You can be told what to expect with a new baby. You can read about it. You can be as prepared with every checklist checked off and every registry item bought. But the truth is, the only thing you can be truly prepared to expect is that you will love this baby with your whole life. And no matter what, you’re going to be the very best parent for your baby.
And what can we do? Well. We can maybe give you some stuff. :0)
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I hope having a baby is as fulfilling and rewarding as it seems. I can’t wait to feel that instant unconditional love when baby arrives.
awe, I keep telling my husband that as we are expecting our first at the end of March; how much we think we are in love right now will be nothing in comparison to when that day arrives!
when i had my son i was expecting to have a screaming baby hat was up all the night but he was a quiet baby who started sleeping through the night at 3 months old. and i hope that our next baby will be just as good
“What did you expect about having a baby that turned out NOT to be true? Getting to sleep when the baby sleeps
I have two and I’m expecting my third. I remember how everyone always said that having your second would be so hard, I found it easy, I hope they are all wrong about the third baby too! : )
i really thought i would get more sleep.
I expect that we’ll still be able to enjoy the city, and I hope that’s true! We’re lucky to live in a child-friendly neighbourhood.
I’m hoping that having two won’t be a ton harder
I’ve always heard a second is easy…but I have my doubts lol!
i hope that I can love this baby as much as I do my daughter.
I hope that the laundry really is as easy to work into your routine as every one says… I know it’s a small hope, but as a first time mom, I hope I can keep up!
I am hoping that everything will come natural. I heard that it is fairly easy to get on the same schedule as the newborn. That is what I am hoping is true.
I expected it to be much harder to give up sleep. In truth, I found myself awake, gazing at the baby long after he fell asleep just enjoying watching him. I slep when I could, but I learned to exist on a series of naps and not resent my son for it.
My biggest expectation about having a baby is that my life won’t come to a screeching hault and that with minor tweeks I still will be able to do the majority of the things I’m used to doing.
I expected to be able to get the babies to sleep through the night at about 3-4 months. The first 3 didnt do so until they were toddlers. Crossing my fingers the newbie does better.
I expected that having a baby would add a lot of more housework (especially laundry). But – at least for now – that’s really not true. It’s added a little, but if I’m on the ball, it really isn’t that much more. *whew*
I expected my son to sleep through the night all swaddled up… so not true, My son hated to sleep on his back along with being swaddled. Once we figured it out, he slept so wonderfully. I just hope our next one will be just as easy to figure out.
I really didn’t have any ‘expectations’ other than I would love being a mom. And that has been true
I hope my baby is a cuddly one.
I’m hoping that my almost 3yo will be a great big brother to his new baby brother who will be here in 6 short weeks!
I expected breastfeeding to be natural and easy… so not true!
I love gdiapers and I can’t wait to use them with baby #3! Having my first two has been incredibly fulfilling and it makes me want to keep having more!
When I was awaiting the arrival of our sweet boy, I was NOT prepared for the complete life change having him would be. I knew things would change, but I was confronted with having to constantly adjust my way of life and thinking…in ways I didn’t know would happen! I suppose this is how it should be!!! It is all worth it…and now I don’t remember much about what I did with myself before that! And I love it!
I expected breastfeeding to come naturally and be instinctive, but it’s not, Thankfully, though, after overcoming hurdles, it is easier. And such a precious bondin experience!
I hope having my new little baby boy in
I hope we can welcome him into our life with as much ease as its been to be pregnant and to prepare for him to join us. 21 days till he’s supposed to arrive!!!!
my life will strengthen my boyfriend and I’s relationship even more which hardly seems possible
I hope that once she is here and in our arms. Everything will just come naturally. Like how to soothe her and care for her.
I expected my kids to sleep through the night by six months, but neither one did until over a year old! I also learned that every baby is different.
I expected to have a baby that screamed and cried all the time. It wasn’t the case! Don’t listen to other’s horror stories.
hoping the next one is a girl!
I expected to be good at this, but my daughter keeps throwing curve balls!
I tried not to set expectations since I was having twins but I expected that I would nap when they did…..
An answer to both questions:
I expected labor to be quick and painless, It Hurt like crazy.. lol..
My expectation of having a new baby being able to stick to a routine, and I hope that its true.
