetheless, a distinct person of her own that I could form a relationship with. (So far our relationship revolves primarily around my breasts, but...
Read more →My daughter was born a week ago and I am totally in love with her. Everything she does is fascinating. I watch her sleep. I snuggle her when I should be sleeping myself. I look forward to the next feeding. I do let everyone else hold her but am always glad when it is...
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