Parents would be more nervous on the day of bringing the baby to home. Thoughts about feeding, sleeping, burping, etc roll around their minds and stress up more...But just relax...Its not going to change your entire life...Just a few days ..may be weeks, you have to be really on gears to accommodate your new role into your life and you can easily fit your baby into your life schedule.
The popular quote 'expect the unexpected' quote can fit during labor, but not after delivery. I could say 'Set the expectations' accordingly after delivery...Dont overdo things...Expect to spend all your time in diaper changing, nursing, cuddling etc around the baby..nothing more or less. If the expectations are set properly, exhaustion or frustration would not have any room.
Some babies keep their eyes open during night since it is dark(as same as life in uterus). Babies are not new to dark as they have enjoyed and experienced to this life in uterus. If you are worrying about babies not sleeping in the night, try switching on the lights during night (but dont continue...try to change it slowly). Brightness is strange to new born babies, they could shut their eyes on seeing lights and you can have a good sleep time for a couple of hours.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Get introduced!!!!
Parents-to-be and New parents tend to spend their valuable time in google searching the answers for whatever question runs in their mind at that moment. You can always find new parents sitting in front of computer and reading baby articles, baby discussion forums(anything about baby) and tries all sort of permutations and combinations in search engine to find answers for whatever silly questions they have. It sounds funny but really, its not that simple to take the parental responsibility. Looking after a baby who's very new to this world makes life quite interesting/exciting and its a learning experience for new parents. As new parents, no wonder we also do the same whenever we get around some thoughts. Just thought, why dont we share this experience with others so that everyone can know what is normal/usual and alarm making in baby's world.
In olden days, we were into a joint family culture where you could enjoy living with grand parents, cousins, relatives etc. During those times, growing the baby is very much simpler since we can get all sorts of suggestions, todos, donts from people with past experiences. Though nuclear family has its own advantages, no one can disagree how simpler it would be in joint family. With this nuclear family culture, you're sole responsible for anything that your baby experiences. So, its not surprising that parents world revolves around their baby during first years of baby's life. Just trying to save the precious parents time by summarizing our experiences, ideas and thoughts that we learned from our son 'Adharsh Prajith' durng his first years. But every baby is different and has his/her own development cycle. Anything that you read is a guide and not a bible as only the parents know best of their babies.
In olden days, we were into a joint family culture where you could enjoy living with grand parents, cousins, relatives etc. During those times, growing the baby is very much simpler since we can get all sorts of suggestions, todos, donts from people with past experiences. Though nuclear family has its own advantages, no one can disagree how simpler it would be in joint family. With this nuclear family culture, you're sole responsible for anything that your baby experiences. So, its not surprising that parents world revolves around their baby during first years of baby's life. Just trying to save the precious parents time by summarizing our experiences, ideas and thoughts that we learned from our son 'Adharsh Prajith' durng his first years. But every baby is different and has his/her own development cycle. Anything that you read is a guide and not a bible as only the parents know best of their babies.
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