Have you read any of the articles on the new website yet? I want to write one full of tips from all the parents in our community.
So if you could go back in time to before your baby was born, or perhaps even before you got pregnant, what tips would you give yourself? With the benefit of hindsight what would you have done differently?
Let’s pass on all these tips to the parents to be in our community!
We’ve had a great tip that’s come in through our social media; H said “it’s ok not to have an instant bond”That’s a really important thing to know - you might have an instant bond with your baby and if you do that’s great, but it’s also very normal for it to take time for the bond to develop.
That not every day is all rainbows and sunshine there are bad days and you need to take the help when it’s there, no one will judge you , your not a superwoman your still a human as well as a mum 💖💖
Ah that’s a really important tip! Yes, we often think we need to do everything by ourselves but it’s normal to need help sometimes and we should definitely make use of the support around us 👍🏻
I just realised I didn’t share a tip of my own!Mine’s quite a practical one - do some extra cooking towards the end of your pregnancy and freeze the meals, then when your baby is here and you barely have time to wash your face never mind cook tea you can defrost a meal and pop it in the oven/microwave/slow cooker and have a lovely home cooked tea. Cheaper and healthier than ordering takeaway after a hectic day caring for a newborn!
