3 things I wish id known before baby...

[Susan1981]

Im a mum of 11 week old ds twins and though not sure Ive posted under the right topic due to a large glass of wine postpartum fog was thinking life can be a little too serious now and need a bit of fun. Mumsnet/google/friends with large glasses of wine good advice help. Id love and laugh to hear what people have to say and Im sure Ill agree with it all. Ill start by saying this:

3 things I wish id known before baby....

1. The hospital is the easiest bit- if Id known this I would never have nearly discharged myself or knocked out a midwife (slight exaggeration there) I would have enjoyed meals on wheels and slopping in my pjs all day chatting and actually having to WAKE UP sleepy babies for feeds.

1. I would spend entire days trying to shush a baby to sleep until they got hungry then I would start all over again.

1. The first smile is nice, but the first time my baby squeals in delight (yesterday) at something IVE DONE (blowing raspberries) would make my entire year and be newsworthy in my eyes of everyone.

Please please post on this thread Id love to hear what you have to say!

They grow faster than weeds so you don't need loads of clothes in one size
They don't care if their nursery is all decorated and nice
You want them to start talking and when they do they never stop

1. That Weetabix delivered via a sneeze is a more powerful adhesive than the one used to stick the tiles on the Space Shuttle
2. That they can vomit, piss and shit all at the same time and never stop smiling.
3. Even if they are upstairs in another room, fast asleep, with a pneumatic drill banging away outside and the TV on inside... the gentle sound of ice clinking in your Gin & Tonic and the sofa cushions being depressed is guaranteed to wake them up.

Newborn is the easy bit. Just wait til they start moving.
Very few people are fascinated by your baby. It's you, your mum, your sister and DH/DP. That's about it.

(and your sister is faking the fascination)

Lol at cogito!

Cogito

Cogito has it nailed.

I'd like to add:
-that people who told us lie-ins would be a thing of the past were wrong. DD is 2.2yo and very rarely wakes up before 8.30am.
-that love for your kids deepens as they get older until you think your heart might burst with pride and joy.

I would add the alarm they have in their head that wakes them up the second you dare try and sit down for dinner. We used to have to eat dinner in shifts

This is such a good thread!

I was wondering - I'm 15 weeks with my first and plan very much on BFing...can I ask what y'all mean about how you wish you'd known it was so much than just sticking your boob in your DC's mouth? It all seems like a bit of a dark art right now...

G

That the reason mums are so embarrassing is the number of medical professionals that have looked at our fanjos have driven out all sense of shame.

To ignore the "superwoman" impulse when baby is a few weeks old. Yes, you do feel like you can do anything, yes, you made a person and kept it alive for absolutely weeks, yes, the hormones will fool you into feeling superhuman, but you will get halfway to the far away park with one DC on your hip and one in a sling and burst into tears in the street because deep down you are actually exhausted .
I wish I had just settled for staying home feeling fabulous.
That while everyone tells you the hell you're going through right now is "just a phase", they never tell you that there's another, more hellish phase, just waiting for this one to end. The reason they don't tell you is that if you knew all the phases at once, you'd probably chuck the DCs out of the window and sit in the corner sobbing.
That you could love someone so completely yet find them so annoying.