My favorite sport used to be biking. Now, it's sleeping. I honestly believe that the reason babies kick so much during the last three months of pregnancy is to prepare you for nights of continually interrupted sleep.
At a baby shower I listened quietly as a group of new moms described with much anguish their perpetual lack of sleep. Things seemed to be particularly difficult for moms who were breast-feeding or stayed at home, because they felt the onus was on them to care for the baby at night. Suddenly one of the women turned to me and asked, " So, how do you do it?"
Caught. Now, I'd have to admit to being the world's laziest mother. Eventually, I figured out a way to sleep and keep my baby happy. Instead of sitting in a rocking chair and nursing, I started bringing baby into bed with me. I nursed him while lying on one side and then placed a towel on my chest, burped him, and rolled over with him to nurse on the other side. "You can do that?" one of the mothers said. "You bet, I replied. "It works great during the day on the couch, too!" Just make sure that you don't fall asleep nursing your baby.
Heres are nine sections-worth of other helpful bedtime hints to take you from newborns to preschoolers.
At a baby shower I listened quietly as a group of new moms described with much anguish their perpetual lack of sleep. Things seemed to be particularly difficult for moms who were breast-feeding or stayed at home, because they felt the onus was on them to care for the baby at night. Suddenly one of the women turned to me and asked, " So, how do you do it?"
Caught. Now, I'd have to admit to being the world's laziest mother. Eventually, I figured out a way to sleep and keep my baby happy. Instead of sitting in a rocking chair and nursing, I started bringing baby into bed with me. I nursed him while lying on one side and then placed a towel on my chest, burped him, and rolled over with him to nurse on the other side. "You can do that?" one of the mothers said. "You bet, I replied. "It works great during the day on the couch, too!" Just make sure that you don't fall asleep nursing your baby.
Heres are nine sections-worth of other helpful bedtime hints to take you from newborns to preschoolers.