For me with my first it was NOT true that I would get to my due date. MY DD came 5 1/2 weeks early and thankfully had little trouble getting started with breast feeding.
I expected to have her dressed perfectly all the time. I spent a lot of time before she was born matching outfits to bows & tiny shoes. It’s just not our reality. She pulls off the shoes & plays with the bows, and a lot of times her outfits are covered in her lunch.
But she is still the most beautiful thing I have ever seen.
I expected that cloth diapering was going to be hard with a newborn. Its actually easier than with a toddler
Although I expected to fall easily into parenting as it all seemed so natural to me, I was still worried about no sleep, scream fests and poopy diapers. It turns out my amazing three month old daughter enjoys sleep and puts herself to bed at about 8 every night and doesn’t get up until the sun does She only cries when she needs something and it turns out poopy diapers aren’t that bad. I have to give her some props here because she does all this while being carted around across the state to visit family, on camping trips and at my work twice a week, where she has to be nice to all the strangers that want to pinch her cheeks! I am so blessed. My hope for the future is that she continues to be the little angel she is now.
I thought childbirth would be the worst thing ever. Luckily, it wasn’t as bad as I had been expecting, while it was no walk in the park.
I had a lot of experience with kids, so I expected to coast into being a mom, that we would find our groove quickly and easily. It wasn’t the case. Toss in reflux and colic and well, it took us 3 months to find any sort of groove!
that there is no such thing as plans…from early babies to up all night crying to leaving restaurants because of blow outs….you have to just take it as it comes!
haha one of the things i expected to be true was the whole cute and cuddly baby thing…I always loved advertisements of baby’s hugging soft cuddly toys (ahem, they POSE THEM that way…go figure
) I loved the advertised pictures of moms lovingly rocking their babies and a rocker (nooooo one told me it was a moment at 3 am when you are rocking for your life!!! that baby won’t sleep!!!!) haha and I love the advertisements of moms washing their loves with yummy smelling soap (*cough* because they vomitted and had a poo-splosion!!) ahaha I love all the sweet moments i was promised…but were desperate moments indeed…but the one special moment they never told me about, that i will forever cherish…the feeling of a hot baby on your skin just after delivery…(hugs!)
I had read about and been told that warm/hot washcloth compresses would help for engorgement… pfft! The only thing that worked was nursing my boy and starting to pump
and I also wasn’t expecting to be so emotionally erratic the first month… scared to remember how I acted many times! Lol
What did you expect about having a baby that turned out NOT to be true? People told me to sleep when baby sleep, so I was really looking forward to those midday naps! Once Chloe came along, I had so much to do, I rarely got those naps lol
(this comment entry is for Amie) =D
I thought there would be more sibling rivalry, but my kids love each new addition!
I expected recovery postpartum to be easier. Thank goodness for all the baby love to help through the pain!
I assumed that being off work for maternity leave meant I would have loads of free time… that it would be like a fun “staycation”. It only took a few days and one very cranky (for months) baby to prove that a myth!!!
I expected to get more sleep once they started sleeping through the night in their own bed…. I was wrong … Ask most on the third little one and the 5yr old still keeps me up or wakes me up late at night
I’m Gunna need a bigger bed for them all to fit in with me lol
My biggest expectation about having a baby that I hope is true is the opportunity to experience everything again through the eyes of my child, like eating a strawberry or petting a rabbit for the first time!
I thought induction when I was past 41 weeks was going to be a looong process, thankfully it wasn’t! And the hardest part was expecting a boy to come out, and a girl did!!
I expected to get back into jogging within a few weeks. But it took me about 10 months before it became a consistant thing. It really wasn’t a dissapointment though. I found that I enjoyed spending time with my little girl more than I enjoyed going for a run.
I expected a lot of stress and haven’t really had any
also I planned on loosing lots of sleep, but my baby girl seems to sleep pretty well.
I didn’t realize how differently every one of my babies was going to be! I have 3 boys ages 6, 3 and 19 months baby #4 is due October 6th and I expect him or her to be as different from the others as ever! It is amazing how they all at such an early age have such different characters!
I thought it would be possible to sleep when the baby slept during the day. Not so!
I was told the first three months would be miserable. That is far from the truth. I am two months in and although I am tired, I love having a child!
