Share the best baby advice you’ve been given with ASDA Little Angels for the chance to win a £300 voucher! NOW CLOSED

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Having your first child can be a daunting time, causing you to ask yourself ‘Am I doing this right?’ multiple times a day. And with the constant stream of parenting tips from all and sundry, it can be hard to know who and what to listen to. ASDA Little Angels would like to know what the one piece of baby advice someone gave you was that really cut through the noise and made a difference.

Here’s what ASDA Little Angels has to say: "We all know you can get great advice online from the likes of Mumsnet or our own Baby & Toddler Club; but sometimes that one thing that makes your life easier can come from the most unexpected source. We’d love to hear yours!"

Did someone show you a handy trick to make nappy changes hassle-free or tell you the must have essentials for your nappy bag? Maybe you were given golden advice on how to still feel like yourself whilst caring for baby? Or perhaps you were told tips on how to get your baby to sleep through the night?

Whether you were enlightened by the numerous uses for wet wipes or told a never-fail trick to soothe your baby, please share it below and you will be entered into the prize draw where one Mumsnetter will win a £300 voucher of their choice (from a list).

Thanks and good luck!

MNHQ

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Definitely the envelope-neck baby vests going down instead of over the head tip.

Listen to all the advice and see which bits fit you and your baby, but remember that a lot of it won't. The advice may be right, but it can still be wrong for you and your baby.

A good friend, when I was stressing g about ds’ sleep and his diet and various other things told me, “take one thing at a time. You ca t solve everything at once. Pick one and deal with that without obsessing about the others.” It was a revelation and really calmed me at a time I was feeling over whelmed and like I was failing.

To cheer my crying babies up i have always blown raspberries at them to make them laugh !!

Take help from family and friends if it is offered to you.

Follow your own intuition and only buy the essentials before having your baby, a lot of the equipment they say is essential isn't so save your money and a little backpack is so much better than a changing bag and roomier.

Stop expecting your baby to fall into a routine. Each phase will pass eventually, it may get tougher, it may get easier, but the only thing for definite is that things will change.

What works for one, doesn't necessarily work for others. As said by mum!

Listen to every ones advice... then do your own thing x

My best advice is to trust your own instincts, support and learn from your partner and always listen to advice but decide what is best for you without worrying about what others think.

In other words, you will always do what feels right for you and your family and you have the right to do that like they did don’t be afraid to say thank you for your advice but I’d prefer to do it another way for example.

When changing a nappy roll the vest and other clothing as far up as you can, so if disaster strikes their clothes stay dry and or poo free!
Everyone is different, what works for one parent might not work for you!

Baby vests dont need to be taken off overhead, thats why they have the wide shoulders.

The only really helpful advice I was given was to write down the little milestones like first tooth, when first crawled and so on. It's nice to look back on and then to compare with second child. Apart from that my SIL told me something which helped a lot which was to take everything others tell you with a large pinch of salt! All the people who had children who never had tantrums and who slept through the night from day one - it's all rubbish.

fresh air will work wonders for both of you

Being able to take a body suit off going down the body. Great advice given to us when we were struggling to get DS1 out of his when he had been sick on his and a friend who was visiting made the suggestion.

Start routine whilst they are very young, also to save any accidents happening whilst changing nappy, put a fresh nappy under dirty nappy before you you take it off so when you take off the dirty nappy if little one has an urge to go the fresh nappy will be there.

The vests going down over shoulders instead of off over the head was definitely a useful tip.

And tights for baby boys - this didn’t occur to me until DS3. All 3 baby boys kept pulling socks and shoes off and getting cold toes. But babies can’t pull off tights themselves. So now baby DS3 has a few pairs of tights to wear under his trousers when we’re out and about to keep his toes toasty warm in the winter.

Buy second hand and take advantage of hand me downs. Even if you are a millionaire, it is crazy to buy stuff brand new when they are in it for 5 minutes. I have been given so many beautiful clothes from friends plus borrowed equipment which has then been passed on. So much better for the environment too!

My mum told me to just enjoy the stage they are at because it all goes too quickly; of course she was right.

The best advice is from a friend of mine when my DC was a couple of months old, I was existing on around 3 hours a day, living in baggy tops and leggings (un-ironed). 'Being a mum is the hardest most rewarding job in the world, they won't be tiny forever, and you WILL get your life back, just take it one day at a time, sleep when they sleep, every day is a new page in the book'. I took a step back and saw my 'journey' for what it was, my DC is now 2, sleeping through, I am wearing nice clothes, wearing make-up and stopped comparing my self to the celeb mums (with several nannies) I did it ! on my own ! So can you x

I was told to take in all the advice I could get and try them all out but don't beat myself up about it if at the end of the day I decided to do something different as every baby is different and so is every mother and so long as baby is happy and healthy that is all that matters. That was advice from a elderly aunt and I think it was the best advice I was given.

The best advice I was given was to go with the flow especially in the early days and don't try to do everything the way you did before the baby arrived. Concentrate on things needed for hygiene - anything else is a bonus.

Take everything one day at a time

Just do it however you want- baby books don't help.

The best advice I was given (as a new Mum to a boy) was to put a cotton wool pad on his willy when changing his nappy. It definitely saved us getting wee in our face a few times 🤣

Best baby advice I've been giving is from an old lady at the bus stop my son was a couple of weeks old. She leant in and gazed at him and said how beautiful he was and said enjoy them while you can because they grow so quick. She was right before you know it there starting school always sticks with me and now I tell others this cherish every moment .