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Time Flies When You’re Having Fun Babies don’t keep! I swear as a parent, you blink and they’re going off to kindergarten. When you have a newborn at home, the days are a blur. Every day is a combination between chaos and stress and new magical milestones that you don’t want to miss! But for as fast as the days go, sometimes the nights can feel like an eternity. feeding your baby, you can feel lonely...like you are the Baby Breslyn is our third little girl, and we are blessed only one in the world doing this. But I promise, you that she is a happy and healthy baby; however, she’s are not! If you are a first time also our third bad sleeper. The first parent going through a similar two days after she was born she situation, I don’t have a magical slept almost non-stop. Not really Here are some of our solution on how to get your that unusual for a brand-new favorite night time baby to sleep (if I did, I wouldn’t baby, but unusual for OUR babies! routines to make be writing this at 2 a.m. while We thought, surely this means the our evenings a little up with mine), but I can assure third time is a charm and this will smoother: you one thing...it is temporary! be the kid that sleeps! It’s exhausting, and it may feel • Warm baths With our first daughter we tried like it will never end, but it does • L otion and baby all the tips and tricks that doctors, and oddly when it does you massages friends, and Google could will come to realize that you • Cozy and soft pajamas provide. We were just waiting for miss those midnight snuggles. • Soft music one magical sound machine or So, while we will try many of • Bed time stories special swaddle or sleep sack that the same tips and tricks we did would provide some relief. With • Night time feeding with the previous two, the one our second daughter, we naively • Rocking thing we are doing differently tried all these things again...and with Breslyn is to take a deep more than likely, the third time breath and enjoy the moment! around will look pretty similar. So whatever method you are using to try to get some sleep, don’t forget the most The nights can be brutal! As a parent up at all hours important step- to enjoy! l
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April 2020 | thehoodmagazine.com
