Things Google should have told me

purplefan1

As my little person grows I'm becoming even more aware that no matter how much research I did or books I read or people I talked to, this baby raising thing is rough! Post things that you have discovered that Google, the books, and your friends/family might have minimized or forgotten to mention.

purplefan1

1) "Your baby will want to eat every two hours"  This led me to believe that baby would eat and two hours after she was done eating she would want to eat again. I had no idea that they meant two hours from the start of the meal and that meant that sometimes within 30 minutes of finishing she would be ready again.

2) "Cluster feedings". To be fair, Google and the books explain this well. I just didn't believe it until it happened. 

3) "Seedy poop". Ok, I've seen the seedy poo before and knew it was expected for breast feeding. No one told me how stubborn those seeds are too get off babies tush or that you can mistakenly pop a seed. Gross.

amangels2

"All babies do is eat, sleep and poop". I guess I wasn't prepared for how difficult the awake time would be and how finding out what makes him happy for the next five minutes would be so consuming. 

I will add....I had very little experience with babies before I had one. And none with newborn babies. 

lm45678

I had a lot of experience with babies before LO was born, but the one main thing I didn't realize was how ravenously hungry I would be while breastfeeding! I have never been so hungry in my entire life!!

adiaz132003

I wish Google told me how fast LOs preferences would change.  Likes one thing that calms him on day and the next, that's what makes him scream. Lol

amangels2

adiaz132003 said:

I wish Google told me how fast LOs preferences would change.  Likes one thing that calms him on day and the next, that's what makes him scream. Lol

Oh my gosh yes! This is so true and so frustrating! 

egirl1025

I wish Google had informed me how much water my body would be losing in the first couple weeks postpartum between the swelling and breastfeeding.  Almost passed out at the hospital while my son was having lab work done.  Not fun!!  Losing 30lbs of water weight in two weeks was some rough stuff that I was not prepared for at all!

purplefan1

laurenm2123 said:

I had a lot of experience with babies before LO was born, but the one main thing I didn't realize was how ravenously hungry I would be while breastfeeding! I have never been so hungry in my entire life!!

I don't have the hunger. I ran opposite and I'm rarely hungry now and skip a bunch of meals. Which I HATE because it throws my digestive system off and gives me awful stomach aches when I finally do eat.

egirl1025

June2016BabyW said:

laurenm2123 said:

I had a lot of experience with babies before LO was born, but the one main thing I didn't realize was how ravenously hungry I would be while breastfeeding! I have never been so hungry in my entire life!!

I don't have the hunger. I ran opposite and I'm rarely hungry now and skip a bunch of meals. Which I HATE because it throws my digestive system off and gives me awful stomach aches when I finally do eat.

Oh that sucks! 

I'm really only hungry in the morning...I was surprised at how instantly thirsty I would be and I mean super, walking through the desert, THIRSTY!

vintagevix2016

June2016BabyW said:

laurenm2123 said:

I had a lot of experience with babies before LO was born, but the one main thing I didn't realize was how ravenously hungry I would be while breastfeeding! I have never been so hungry in my entire life!!

I don't have the hunger. I ran opposite and I'm rarely hungry now and skip a bunch of meals. Which I HATE because it throws my digestive system off and gives me awful stomach aches when I finally do eat.

Yup, I'm the same. And in the rare occasion that I am hungry, nothing is appetizing. I've had a turkey sandwich every day for dinner for that reason...and I'm too tired to cook. My husband usually cooks when that happens but he's had a roguh week at work.

annaf2011

June2016BabyW said:

1) "Your baby will want to eat every two hours"  This led me to believe that baby would eat and two hours after she was done eating she would want to eat again. I had no idea that they meant two hours from the start of the meal and that meant that sometimes within 30 minutes of finishing she would be ready again.

This! I remember when the nurse first explained this to me in the hospital, sometime in the middle of the night when what I thought was going to be a 2-hour nap turned into a 45-minute nap.

purplefan1

@annaf2011 right?!?! I was waking up every 45 minutes during the end of pregnancy to toss and turn and go to the bathroom. So I was like "I've got this whole 2 hour thing". No. And at first I kept saying "she can't be hungry! It's only been an hour and a half since she started feeding! This is too soon!" Bah. 

lm45678

vintagevix86 said:

June2016BabyW said:

laurenm2123 said:

I had a lot of experience with babies before LO was born, but the one main thing I didn't realize was how ravenously hungry I would be while breastfeeding! I have never been so hungry in my entire life!!

I don't have the hunger. I ran opposite and I'm rarely hungry now and skip a bunch of meals. Which I HATE because it throws my digestive system off and gives me awful stomach aches when I finally do eat.

