Ask the Community
Hi moms! I’m a first-time mom, and I’m still learning my way through motherhood. Some days I feel like I have everything figured out, and other days I have a million questions!
Iwould love to hear your advice. What’s one thing you wish you knew as a first-time mom? Any tips, lessons, or little things that made motherhood easier?
I’m happy to learn from your experiences. We all need a little help and encouragement along the way!
Honestly I wish I had known that breastfeeding was super uncomfortable for the first 3-4 weeks… Everyone said “it shouldn’t hurt at all” and I thought I was broken because it DID hurt. 3 weeks into my journey I remember very vividly crying and contemplating giving up because of the pain. Once that first month was over, though, the pain was gone. It was like magic!
congratulations and welcome to the community! We are happy to help you on your journey. I have a few ideas. One is don’t get overwhelmed with the information you hear and read. Do what is best for you and your family. Everyone will have their opinions. Two is ask questions and ask for help. There and many women here to are active on this group and will be happy to answer your questions. Lots of love and experience here. With that, not sure if you have a village to help you and the baby (I didn’t), but if you do, ask for help. Even if it’s, “watch my baby as I shower.”
Hopefully that is a good start. Again welcome to the community and feel free to ask your questions here. We are happy to help 
Hello and welcome 
My first tip: if someone offers to help you, say yes!! It’s always worth taking, and often people are happy to help.
Second tip: don’t try to do everything or maintain the same workload as before. It’s frustrating if you can’t manage it, and if you do, I imagine it’s at the cost of great exhaustion!
Third tip: take great care of your sleep it’s a (wonderful) marathon, you have to keep going for the long haul, and for that, having the best possible quality of sleep (even when the quantity is lacking) changes everything!!
But above all, and most importantly: have fun!!
Welcome and congrats on baby. Rest is most important, asking and accepting help when you need it.
Welcome to the group im new here too. I would say to not be shy in those early days of telling people to not touch your baby and stuff. I have trouble speaking up but thankfully I wasn’t in too many position where I had to. But I remember when my baby was an infant a really old man was admiring him at Walmart and trying to pinch his cheeks I was freaking out on the inside because of germs lol but also didnt want to be rude because the man was like 80 or so lol!
