What is your best advice for a new mom?

Question

I am a new mom and would love to hear advice from other moms:) thanks:)

Answer 1

trust your instincts

Answer 2

Never forget to change a diaper. Always have a cell phone handy.

Answer 3

The best advice I can give is to roll with it and to always strive to be better each day. We all make mistakes and every child is different. Be the best you can and it will shine through.

Answer 4

laugh.  

pick your battles.

laugh some more.

Answer 5

(I am a new mom as well:)

Some things that helped me

- Sleep when your baby sleeps (try to nap once per day)

-Dont compare yourself to other moms..especially Moms with more experience

-Start a journal...babies grow up soo fast! You will treasure the memories you have of your little once growing up

- Take A LOT of photos (I have at least 200 beginning the day my daughter was born- she is 3 1/2 months now) I am so happy I have them to look back on.

-Trust your own intuition. Your mother may tell you one thing, your best friend another. Taking others advice over your own will make you go crazy!

Answer 6

For me it was sleep when your baby sleeps

Answer 7

Be flexible.  Sometimes things don't go as planned and you just gotta go with it.  

Answer 8

the best advice i could give is to not take advice, every baby is different which makes every parenting style different.  

Answer 9

Take everything one step at a time, and with big breathes.  

There is not enough time in the day to get everything done with a baby in the house, just prioritize.  

Don't wake a sleeping baby even if the books say they need to eat every four hours.  They will wake you when they are hungry.  

Don't make the house extremely quiet when the baby is sleeping.  It will only make it that much harder to get anything done and they are used to the noise.

And of course,

Laugh, even when it is hard and you feel like you are falling apart, laugh.