Yup, I'm the same. And in the rare occasion that I am hungry, nothing is appetizing. I've had a turkey sandwich every day for dinner for that reason...and I'm too tired to cook. My husband usually cooks when that happens but he's had a roguh week at work.

This is how I was during pregnancy... I'm gaining the pregnancy weight now!

Lizbeth86

@June2016BabyW and @annaf2011 that seemed like the cruelest joke that first night in the hospital!

HeartLikeMine3

laurenm2123 said:

I had a lot of experience with babies before LO was born, but the one main thing I didn't realize was how ravenously hungry I would be while breastfeeding! I have never been so hungry in my entire life!!

I'm totally with you and it's depressing seeing the scale 5 pounds heavier than the day you have home from the hospital.. But what do you do?? I've been trying to eat healthy and I'll start doing more when it's not 500 degrees out. 

mdargie

HeartLikeMine3 said:

laurenm2123 said:

I had a lot of experience with babies before LO was born, but the one main thing I didn't realize was how ravenously hungry I would be while breastfeeding! I have never been so hungry in my entire life!!

I'm totally with you and it's depressing seeing the scale 5 pounds heavier than the day you have home from the hospital.. But what do you do?? I've been trying to eat healthy and I'll start doing more when it's not 500 degrees out. 

Same! I get so annoyed when people say oh breastfeeding makes the weight fall right off. Lies. It makes me a bottomless pit that's what it does. I've gained 6 lbs since I had him (8 weeks)

rbflei

How into music my newborn would be. She spends her waking time babbling to Elizabeth Mitchell music. Is this an every baby thing and I didn't get the memo?

purplefan1

Knottie1449069263 said:

How into music my newborn would be. She spends her waking time babbling to Elizabeth Mitchell music. Is this an every baby thing and I didn't get the memo?

Mine has an eclectic taste in music. We have been listening to a lot of Macklemore and Pitbull as well as randoms like Cupid Shuffle, Watch Me/Whip Nae Nae, and Wrecking Ball. I'm getting her in to OAR since we are seeing them in the fall at a concert!

egirl1025

June2016BabyW said:

Knottie1449069263 said:

How into music my newborn would be. She spends her waking time babbling to Elizabeth Mitchell music. Is this an every baby thing and I didn't get the memo?

Mine has an eclectic taste in music. We have been listening to a lot of Macklemore and Pitbull as well as randoms like Cupid Shuffle, Watch Me/Whip Nae Nae, and Wrecking Ball. I'm getting her in to OAR since we are seeing them in the fall at a concert!

Box Fail!  

My little guy really loves Jason Derulo!! He also liked Alicia Keys during the DNC and of course when Mommy sings random crud that she cannot remember more than two bars of.  He's so sweet to appease me  

amangels2

My LO seems to love Luke Bryan. He'll settle down whenever Luke comes on.

adiaz132003

Here's something I wish Google didn't tell me, how much sleep the "average" baby sleeps.  They ay at 6 weeks-3 months they get 11-15 hours a day but my LO still sleeps more than that so here I am thinking he's missing out on key developmental time.

purplefan1

amangels2 said:

My LO seems to love Luke Bryan. He'll settle down whenever Luke comes on.

Who DOESN'T love Luke Bryan? He is HOT


@adiaz132003  I read it is 14-18 hours a day til 3 months. And they grow while they are sleeping. So sleep is good. 

Edited because swype hates me

egirl1025

Edited because swype hates me

AHHH!!! Swype always hates on me too!!!  I feel like we are kindred spirits!

MistKeeper

June2016BabyW said:

1) "Your baby will want to eat every two hours"  This led me to believe that baby would eat and two hours after she was done eating she would want to eat again. I had no idea that they meant two hours from the start of the meal and that meant that sometimes within 30 minutes of finishing she would be ready again.

2) "Cluster feedings". To be fair, Google and the books explain this well. I just didn't believe it until it happened. 

3) "Seedy poop". Ok, I've seen the seedy poo before and knew it was expected for breast feeding. No one told me how stubborn those seeds are too get off babies tush or that you can mistakenly pop a seed. Gross.

#3!!!!! and how those seeds seem to always catch in the testicle folds. TMI even for google, apparently.

vintagevix2016

adiaz132003 said:

Here's something I wish Google didn't tell me, how much sleep the "average" baby sleeps.  They ay at 6 weeks-3 months they get 11-15 hours a day but my LO still sleeps more than that so here I am thinking he's missing out on key developmental time.

I panic when I read stuff like that, but then I look at my son, who fought me all day to nap, resting peacefully in his rock n play and I say f it. As they say, "You do you!"