I don’t expect my daughter to sleep through the night at 2 months old but did.
When everyone says that a newborn sleeps a lot, and that the parents should sleep when baby does, I expected to be able to do that; but it didn’t work out that way!
What I hope is true when the next little one arrives? That it is true what they say, once you have 5, you can’t tell that the 6th one has been added ;D
I didn’t know how long it would be that I would not sleep through the night. It wasn’t as trying/ difficult as I was prepared for. For me, almost none of the things I worried about and researched came true. It took longer, it is taking longer for my little ones personality to come out.
I expected it to be harder in geeral. I was blessed with laid back babies that slept well.
I expected to take a long time to lose the weight but it dropped within 6 weeks. I didn’t expect it to creep back on over the past 7 months though.
I hope having 5 kids isn’t harder then 4 like everyone has been telling me.
I expected to have a worse pregnancy and be way sicker…was also expecting less weight gain but we cant have it all
I can’t wait to feel that love at first sight moment when I see baby for the first time, I feel that’s the moment that will let me know love at first sight really does exist…I hope!
I was told over and over that if the first baby is easy, the next won’t be. Well lucky me, my second child is even more easy going than my first. But I will say that I am more tired now, because I’m chasing the toddler ontop of caring for a baby. Whew!
they would sleep alot
Breastfeeding was way harder than I ever imagined. I felt like I had failed our daughter by not being about to feed her naturally. Forutunately we stuck with it and got about 8 months for her.
I expected life to stop altogether-no more date nights, no more fun clothes as my body tried to recover, a fussy baby that would never sleep and always smelling of spit-up or poo. Thankfully I was so wrong!!
I expected my second baby to be similar to my first, even though they are both girls every little thing is different it is amazing how quickly they assert their little personalities!
I thought I be walking around like a sleep deprived zombie for a few months. Luckily, I got a little guy who loves to sleep at night!
I was expecting to NEVER get any sleep once baby came. WRONG, I found time to nap with the baby during the day and found I was able to sleep quite a bit during the night.
I didn’t expect the type of complications with my birth. She was coming forhead first with the cord around her neck, sending her into distress.
I hope that two is not much harder than one! I am expecting my second in 1 1/2 months!
My biggest expectation about having a new baby that you hope IS true is that I will eventually get the hang of breastfeeding and that my milk will come in. I hope to not have to formula feed. I want my child to go from breast milk to solid food.
I expected that by 11.5 months old my son would be sleeping through the night. Not True! He is a terrible sleeper always rolling and fidgeting waking himself up. I’m exhausted! But he’s My favorite reason to lose sleep!
Baby is due in 10 days … My biggest expectation is to get back into shape and incorporate baby into our lives instead of the other way around
i expected to have way more trouble than i did! both times haha. i just listened to my instincts which i think made everything easier
I am hoping the moments with my 2nd baby will be as magical and precious as the first moments with my 1st baby were. These have been the best days of our lives and I’m expecting that our lives will only be better when baby #2 arrives
I didn’t expect ‘sleep when the baby sleeps’ to be quite so hard to follow through on!
That sleeping when the baby slept would be easy! HA!
That the baby would come on time… still waiting!!!
That breast feeding would be easy! Depending on the day it could be in either category.
I expected to be able to sleep when the baby sleeps….but there is too much other stuff to do, like laundry
I hope I can love my rainbow baby as much as I loved my angel baby.
Before having our son I thought that breastfeeding would be a breeze and I would have no problem with supply issues and just be able to pump when I went back to work. That plan did not work out as I was not able to keep up with our son’s supply needs. I am excited for our next child to be more relaxed and know that there is nothing wrong with supplementing with formula, and some Breast milk is better than none.
We expected to have less sleep/more night crying, but she’s a great night sleeper! I also expected to need more baby stuff but found that the main thing she needs is us. The Ergo helps that, though.
I hope siblings close in age play and entertain themselves!
I expected to place my baby on a routine schedule, that hasn’t happened yet;)
I love gDipaers! and I’m sure I’ll love guavakids and see kai run if gDiapers loves them.
and I hope my baby will love me forever, and I didn’t expect to have my heart so full so immediately.
