Some of the greatest advice that I received after the birth of my first child was… Don’t over BABY your baby. I wish I could kiss the woman who gave me this little treasure. But alas, she was probably one of the cute little old ladies in the grocery store who stopped to take a peek at my new little one. Why would I take some crazy advice from a stranger at the store? Well, the more I thought about it, the more it made sense.
{Here is my little guy having some independant play time when he was little.}
Before I became a Mother, I would see my friends with their babies. I would see how much work they were. I saw my friends sometime struggling day in and day out to juggle baby and all of their other responsibilities. They would become overwhelmed and exhausted; feeling like the only time they could get anything accomplished was when the baby was sleeping. They would work on short little snippets of rest in the valiant cause of caring for and entertaining baby every waking moment.
Here is an exerpt of a post that I wrote for the ABC / Blog Frog Million Moms Challenge. Click here to read the full post!
Also… are you expecting? Would you just LOVE the chance to travel to Australia to have your very own photo session with the aaaaamazing Anne Geddes? If you are interested, you need to enter the Imagine Me & You contest! They are asking expectant moms to submit a photo of their "baby bump" with a creative message. America will vote for their favorites from Dec 6 to Dec 15 on the Million Moms Challenge Facebook page, and for the every vote Disney Baby will donate $1 up to $50,000 to the Million Moms Fund!! The grand prize is a free trip to Australia for a private portrait session with world renowned photographer Anne Geddes, and the top 3 finalists will receive a year's supply of Huggies! For more info, check out this article!
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Lolly Jane says
Ooooooh that would be AMAZING to win a shoot with Anne Geddes herself… but I would be just as happy with a year supply of Huggies (my diaper of choice!) Now to think of a cute tag line to accompany my growing baby bump 😉 Thanks for the info Heather!
PS: Love that advice you received; I learned that the hard way and after a few months of feeling like nada was accomplished during the day BUT caring for baby boy, I changed up the routine and now little man (18 months) is independent and plays well solo or with others. Yay! Happy weekend!
xo