Help Newborn! 10 Tips for Young Mothers and First Time Parents 85
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Expecting a new baby is an exciting and daunting period at any time of life. Every first time parent and young mother wonders what giving birth is like, what it will be like to be looking after a baby 24 hours a day, whether they will be able to cope, dread the scary possibility of post natal depression and wonder whether they can be the kind of parent they want to be. Once your precious newborn has arrived you will probably begin wondering what to do now!
Newborn Help For Young Mothers
First off, being a young mother can be truly wonderful so don't listen to all the negative stuff that's said about young mothers - you can be just as good a parent as an older Mom. I've worked with many young mothers who were absolutely committed to breast feeding, having as natural a birth as possible and accepting the responsibility that parenthood brings.
Newborn Help For First Time Parents
Whether you are considered young or not, every new parent wants to get it right and enjoy the first precious months with their newborn. I've written here for you, my top 10 tips for first time parents to enable that to happen and to help stop you getting into bad habits that can become very difficult and stressful to change later on. These are all things I wish I had known the first time around (and paid attention to!).
Baby Sleep Tip 1 - Sleep When Your Newborn Sleeps
This is tip number one because it's the most important! Everyone will tell you to sleep when your newborn sleeps and it's good advice. At first you may be on a high from being a new mum and think you don't need to sleep - but losing out on sleep over a long period of time will eventually catch up with you, and then it can be almost impossible to catch up on the sleep you need.
If you sleep when your newborn baby sleeps you will have more energy for the coming months and you will definitely need it! Your baby will probably start teething by around 6 months and during those months you may be surviving on very little sleep. If you are not in massive amounts of sleep deficit you will find it easier to cope with less sleep.
The process of labour and birth can also be very tiring. Sleeping lots in the early days will help your body recover quickly and enable you to have all the energy you need to meet your babies needs.
If you're having difficulty settling your baby and they are stuggling to sleep then read My Baby Can't Sleep!
Bonding with Baby Baby Slings Enhance Bonding No Amazon products found Tip 2 - Develop your Bond
Developing a strong bond with your baby is so important (for both mums and dads). The bond you develop as you get to know each other in the first few days, weeks and months will affect your child's psychological health throughout his life.
The two main ways of creating a strong bond are to have:
Plenty of Skin to Skin Contact Lots of Eye Contact
When you first gave birth to your baby s/he would normally be put on your tummy so that you are skin to skin - this is because skin to skin contact is so vitally important.