Everyone told me to sleep when baby sleeps….boy, were they ever right!!!
I hope having a baby is at least somewhat enjoyable rather than a constant headache that friends with kids make it out to be!!!
I have wanted to try these shoes for my baby, we would love this prize!
“What is your biggest expectation about having a new baby that you hope IS true?”
My 2nd baby is expected to arrive in early November. People tell me that having two is really a blessing because with two close in age then they have more fun together and they can start playing together (which mean more mommy time).
I’m expecting to have a happy, healthy baby and certainly praying that it comes true.
I was told that i would never get any sleep….well i am more rested now than i was when i was pregnant!!!
I expected a baby to come with more responsibilities and hard times than fun times. I thought having a baby would mean that I couldn’t act silly anymore, but my son is almost 2 now and I’ve had more fun acting like a little kid with him then before I was a mom (Im sure the teenage years won’t be as easy). : ) I just hope that when his baby sister gets here (in 17 days) that I can still act just as silly with both of them. I love having fun, and its evenbetter when my son learns from it.
I was told mothering would come naturally and be easy. The words newborn and easy do NOT go hand in hand!
I can’t wait to have #2! I want another tiny one soon!
I was expecting to be tired but nothing compares to what taking care of a newborn was like! Still makes me want to have more though!
My baby isn’t born yet but I am expecting a lot of sleepless nights, especially since hubby will be deployed
i was expecting to be exhausted..but it wasnt the case!
I hope that hubby and I can be organized, not too sleep deprived and not too crazy when the baby arrives!
I am expecting that I will have help from the other women in my life that have had babies before me, because I worry that I don’t know everything I need to know.
You know how to love, nuture, and care for that baby. I also thought the same thing, but being a mother is 2nd nature, you just have to trust your gut. No one knows or can take care of your baby better than you can.
that they sleep alot.not my son lol
I was expecting my son to follow the same “developmental scale” as other babies but he decided he will do what he want when he wants to and have his own scale. He always throws a curb ball at me but I am always there to catch it.
I expected to NEVER sleep, with my first that was just not true. Now with a 21 month old running around and my 5 day old in my arms I am learning what it means to never sleep. I love it all none the less!
I was expecting to be exhausted, never sleep and for it to be one of the hardest things I have ever done the way people would describe the first year to me. I was the complete opposite. I have loved it so far, been more relaxed then ever, completely in love and had the best time of my life.
So many people told me, “You’re excited now, but just wait. You’re going to love that baby but miss and grieve the life you once had before the baby.” I was completely expecting to. But now my son is 8.5 months, and I NEVER missed or grieved my life before him. I can’t imagine my life without him. In fact, I don’t remember what is like before he showed up, since he completes our lives. (I swear, that’s not the sleep deprivation talking…
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I actually was able to sleep when the baby slept!
I would love to try gdiapers
I have heard amazing things 
That babies pretty muchly eat poop and sleep. THAT was BIG lie lol.
I’ve been told another chamber of your heart grows when you give birth, I hope this is true! I can’t wait to have the love that only a mother can have.
I expected that I was completely prepared and it would go smoothly. Boy was I wrong! I had no idea what I was in for! The good and the ugly
I swore I would never sleep with my baby. But once the baby came, I found it was nearly impossible not to. I researched safe co-sleeping and I think it was one of our best decisions.
i HOPE ITS TRUE THAT YOU CAN SLEEP WHEN BABY SLEEPS!
I am expecting our third little boy to be as different from his brothers as they are from each other. I sometimes find it hard to believe that two boys born into the same house to the same parents could be so very different from one another. I love how unique each of my children are and I expect number three to come with his own wonderful personality!
“What did you expect about having a baby that turned out NOT to be true?”
I expected it would come completely naturally.
In truth I did have to work to find what I felt right with as a parent, but I also never ever expected the overwhelming love and complete devotion that comes with being a parent either- and that did come naturally
i thought that when I had my triplets people would help and here would be government assistance but i was pretty much on my own
I thought I would still have time for my own hobbies; boy was I wrong!
I’m hoping that once you have three any number is the same – which is what I’ve always heard. I just had #4 and I’m a bit nervous as to how hard it will be.
