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isk my bub getting sick which meant i was stuck at home all day everyday and at first i didn t mind in the slightest but after it becomes day in and day out well it starts getting to you in a big way this goes back to your loss of independence before all you did was grab your handbag and keys and you were out the door now if i wanted to leave the house again i had to wait for my partner to be home and really by that time all i could do was go to the shops down the road just to have a reason to leave the house and then be back in time for baby s next feed 4 adjusting your life to baby s needs i don t know why i thought baby would come along and she would just slot into our lives but this was not the case at all we had to change our lives for her these babies are on a constant routine all day you basically keep your eye on the clock to know when she will be up next and to be prepared for a feed change and burp me and my partner miss the little things like having dinner together it always turns out that baby was awake as we wanted to eat so one of us ate quickly whilst the other fed bub and then once baby was finished feeding than swap and let the other eat while the other took care of bub this was also the case when it came to us watching our favourite tv shows or movies the amount of times we have to press pause as baby cries and we have to attend to her well watching a movie at home is a luxury these days 5 sleep now i know this is an obvious one but unless you have functioned on 2 3 hours sleep day in and day out then i don t think you truly know the meaning of exhaustion plus as much as people tell you to sleep when baby sleeps it s not that easy first i found it hard to fall back asleep once a crying baby wakes you up and you have to get out of bed to do things secondly you need to eat pay bills check messages phone calls emails have a shower wash baby clothes so you can t always go back to sleep when you are supposed to so by the end of the day you have gone through the day with only 2 3 hours and when that starts happening every day well that can really take a toll on your emotional and mental state 6 having a sick baby when my little girl was 2 weeks old she began suffering from reflux but we had no idea at the time this is when it all went downhill for me she began crying all the time day and night especially after a feed she would lie there howling and screaming and we had no idea why and it was relentless no matter what we did to try to calm her down nothing would work and because of the crying she stopped sleeping well sleeping as much as she did before and she didn t fall asleep anymore it was a horrifying experience and i wish i was stronger in getting her diagnosed because reflux is one of those things that you can t exactly get tested for and its the symptoms of the baby that the gp or pediatrician picks up on what made it worse for me is that i would call those 24 hour parenting hotlines and speak to midwives and every time i would tell them that my baby won t stop crying i would get this response its normal for babies to cry as a new mum this response took a real toll on my self esteem as a mother i started thinking to myself wow i must really suck at being a mother if i can t handle my baby crying and each day it got worse and worse the crying was relentless and the non sleeping got worse which meant i was getting no sleep as well i would find myself crying with my baby because i didn t know how to stop her and i started to doubt myself i thought maybe i wasn t cut out for this what was i thinking bringing a baby into my life when i can t even take care of her properly it was horrible and i felt like i was in a sinking hole it just got worse and worse i wasn t eating properly i was completely and utterly drained and i felt like crap not only that but the misery that i felt stopped me from bonding with my baby how could i bond with her when all she did was cried how could i bond with her when i sucked as a mother my partner would catch me in the nursery crying with her and would try to help but we were both clueless and thought this crying was normal because of what i was told on the phone one piece of advice to new mums if it doesn t seem normal persevere in getting your baby checked out that was a huge mistake on my part that i paid a heavy price for it was week 4 before i finally decided to take my baby to the gp i was in such a state at that point that i think i fell into post natal depression but had no idea at the time i was in just a miserable state every day and i couldn t see the light at the end of the tunnel all i could think about was how miserable this baby was making me feel i had a concept in my head before baby came along that she was going to bring our little family together bring so much happiness into our lives and whilst i knew it wasn t going to be easy she was going to be so sweet but the opposite was in fact happening and it was soul destroying but there is a happy ending to this story truly she is the most precious amazing baby now and that s because we finally get the right diagnosis and got her on the medication she needed but i just want new mums to know that a yes it isn t easy and never doubt your abilities and b things do get easier i used to hear this all the time but because i was in such a state i couldn t believe it would get better but it does in my next post i will go into details of month 2 with bub and more details around reflux because as i have found out along the way it s really common amongst babies how was your first month as a new mum similar different if you are currently pregnant how do you envision your life with a new baby baby first month first time mum motherhood post natal depression pregnant reflux 2 comments 10 aug 2014 baby product review muslin wraps vs gro swaddle vs love to dream swaddle posted in product reviews wrapping baby for sleep by ftmguide i wanted to put together some product reviews as being a first time mum i feel that money