Thursday, March 10, 2011

Advice

So at the baby shower, my sister had everyone fill out sheets with advice for me. I had so much fun reading through all of the advice. I wanted to share my favorites....some are funny and some are just really good advice.

-apple juice, it seems like kids like it
-always take care of your marriage
-be wise, and get enough sleep
-invest in a good babysitter
-let Caleb change lots of diapers (this one came up a lot)
-arrange times to play with Cali (my friend Mindy's little girl)
-you will get a lot of bad advice, don't listen
-enjoy every day!
-everybody needs help sometimes so don't be afraid to ask Bev if you need it. (this is from our friend Maria)
-invest in college early
-learn to function on 2 hours of sleep
-yes isn't always the best answer
-little details mean a lot
-baby yourself too
-escape when you can :)
-relax - you won't kil the baby
-call your mom for help
-baby butts are cute
-Bear still needs your attention too
-eat out once a month at least
-yell into a pillow
-eat whatever, it makes your kids less picky
-use various colors of stage 3 baby food so you don't turn her orange (this is from my sister in law whose first baby ate a lot of carrots and started to turn orange)
-embrace the epidural
-never wear tight t-shirts if there is a chance you will get cold (during nursing)
-resist the urge to compare...all babies are different
-bottles are not evil, especially in the middle of the night
-always take a spare shirt with you
-bring her to grandma often
-arrange your house with everything you love up high
-have your camera handy at all times
-yell at caleb while delivering just to say you did
-Lansinoh will be your breast friend
-lose track of time, it goes too fast anyway
-call your mom often

Any advice anyone wants to add to the list???

4 comments:

Randy and Susan Landon said...

I like the ones on call your mom often. i hope you will do that one for sure. i love to hear about you and the baby.

Max and Deanna said...

As grandma Ricks would say, "take one day at a time." And she also said "enjoy them while they are little --they grow up so fast."

Tara said...

Well, since I totally wish I could have been there......sure, I have got some advice for you. The first year is bliss, nursing is HARD and no sleep is HARD, but babies are so sweet and don't talk back, just enjoy every stage that she is at and each moment, be present. When she turns 2 I will give you some more advice and some good books to go along with it.:-)

aswigfromthesiggs said...

Read "Baby Wise" both of my kids were sleeping 6 hours at night by 4 months and 12 hours at night by the time they were 6 months old.

I am with Tara on this one as well, enjoy the little baby phase, it goes by too quickly.

Oh and your kid will be the funnest little person you have ever known.