For starters, the two things that first time parents need to have handy are receiving blankets, and onsies.
Receiving blankets can be used for many things, spit up, blankies to soothe a baby, as a wind and/or sun blocker while in the car or stroller, and a drool rag. My son had alot of receiving blankets up until he learned how to choose a favorite. It was a baby blue blanket with dark blue paw prints. He would hold it, and rest his head on it when he slept. One day we washed it, and it got put away, and forgotten about. Until one day when I found it, I was so excited to show it to him to see his reaction. This is how I thought it would go, "Blankey!!!" and then he would snuggle it up like a big ol' teddy bear. Yea not exactly, it went more like, oh ok what ever, dropped it and walked away. Hmmm that was easy, usually parents have a hard time taking things like that away.
Now onto onsies, you truly cannot have enough of those. They get spit up on, and then you sit and think, ugh its wet, I don't want him/her to be uncomfortable... so you change it. Then there's the wonderful, no way to avoid it, not even with the nifty diapers... poop up the back... Most mom's know exactly what I'm talking about, the ones where you legit, sit for a minute and think to yourself, "now how the hell am I going to get this off of you with out making a bigger mess." I think I've made my point... onsies are needed.
Then there's the other parents who always have something to say, no matter how rude we may think it is... but keep in mind, it's their opinion and you are the parent. You don't HAVE to listen to what they say.
Lets see, one that happened to me was, while my son was dressed in blue, had a onsie on that said "little brother" a lady said, "aww what a cute baby...... boy or girl?" Really lady? Did you have to ask that question? But of course I answered her politely.
The other is the opinion on pacifiers. My fiance and I always said, we were not going to give our son one, but if he started to suck his thumb, it was an option because a pacy is alot easier to take away than his own thumb. However, this was not the case. While at the hospital, when he was born, I went to get him from the nurses station and what did he have in his mouth? A pacifier. And yes, form all the opinions you want, but at 2 1/2 we have begun the process of taking it away. I have heard it all before, "it should have been taken away when he was 6-9 months..." "you need to take that thing away from him" No crap, and I will, and I am... again, I am the parent, I will deal with it.
Another is co-sleeping. I never thought about it before having a child. And my fiance kept telling me, be careful, don't hold him all the time, he's going to get used to it. But being a first time mom, I loved snuggling my baby and I loved knowing that the sound of my heart beating could put him to sleep. When he got to the height of having to put the crib setting all the way down, he would wake up every time I would lower him into it, and it would take forever to get him back to bed. Which then lead to sharing our bed. I would always make sure his head was propped up on my arm so I knew his head wouldn't end up under a pillow, or the blankets. And then he got to the age where he could use a pillow on his own. Anyways, fast forward to now, 2 1/2 years later and I can proudly say he spent the entire night in his own bed last night! Here's to hoping for many more! Because this mama misses snuggling up with daddy! But I do not regret it one bit! We ALL sleep through the night.
Hope some of this was either helpful, or at least funny! Stick around, I've got plenty more!
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