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What's the best bit about having a newborn?

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Koalafications · 30/01/2015 20:32

I'm 21 weeks pregnant with my first DC and have heard nothing but horror stories and birth, having a newborn and how I won't ever have time to have a shower or tidy my housemate, EVER AGAIN!! Grin I absolutely accept this, I just want to hear something good about saving a newborn.

Tell me some lovely things about having a newborn, please?

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GiantGaspingSatanicCyst · 31/01/2015 07:23

The sticky-out bum stretch
The way their heads fit so perfectly into the hollow of your shoulder
Stroking their silky cheek and them turning instinctively towards 'the source' Grin
Moro reflex!
Feet that have never been walked on - the silkiest soles ever
Caterpillar toes
The wonder

And what everyone else said really.

gosh I'm quite broody now

LittleChristmasPud · 31/01/2015 07:29

My dd used to wrinkle her forehead up it was so cute! They smell gorgeous and their hair is so soft (if they have any)
I must admit that I really struggled with the newborn stage, I wish I could have enjoyed it much more Sad

ithoughtofitfirst · 31/01/2015 07:33

"Capital C" which is where they stretch so much they curl into a C shape. And the face they pull when they're doing it!!

The way they beat you with their tiny fists when they're hungry.

Sometimes I'm really distracted when I'm dressing dd and then I finally notice her little face and she's been smiling up at me the whole time.

Their head and breath smells lush.

You get to just sit and "be" when you're feeding them. And drink in how lovely they are and how lucky you feel.

WAAAAA!!! So broody for another one. Sad

Justyouwaitandsee · 31/01/2015 07:57

Aww thank you for this post. I am 27 weeks and it is nice to read. It does make me a little sad though. It will be my mums first grandchild and she is so excited. But lost her sense of smell and taste after a life threatening illness three years ago, and even at the time her biggest regret is that she would never be able to smell newborn babies (esp potential grandchildren) again Sad

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Koalafications · 31/01/2015 09:43

Thank you all for posting. I think I will come back and re read your posts the next time someone tells me a horror story!

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bronya · 31/01/2015 09:58

Gorgeous snuggles that just make you feel so amazingly content. Trust. Smiles. Love. Magical time.

Bicnod · 31/01/2015 10:10

As I type I have my three week old DD snuggled up asleep on my front. She smells delicious. I love the little sighs and contented snuffly noises she makes when she feeds. I love her milk drunk face and the fact she can sleep upright. I love the comedy expressions she pulls. She is completely scrummy and I'm enjoying all of it this time around, even the multiple wake ups, (DC3 - definitely our last) as I know how quickly each stage passes

ChaircatMiaow · 31/01/2015 10:15

I am lying here in a hospital bed with my 3 day old baby girl and looked at her to see her just staring at me and listening to the sound of my voice. To have another teeny tiny human being need you so much is the most amazing feeling ever. I feel truly blessed. Grin

findingherfeet · 31/01/2015 10:27

Reading this reminds me that it wasn't all screaming sleepless hell....the stretches, oh gosh so cute. The newness of everything, taking them out of the bath all clean and snuggly.

The happiness it brings your loved ones.

Currentlyclueless · 31/01/2015 10:29

My mum said that they don't answer back Grin

TuckingFablet · 31/01/2015 10:35

The smell. oh man the lovely new smell.
the cuddles
the 'im so full of milk' sleepy cuddles
marvelling at the tiny human who you grew inside you.
teeny kissable feet
squidgy cheeks.

oh man I miss dd being squidgy instead of a rampaging 1yoEnvy

ithoughtofitfirst · 31/01/2015 10:58

This thread is not good for me. I couldn't cope with another one but I cry at least once a day because it's so sad that she's not going to be a baby forever Sad

ImperialBlether · 31/01/2015 11:04

Are you feeling alright, ithoughtofitfirst? How old is your baby?

NancyJones · 31/01/2015 11:05

Nothing. For me, nothing at all other that the knowledge that at some point they'd become toddlers.

From about 14mths onwards when they're walking and taking and so endearing by pointing wondrously at everything they see. When they get to 18mths and they're in awe of the whole world but their mummy is still central to it all. For me, that makes the necessary newborn stage bearable.

ithoughtofitfirst · 31/01/2015 11:14

haha sorry didn't mean to hijack! I'm just a hormonal mess of guilt atm. Can't remember a lot of ds cause of severe pnd (not to worry people I was already deeply depressed when pregnant and before so knew it was coming iyswim). Loving EVERY second of dd being a baby and feel so guilty.

bronya · 31/01/2015 11:39

Ithought it is sad when you know they will be your last. My body wouldn't cope with another pregnancy so I am on my last snuggly newborn too. I feel glad as she gets bigger and changes though - glad that she is healthy and growing. So much still to look forward to! Take lots of photos and videos. You will never forget this time but there is so much joy still to come!

burnishedsilver · 31/01/2015 11:49

The best bit is when they fall asleep in your arms and you have a million things to do but you don't do any of them. You just sit on the couch for a couple of hours starting at the peaceful little bundle in your arms.

(Then they wake up and you think "why in the hell didn't I do xyz while he/she was asleep)

happypotamus · 31/01/2015 11:50

This is the most lovely thread. It made me smile, and reminded to really appreciate this time with 3month old DD2 (almost certainly our last baby unless this thread convinces me I need more snugly newborn time!), as she is already growing out of being a newborn. When you are exhausted and stressed, the house is a tip, DC1 is demanding and you feel you have neglected her, you think you really want her to not need to be attached to me day and night, this is just the thread, I needed.

blowinahoolie · 31/01/2015 12:52

You feed them and then they go back to sleep for you.

puthyjip43 · 31/01/2015 12:58

Milk drunk face

ithoughtofitfirst · 01/02/2015 07:39

bronya Flowers thank you that's a very sweet way of looking at it.

Funnily enough my 30 year old friend asked her mum recently what her favourite time was from having children and she said the age they are now. Plus... then you get grandchildren hopefully Wink

tawnyowlsrock · 01/02/2015 08:28

Could cuddle them all day
Smell lovely
Bums are so soft
They are gorgeous

ScrambledEggAndToast · 01/02/2015 08:44

They're just so cute and sweet Grin I only had one though so only got the chance for lovely cuddles once, will have to make do with friends babies!

ohtheholidays · 01/02/2015 09:16

You get to enjoy the honeymoon period.Taking in everything about your lovely perfect little baby.They're smell is addictive(I think it should be bottled as a pick me up)love new baby smell.

Your not expected to rush around and do everything at once.You get to rest and just enjoy your LO.People stop you to congratulate you and make a fuss of your baby.

I always felt like I was in a lovely protective cocoon after I had each one of my 5DC.Enjoy it it will be lovely.

Congratulations on your pregnancy.Flowers

FuckYouChrisAndThatHorse · 01/02/2015 09:22

Well, as I sit here next to my (admittedly far from first) 4 week old:-

When he's cuddled in on my chest, feeling his soft head on my chin. He has the softest skin in the world.

Just gazing at him. Everything he does is new and adorable and special because I am constantly dosed up on the oxytocin due to breastfeeding, I am permanently loved up

Fingers and toes are awesome.

How he goes crosseyed when he tries to focus on me.

How he stays where I put him.

How sometimes, late at night when I'm feeding him and I suddenly don't just feel exhausted, I look at him and he looks at me and it's like we're the only people in the world