What we learned about parenting in the first three months with baby Odin
Like many new parents, I am baffled I already have a 3 month old. The days are slow, the weeks fast, and the month are super speed. I am constantly looking at the photos where she was just weeks old and only 6-something pounds. Ryan and I often say, it looks like she didn’t even fit into her skin.
Now, at 3 months and a few days, she is over 10 lbs, loves tummy time, smiling and tracking mom and dad with her eye. Three little months have changed so much in our household, so I thought it would be fun to chat through some of the crazy ideas Ryan and I had about parenthood pre-baby and now post baby.
5 Things We “Learned”
- For me, labor/delivery was more emotionally tolling than painful. I had to have an emergency induction due to high blood pressure. What does this mean? It means there were 3 “options” of medications to induce labor. What does this mean? It means, these 3 drugs were used to get my cervix to 3cm dilated to THEN start the Pitocin. This process took almost 45 hours. 45 HOURS.
- We are covered in sip up…ALL OF THE TIME. It doesn’t help that Odin has acid reflux, but the amount babies (in general) sip up came to a complete surprise to me. I now have a bath towel (yes, a bath towel) that stays in my living room and at my bedside, because a simple burb cloth doesn’t do it!!
- Baby head butts hurt! We find ourselves feeling for chipped teeth after snuggling up with her.
- Little baby girl clothes are in fact very fun to shop for.
- Finally, and related to the above; there is a limit to how many onesies a child needs. I have onesies up to my ears! I don’t own 45 t-shirts, why would Olli need 45 onesies.
Want to read up on my views prior to giving birth? Click here