Everyone told me about getting no sleep at all as a new parent,, but even in the earliest days I was averaging 5-6 hrs in a 24 hr period. Not consecutively, mind you, but still enough to function.
When i had my first son, I expected breastfeeding to go smoothly. Unfortunatly with many circumstances stacked against me, i was unable to breastfeed.
As i approach the birth of my second, I am hoping that the second will be easier, as everyone tells me it is. We shall see i guess!
I was lucky and got a baby that slept great from the beginning. I always heard you walk around like a zombie for a few months due to lack of sleep, but I found it not to be true! Hope Baby #2 is the same!
I did not expect to hit so many roadblocks when I had my baby… Between my 74 hour labor that ended in a c-section &the challenges I had breast feeding… I was terrified of what would come next… But then to my surprise, something I also didn’t expect happened… I learned and continue to learn SO much from my precious little girl.
Now with #2 due in 4 weeks, I have learned to set no expectations… just have wish lists
Since we have a newborn & toddler; I expected my toddler to be less interested in my newborn! Ohhh not the case. Shes all over him, mostly lovingly-sometimes not!
I was expecting it not to be so exhausting to do overnight feedings and pump.
I expected to bond immediately but I didn’t! The first few months were rough, but the bonding did happen and I love my son so much!
I was not able to sleep when my baby slept!
I hoped that I can be skinny as before again
I am expecting that I will be able to welcome our third baby into our home this fall and be able to homeschool our 6 year old and give our 3 year old all the love and mommy time that he needs all while keeping my sanity and enjoying every moment of their childhoods!
I expected him to be awake a lot more. Turns out my newborn slept a lot. Not for long stretches or course, but he slept many hours of the day those first few months.
Suhweet giveaway!
My biggest expectation that turned out to be untrue, was having a difficult time suddenly taking care of a baby. He’s my first, and being his mommy is the easiest and most natural thing I have ever done!
There are some things that you don’t need with baby two and three that are different from baby one. You don’t need 7 sheets and you don’t need so many outfits. Babies just need diapers, maybe some onesies, blankets, and they’re all set.
My oldest just turned 7, and we just had #4 a couple of months ago. I hardly remember what I expected before the first, but one thing that has surprised me (and probably shouldn’t have) is how amazingly different and unique each of our children is from an early age, despite having the same parents and genetic potential. Four completely different, awesome children!
I though I would be in labor longer than I was! We arrived at 10:01 pm and he was born at 10:53 pm!
I expected to get more sleep
My boys are not sleepers and busy as bees but I love being a mom and I guess we will have the rest of our lives to sleep 
I thought I would have time during my leave to send birth announcements and complete a few projects around the house. I was lucky to get out of my PJ’s and a shower in! It’s all about that sweet baby!
I thought when I was expecting my first child that I would not be nearly as fulfilled being a mother as I was with my career. I was so wrong!
I expected that having a baby meant the end of haivng fun with friends and I have found that I have more fun with friends now, I just get together with them during the day instead.
I hope that when we meet our baby, I will be overcome with that take-your-breath-away-like-never-before love that I always hear about…the first time looking into your baby’s face is a moment that shakes you to your core, in a good way!
I expected my baby to sleep through the night early on, not at a few weeks old or anything, but way before 1 when she finally decided to.
i was expecting to get a lot more sleep, but we are not there yet
I find that my babies are not portable early on like everyone says. My girls will not fall asleep when we’re out and about no matter what we do.
I expected to catch on easier and things to fall into place much more quickly than they did!
I thought that after a few months my son would sleep through the night…so wrong at 2 years old next month he still wakes up once a night. My 7 month old wakes up 3 times a night. Also I thought all babies took pacifiers. Both my boys hated them from the beginning. I bought so many different kinds to try and get them hooked and nothing worked.
Biggest thing I found to be untrue…. having 2 kids is a big adjustment and hard — not true, thank goodness =) My daughter loves her little brother and is the biggest helper!!
I was expecting my first to be harder. She is so easy and such a blessing!
I learned that you can’t always believe or follow what everyone else says about raising your children. Each child is unique and just because it worked for her or him dosent mean it will for another baby. Trust your instincts, they usually are dead on
I thought I would be able to do “normal” house chores easily, baby playing at feet…no, he follows me everywhere I go and I can barely wash 5 dishes before he demands my attention.
