My own readers have told me that the newborn phase is exhausting. My sleep-deprived coworker, dad to a 2-month-old baby girl, is all the evidence I need to know your cautions are accurate. But I can't shake the notion that despite the sleep deprivation and 24/7 committment to a helpless blob of a baby, I'm going to be profoundly at peace and deliriously happy.
My moms are coming next weekend to hopefully arrive in time for the birth and take care of M, baby boy, and me for 2 to 3 weeks. Then M's dad and stepmom are flying in for 5 days to take the second shift. M doesn't have any time off of work, so I'll be on my own during the days for a while, but I also have 2 trips planned to visit family out-of-state, and I'm sure baby boy and I will be pampered during that time.
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| Moms arrive to fill freezer at beginning of 3rd trimester. L to R: Ann (Mom #2), Melinda (Biological Mom) |
Hi Melissa,
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to meet you little guy!! I so wish I could come up with our Moms, but unfortunately I have work and school. I hear you're coming down here with baby boy in May or June, I'm so excited!! As to your being pampered while you're down here......I can promise to take baby boy off your hands for a few hours when I come visit you guys at our Moms house! : ). Love you!
Your Sister,
Kristin
I loooooooooved having my mom there for almost 2 weeks after I gave birth. My husband is fabulous, really, but no one babies you quite like your mom. I really needed her help--as soon as she left I came down with mastitis!
ReplyDeleteI was freaked out about the permanence of it--after the baby came, I'd be the mom, FOREVER. No pause, no rewind, just this new life to replace what I'd known before. I highly recommend the book What Mothers Do Especially When It Looks Like Nothing by Naomi Stadlen. I read it a couple months postpartum and cried from the relief that someone understood what I was feeling and that it was normal. :)