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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a newborn and thought that my years of nanny experience and helping with nieces/nephews would prepare me for having a baby. I felt confident about my ability to care for my newborn. In some ways, I was right and so feel confident because I know, but there are many things I underestimated or were simply naive about. The lack of sleep, breastfeeding - learning and being shared a a human cow every two hours, and how much my newborn cried unless he is sleeping or eating. He hates being changed - diaper and clothes, he hates having to wake up to eat, he hates baths, etc. What I thought would be this super easy magically time has been far from reality. I never knew how breastfeeding would actually be - the constant feedings, teaching a small baby when you have no clue what you’re really doing, the pain. This added on top of the level of sleep deprivation that I never knew existed. I’m so in love and so happy to have this sweet little baby, but damn I did not realized just how hard, time consuming, and exhausting caring for a newborn was going to be. [/quote]

Having children is just an absolutely humbling experience both in just how much harder it is and how much you love your child. [/quote]

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