I never expected that I would keep waking up for the 3am feed after my daughter stopped. I need to sleep!
I am really hoping that I have the willpower to use stern parenting with my own children that has worked well with my nieces and nephews.
“What did you expect about having a baby that turned out NOT to be true?” Well, this second time around I thought I knew a thing or two from the first time around. Ha! (But I did know that we were going to survive it, and that did make it easier.) I also expected that it would be harder to connect with the boys as newborns. I knew everyone said that you instantly would feel that love, but I’d never been a newborn person. Still, when they arrived, they were MINE, and that connection was definitely there.
I thought caring for a newborn would be hard. While it was much more challenging than I expected my desire to do my best and love for my baby made it about love and not about work. Let’s hope #2 is the same
I didn’t think it would be so hard to take care of my baby. I had been working with little kids/babies for a few tr years already
I hope that my baby teaches me about life and love and the universe!
I thought my little one would stay little longer. I really thought that I would not have to worry about him walking till one year, but it looks like it will be much earlier than that.
I expected to miss sleep more. I also expected to be so tired I could easily sleep. wrong on both!
Before I became a mother I always imagined my child being clean and presentable in public. I never thought they would be capable of screaming in a quiet restaurant. The thought of my child taking off her clothes in public was unfathomable! But its all happened, I’ve learned how to get over things much faster. I’m proud to say that I’m a happy & busy mommy that never has a boring moment.
I thought I knew everything about baby after having one. My second one taught me every baby is different and what work for one will not work for another. The second one was definitely a more diffcult baby.
I expected it to be life-changing… which it is.. but I didn’t expect it to be SO hard! It’s by far the greatest commitment… challenge…and JOY of my life.
That having two is twice the work…it’s more like 10x
well, “pre-baby” there is always thoughts of things like “i’ll do it this way…” or “I’ll NEVER do that!!” and it kinda turns out opposite in many situations once parenthood arrives… things aren’t always as “easy” as once perceived as an observer without kids.
I knew I would love my baby, but I was surprised that the second I saw him, I’d lay my life down for him. And I knew there would be fun moments in parenting, but I didn’t realize every second is better then the last as they grow and change in so many ways. Last, I thought baby hugs would be great, but was overjoyed to discover that baby snuggles could brighten every moment and all days.
I expected recovery from the birth of our #5 to be just like #4. A little time for babymoon, and lots of playtime with the bigger kids. Things do not always go as expected, and the whole family has had to learn to roll with the punches, adjusting our expectations. But my children are fabulous, and have made this experience a pleasant one regardless of the challenges we have faced.
I thought introduction to solids would be really hard and a big pain in the but, but it really is not bad I rather enjoy it!
When I had my son, I was hoping to be able to sleep at some point. I cannot believe what I can do on only 4 hours of sleep a day, and not feel tired.
I hope the new baby and the dog can come to a compromise on who gets the most attention!
I am expecting the COMPLETE unexpected with my first one!
I have learned in life not to “expect” anyhting, so I didn’t really have any expectations, per se. The only thing that threw me was I thought he was a girl… hmmmm…. hahaha
I expected it to be hard but its been too much fun!
Thought a healthy pregnancy would lead to a healthy delivery. Never expected an emergency csection.
I am looking forward to seeing how my 20 month old daughter will react to ger baby sister. My sister and I couldn’t be better friends. With almost 6 years betweeb us we were distant growing up. I hope my girls will see the guft of a sister as the miracle it is! A friend who will be there your entire life. I can’t wait!
I expected that I would still be able to get everythinbg done around the house while the baby napped…..hahaha!
I was told that babies would sleep all the time for the first month or so. Totally not true for me!
everyone always told me that having my 2nd would be so very hard. They were wrong. Having one was hard but the 2nd was not that big of a change.
I knew I would love her a lot, but I didn’t know that it would change the way I process every decision. Everything goes though the filter that, “I’m a mom.”
I really really hope its true if your first was the tougher child, your second will come out calmer!!
I expected that I’d change a lot of diapers, but my husband truly surprised me by taking 100% of them!
I thought that childbirth itself was going to be horrible and I would never want another baby. Glad that I was lucky enough to be wrong!
