So, my understanding was this...
Newborns do nothing but eat, poop, cry and sleep.
It was not stressed to me that infants do not know how to sleep and they need to be taught... taught how to sleep? How the crappers do you do that? I don't remember learning how to sleep, how am I supposed to know how to teach it. Unfortunately for mummy and daddy Mr Tiny Human is not a fast learner.
If I can offer some advice to a any new mums out there that is impossible for you to act on, I would suggest you don't get a cold right after having your stomach cut open! Coughing, sneezing and blowing your nose is so impossibly painful when you have layers of stitches in your belly.
Ew, I smell... perhaps I should shower? When did I last shower? Crappers is that the baby waking? Yep, shower will have to wait.... 2 days later... Ew, I smell etc.
How much crying is too much crying? How much crying is from fatigue and how much is due to wanting to go back in time to when you were 25 carefree, unattached and childless? Then I could sleep when I want, eat when I want... get drunk and be hungover, throw up everywhere and have no one to worry about except my own sorry ass!
PAUSE typing I hear the baby...
So... I started writing this when Kingsley was 2 weeks old, then I got distracted and suddenly he is 3 weeks old tomorrow. This a reflection of how much free time I have.
TMI: one of the fun things that happens after childbirth is bleeding. What makes the bleeding so much more exciting are maternity pads. These things are crazy thick and long! Unsurprisingly, these mammoth pads do not breathe so irritation comes along with the territory. Crazy cool fun!
OMG my back! My crazy huge baby is killing me! At almost a full kilo bigger than the average Australian newborn, my not so Tiny Human is a real test to my back and shoulders when I am lifting, settling and feeding. His head alone gives my arm cramps when feeding! What am I supposed to do when he gets heavier?
I love my pram! Love, love, love! Good pick Tara! Go you.
Sleep is hard to come by with a newborn. One does not suddenly get more sleep, one gets used to the deprivation.
I am so anxious about the baby waking up that I hallucinate and hear him when he is not crying!
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