What is the most important advice you would give a first time mom?

I am writing a book about advice that people from around the country feel is important and would like to share. Please answer honestly. I appreciate your taking time to answer.What is the most important advice you would give a first time mom?
No new mother is perfect, or any mother for that fact. Just try to be as patient as possible and when you are feeling overwhelmed, ask someone to help you out by watching the baby for a little bit so you can have a breather. There will be times when you feel like screaming and don't feel like you are a bad mother because of it. Every mother feels like that at one time or another.What is the most important advice you would give a first time mom?
Always, always trust your instinct when it comes to your babies health. i have a 1 year old, and when she was about 3 months she had a cough, well i took her to the doctor, and her pediatrician said that it was just nature. After a week the cough hadn't gone away, so once again i take her to her doctor, this time it's just congestion in her chest. Well just to be sure i took my baby to the E.R., and it turns out her ';congestion'; was pneumonia, she ended up in the hospital for 2 weeks, so if you feel you baby is sick always trust your instinct.
Its impossible to spoil a newborn. Be patient and loving even when they scream non-stop ... there is a reason for it.
Get as much sleep as you can when you can, because babies soon outgrow their naps, and then you are exhausted.
Three kids and three grandkids later, I have to say my best advice would be LIGHTEN UP! Most new moms are so nervous and scared to death. Kids are not as fragile as new moms think. Enjoy them!
To be very patient with her baby and herself. Most first time moms get lost in the illusion that babies are all cuddles and smiles. The reality is that babies do not come with instructions and real quick they learn that what they have been reading in books and magazines is just not that easy. While they do provide some guidelines into the growth of your baby, the reality of the late night feedings and distinguishing cries, the 'i don't know what to do i have tried everything' brings many emotions into play that a first time mom will find overwhelming to say the least. So patience is very important. As a first time mom again (my daughter just turned 16) of a 5 month old I have had to deal with such emotions. I have learned to 'read' my baby's sounds and movements, his cries and noises to tell me something. He is truly a blessing to us. So I would say patience and of course, don't believe everything you read.
It is ok to have help... don't feel like you have to be SuperMom 24/7. You still need to take care of yourself too, plenty of rest and all that. Your baby needs you to be healthy and happy. It is ok to learn as you go, don't buckle under to thinking you have to know everything at once. Just love that baby... everything will work out fine.
Never believe that you are unable to do this! If you have a question on anything, ASK! Don't just guess about the life or health of a child. If you need help. ASK Don't think you can do it all alone...No good mother does! It still takes a village to raise a child. If it feels wrong, it most likely is! Don't let another person tell you that everything is fine if your gut tells you differently. (be sure it isn't panic also) Try to let all those colds run their course and leave the medicine for the real sickness. Colds are a part of life.
Years go by fast. Love long and forever, cherish deepley, take in moments deeply and wisley. Breathe. Eveything will be alright, just breathe.
Smile even when you change a poopy diaper
Colic WILL pass--tell them lots about THAT, please. :P





Start putting those photos in an album right away, as it's happening, and writing at least a sentence or two about each stage. (I did this at first, then slacked, then it was too late--You think you'll remember all those itty bitty details, and then you don't!)





Record on video as much as possible. As much as you have, you'll wish you had double. Soooo precious to revisit as years fly by, and they do fly!





Good question! Hope you get your book out there to help new moms!!





P.s. Oh--make up your own little songs and sing them while diapering, bathing, etc. Give your baby/toddler a sweet nickname that they'll beg you NOT to use when they're about 8 yrs. old---I have been so sweetly surprised at how much my 10 y.o. craves hearing those old ';baby'; songs and wants to hear her nickname (when friends aren't around). :)
I have no kids myself, but my mother always told others, ';Only leave your children with people who insist they hate kids.';
Well I am 15, and I would LOVE to have a kid. If your not a kid person, don't have un protected sex! Also don;t ahve a kid if you are 18 and under, your body isn't done growing till then, maybe after that! So that causes a c-section and most girls don;t like scars on there bellys
After your child stops waking you up, at all hours of the night, and it's your turn to wake him up, do it with a gentle, loving touch and whisper, ';Good morning Sweetheart it's time to wake up.';





And in the evening, always remember to hug your child and then tell him how much you love him.