I really hope its true that my baby will know right away that I am his/her mother
When I was pregnant with my first child, I was so nervous that I wouldn’t ” know what to do”. After I met her for the first time, everything just came naturally. No more fear, just love.
I hope my husband and I are good parents.
Almost everything I expected changed, at least a little. Here is one of my favorite quotes:
“Then I nursed a baby for the first time and all the rules changed.”
I found out that a lot of the things/answer I thought I had/knew….. I didn’t!
And that your opinions & feelings can change a lot after having a little one.
Sleeping when the baby sleeps never happens for me! So much other stuff to do during that time.
I expected that my little one would give me an easier time at bedtime. Unfortunately, not the case! haha She’s a spirited one at bedtime for sure!
Being a Mommy is the absolute best thing in the world. I was blessed with an easy labor and delivery, wonderful baby, and more love than I could have ever imagined.
I never expected to love something/someone so much. My heart is so full.
I never expected my kiddos to be so different! From build to temperament they are complete opposites!
I expected to be up every few hours at night, but we got lucky, and our little girl has been sleeping through since she was 3 weeks old!
everyone told me that “it just gets better from here” when she was an infant- it gets easier- well I think infants are easy! this toddler is running me ragged!
I expected to make even more mistakes than I do!
I didn’t think having a baby would bring my husband and I closer. My husband and I are alot closer than we have ever been, having a baby changes almost everything.
I thought that having a baby would be so hard. Everyone I knew told me horror stories about sleepless nights, colic, and fussiness. I have two beautiful children now and I can honesty say that I have not experienced any of those atrocities. I guess I have uber genes!
That they don’t ever sleep. I got lucky, I guess.
I was expecting a baby that didn’t sleep well and kept me up all night, but both my kids were good sleepers from the start.
However, my son is 8 months old and is still up 2-3 times a night
I expected having a newborn in the house to be very stressful, however I have come to realize new babies bring so much love and bliss to our household
“What did you expect about having a baby that turned out NOT to be true?” Nothing really
It was all I expected.
I didn’t anticipate how much more I could love all of my girls after my 5th was born! Love multiplies!
I expected to feel like a grown up when I started having kids, but I still don’t.
We adopted our sons. With all the nervousness of being a first time parent I wasn’t sure what to expect. I did think bonding would take time and we’d have to work on our love and bond. My expectations couldn’t be further from the truth, I fell instantly in love at first sight of our little ones. Their smell, cry, and touch felt so natural, so right, they fit perfectly!
I was told just sleep when baby sleeps and you’ll be fine! Didn’t realize how hard it’d be with a three year old running around!
I expect to not get very much sleep. I’m hoping that is not true.
I thought I would leave her w people more often but even at almost 3 I have only left her a handful of times and love every min
did think i would be so tired.. but im tired all the time.. ill never sleep like before
they are so worth it though
I had ideas that everything would be hectic and hard. I found everything to be so easy once I finally had my baby in my arms.
I expected that I would need everything on the baby checklist. I think that baby need checklists are over rated. I feel that a baby ‘s first year should consist of less things than the first 5 years of the child’s life. You could do with out or purchase a regular size verses the baby size. You don’t need a swing, high chair, crib, bassinet, play pen. Just pick one for sleeping and one for sitting. Skip the the infant car seat carrier and buy a car seat that can accommodate diffrent ages.
I’m hoping that I’ll be way more relaxed the second time around.
I expected our lives to go totally insane after having the 2nd baby, but it’s turned out to be the complete opposite, she’s a great sleeper and sleeping through the night at 2months! She’s super sweet and we love being a family of 4!
I thought it would be easier to divide childcare because my husband is so willing to do his share. Unfortunately our baby only wanted me until he was 6 months old, solid food helped a lot in this area! It’s a lot easier now that breastfeeding isn’t as important to our son and there are other ways to bond with him.
I hope that breast feeding comes naturally…even though I keep hearing it is a learning process for both me and baby! I cannot wait to feel the deep unconditional love that everyone tells me they experience with the birth of their children!
I was told that going from 1 to 2 would be hard and we adjusted wonderfully! Now that we are expecting #3 by the end of this week I am hoping that the transition will be just as smooth!
I hope that all the hard work will be more than worth it