When I was a brand new mommy, I was lucky that my best friend had a baby of her own. Whitney seemed to have all the answers and didn’t mind if I talked about sleep, swaddles, and nursing… A Lot! The day I returned from the hospital, she dropped off some witch hazel and teeny hand-me-downs. Though she forgot a few of the specifics around my hour-by-hour and day-by-day worries, I couldn’t have asked for a better friend.
The importance of having parent friends (who can sympathize, empathize, and not get sick of all the stuff you say about baby minutia) cannot be overstated. I hope you can find that too.
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This video was made by KidsInTheHouse. They paid for video production (and our pretty makeup) but we were otherwise not compensated by participating. See On-demand parenting advice for more info.
It is so true that there will be the friends, usually the ones who don’t have kids yet, that stop caring about poop and more poop. I was so lucky to give birth across the hall from a great friend! We have never gotten tired of talking poop, feedings, runny noses and lots of other things our hubs were done hearing about 🙂
I have been very lucky that in my little group of friends there has always been someone else having a baby at the same time as me. “There’s something in the water”
Ok, your video is incredible. Your delivery and how you handle yourself in front of the camera is perfection!
And nothing like mom-friends can help you realize that you are not losing your mind and your child is neither a wunderkind nor the worst kid ever. It was hard moving abroad when I found out I was pregnant, but I was lucky to find other moms once my son was born. Moms who, like me, needed someone to talk to regardless of slight language barriers.
I was reminded of this post at a Sunday birthday with adults AND kids and gave you a shout out here:
http://chaoswithacurve.blogspot.com/2013/05/adults-with-children-clique.html
Heather, you look great & presented so well!
Friends who are also moms, or “mom friends” are so important!
What was the witch hazel for?