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[quote=Anonymous]Hi there OP! I agree with others, it is perfectly normal to feel overwhelmed and unsure. I remember looking at my husband and crying the first time back at home with our son. It had occurred to me that I didn’t know how to cut his fingernails and I just melted. My husband, new to babies too, just reassured me that if millions of others were able to figure it out, we would too. I pass the same advice along to you. It feels so overwhelming, but the fact that you are posting about this means you care, and you will figure it out. My son had lost a lot of weight in the hospital and I had to feed him every two hours. It took him 45 minutes each time he fed. For the first few weeks, it was tough, but then he became a faster eater, and at one point (I wish I could remember when) we were advised that we could feed him less often. You will make it through. Your pediatrician will weigh him at each visit. You should feel free to discuss him feeding with the pediatrician. As for diapers, we did not change on a schedule. Just when we noticed it starting to look fuller, or as soon as we smelled something. We learned that if we changed his diaper before I fed him, he would often fall asleep at the end of a feeding. If we changed him after I fed him, it would wake him up. I did not change him for a small bit of spot up, but changed him if it was a big bit. I loved the kimono style shirts as they were so easy to take off and put on him. Best bit of advice, which seems obvious but so fought it at first, is to sleep when he sleeps. I wanted to clean and do other things. It is okay to let other things go while you get the hang of having a newborn. When he is older, I also suggest that you look to join a local mom’s group. It was so nice to have friends going through exactly what I was going through. There were five of us in my neighborhood who had babies within 3 months of each other. We started an afternoon stroller walk where we would meet outside with the kids for 45 minutes and walk around the neighborhood. I highly recommend this is you can connect with any other new parents. I’ll and by saying, I wish you the best.    [/quote]

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