Preparing for new bornn

[Sarah7468]

Any advice for getting prepared for a new born baby?

Do some freezer food prep

That is a big question. 🙃

In what way OP? For you or baby? It’s a vague question.

Have a nice long sleep.
Buy as few things as possible and save as much as you can.
Get a good meaty book series, download a stack of podcasts, find a few good box sets.
Learn to use a baby car seat and a baby sling and carrier safely.
Figure out where the breastfeeding support groups are and when they run.
Make as many plans as you can about places to go out to with your baby for days when you need to go out but have brain freeze.
Make a plan about how and when to return to work as it comes very quickly.
Ask close female relatives to tell you about their births if you have any.
Have as much sex as you can manage.

The sex bit, why, do tell?

The sex bit, why, do tell

I woukd magi he that if you get a baby with reflux, premature, allergies or Tongue tie you probably won't get much time to sleep never mind have sex.

Because it’s much more difficult to have good sex, uncomplicated sex when there is a baby in the room, you might wake the baby, you haven’t been to sleep for a week, you haven’t showered in 48 hours, you are bleeding from the nethers, you are leaking from your breasts, you are healing your body, you are touched out, your insides feel like jelly, it stings when you pee, you might wake the baby, you might wake the toddler, you’ve just spent five hours getting the toddler to sleep, the kids are in the bed again, the oldest is having night terrors again, the baby is screaming again, the kids are going to be up at the crack of dawn, somebody is going to sneak into your bed at 3am for snuggles, the oldest has growing pains again, the youngest is teething again, the kids can hear, you might wake the kids, the teens never go to bed, the teens can hear you, you’re going to make them need therapy, you’re sad because you miss the kids, you feel old and knackered.

It’s not impossible but it’s rather more of a task.

Sleep, grab some essentials x3 like food you like extra drinks for urself, also one thing I never realised how much i would use was a Frida nose sucker my baby was born so congested, also the saline from birth spray in case, a way to check there temperature, a room temp checker, a way to cut the nails they grew so fast on my little one!
Also i used a peri bottle for at least 5/6 weeks after birth I wish I got two, they do larger ones on SHEIN the frida ones don’t hold so much water, I had an episiotomy and I really found that so so handy to wash !!