January 2011 Moms
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Confession...
I seem like I am ready and have everything under control...
....but on the inside i am FREAKING OUT! This is my first child and I never really babysat as a teenager or had any younger sibilings.. I mean, I don't even think I remember how to change a diaper (it's a no-brainer, i know, but still, even that scares me )
It's getting to the point where I am so nervous/anxious that I can't sleep at night, and I am having dreams that I go into labor!
at the same time, reading about everyone's birth stories and how sweet thier LO is, makes me excited!
OH HORMONES!
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Re: Confession...
Same here! lol.
Physically, everything is done and ready to go. Mentally...I've decided that you're never truly prepared to take on raising a child! So many factors...you just have to decide to go with it and figure it all out along the way! ;o)
I never had small kids/babies around me either, growing up...never babysat, never oggled and melted over other people's babies, but yours is yours - and that alone makes it completely different than any of those other experiences anyways!
So! We will be fine! ;o) Have fun falling in love and finding your own groove!
so true! this helps!
I've been around babies a LOT and DH has a good amount of experience and lots of experience with little kids. But it doesn't really matter - it's still crazy to think that we're going to be taking care of this kid ALL the time. I'm not at all nervous about watching a baby for a few days - but this one is all ours. That's totally different.
Also, my friend gave me 85 books about taking care of baby. I looked through a Dr Sears book, a Ferber book and the Baby Whisperer. Each one says something different and supports what they say. I realized that we just have to do what comes naturally and do the best we can.
At least the diaper changing and bathing (I am so freaked out about bathing babies!) can be taught!
DH says all the reading im doing is just stressing me out more, and I only have about 3 books! lol. I am so thankful that God made us natural mommies and instincts will kick in the minute we hear LO's cry.
Don't worry...I promise you'll take to it right off. DH and I were the same way leading up to our little guy. I kept saying how scary it is that its more difficult for me to decide to go SCUBA diving than it is to decide to have, bring home, and raise a child. I'd never really taken care of or spent any significant time with an infant. But as soon as he was born it didn't seem so scary. DH and I just kept saying "he's not as fragile as we thought". When its yours it just seems like you do what you have to do and you don't think twice about it. The stuff that we thought would be gross doesn't seem so bad (we've been peed on quite a few times), and the things we thought would be scary you just take a deep breath and do it.
As far as reading books, it really helped me a lot. I felt better knowing we at least had potential solutions to problems. Even if they didn't work for DS we at least had somewhere to start.
You'll be fine! If I can do it you can do it!