Ok, the title may be a bit of a false promise, i’ll admit, but I CAN suggest ways to make that first 3 months easier for you and easier for your baby, based on my own experience as a new mother over 5 years ago.

Try not to gag now…………..!

Ah the tiredness, it’s written all over my face and i’ll never forget it!

Many new parents are very nervous when giving that first bath because babies are literally ‘slippery when wet’.

It can be tricky to include Dad right from the start, particularly if he doesn’t have time off from work or if Mom is breastfeeding.

“Expect to feed the baby every one to four hours — that’s counting from the start of each feeding,” says Laura Jana, MD, coauthor of Heading Home with Your Newborn.

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Breastfeeding happens naturally, right? Um, hardly!

Infants, fresh out of the cozy confines of the womb, crave constant holding and soothing, says Harvey Karp, MD, creator of the Happiest Baby on the Block book and DVD.

When my first daughter was born, I was surprised at the types of emotions which took over. It wasn’t the total joy/love/elation that I was expecting, that people talk about and that you see in the movies.  The first to hit as soon as I held her in my arms was total Fear and this was followed quickly by a feeling of Guilt.

What is the Apgar score?

One minute — and again five minutes — after your baby is born, doctors calculate his Apgar score to see how he’s doing. It’s a simple process that helps determine whether your newborn is ready to meet the world without additional medical assistance.
This score — developed by anesthesiologist Virginia Apgar in 1952 and now used in modern hospitals worldwide — rates a baby’s appearance, pulse, responsiveness, muscle activity, and breathing with a number between zero and 2 (2 being the strongest rating).