was wasted on many items that either was not practical or that baby didn t like or didn t last long at all my first product review will centre around my experiences on all three of the above items mentioned in my title post and how i found using them now that my baby is 2 months old muslin wraps i found wrapping my baby extremely difficult for a very long time i used to watch the midwives do it so easily and bub was always wrapped quite firm and snug but when i would try to replicate it it was so loose and bub would come out of it so easily it was because i was so scared of wrapping my baby up too firmly all i saw was this small creature who i was terrified to handle and so wrapping was left to dad who was much more confident and way better at wrapping then i was i got given some muslin wraps at my baby shower the exact ones pictured below by bubba blue australia i found these wraps too small really flimsy material the problem i had with these wraps is that baby got out of them really easily my partner still sometimes wraps her in it but he pulls it tightly around her which i can t bring myself to do so i really don t recommend getting such a lightweight flimsy material for a muslin wrap the other muslin wrap we got as a gift was made of flannelette and is below now these were extremely useful because my bub was born in winter 4 june and i was always super paranoid that she wasn t warm enough but wrapping her in these swaddles was perfect because they are a made of a stiffer material so bub can t wriggle out of them so easily keeps bub warm it also came in handy as a bed sheet for her bassinet i would swaddle her in one and then use another one as a sheet i didn t have to worry about bub being warm or not verdict both of the muslin wraps are made by bubba blue australia the bamboo ones are a waste of money we didn t end up swaddling her in them as she always got out of them so the only thing we used them for is to cover her up when she s in her pram the wraps made from flannel are great if you have a bub in winter especially because they can double up as bed sheets for the bassinet or cot gro swaddle i was really excited to use these when i saw how easy they were to use especially because i had such trouble in wrapping my baby up with muslin wraps and they were fantastic there is a 3 step guide on how to swaddle your baby with it and i loved it no longer did i feel incompetent about wrapping bub up and the material was strong enough to keep her in place the downside bub grew out of these by 5 6 weeks my baby is of average length so she s not giant by any means but i m not sure how the packaging says it can be used from 0 3 months because the amount of leg room they have to wrap them in is very minimal as you can see in the image below the first step is to put the bottom material over the baby s legs which is great when they are a newborn and tiny but by 5 weeks my baby s legs was squashed and by 6 weeks she would kick the material off which meant only her top half was swaddled but not her legs verdict i bought 2 of these which retail here in australia at 24 95 and i regret buying 2 of them because i do think you only get 5 6 weeks usage if you have a normal sized babies the only babies i could possibly see using this up to 3 months would be premature babies because full term babies would grow out of these very quickly i would definitely recommend having one if like me you struggle to use a muslin wrap but if you re confident in using the wraps then i don t think these swaddle are of much use love to dream swaddle i got given a love to dream swaddle at my baby shower and have used it a couple of times on my baby but i think every baby is different when it comes to using these swaddles because i had read some reviews online where the baby loved the swaddle bags and settled really well in them whilst my baby didn t hate it i found that she settled quicker when we wrapped her up using a muslin wrap as opposed to zipping her up and i also found that she managed to wriggle around more in the love to dream bags which when they are babies usually wakes them up and yes we had the right size bag verdict i think its worth giving this a try and unfortunately it is one of those items you need to buy and try before you know if your baby would love it or not i think if your baby is settling and sleeping just fine in the muslin wraps then there isn t any real need to buy a love to dream swaddle bag but if you find that they re not settling that great in the wraps then i think its worth giving it a go and buy one to try also i recommend getting the swaddle bags where baby can have their arms up when babies are in your womb a lot of the times they have their hands by their face and this motion settles them to sleep so i found my baby loved having access to her arms but the rest of her body kicked around a lot which i think is why she couldn t settle properly in them overall verdict something i didn t include in the above round up is the cot sheets that was used to wrap our baby up at the hospital these sheets are made of thick cotton and are quite stiff and now that we have used all of the above forms of wrapping baby up by far these hospital issued cot sheets were the most effective we were lucky enough to be able to take one home with us as when baby was discharged she was asleep wrapped in the sheets and the nurse said it was ok to take it home with us the reason i think why they are so good is the thickness of the material once baby is wrapped in it she can not wriggle her way out and is able to settle to sleep much faster when looking for a muslin wrap i would recommend looking for one made of cotton thick and as big as possible to be able to wrap her well enough and if bub is born in winter then i recommend buying wraps made of flannel muslin wraps are better value for money as you usually get 3 in a pack and the rrp for the bubba blue flannel wraps are 29 95 and as mentioned above you get the bonus of being able to use it as a bassinet cot sheet for bub as well what have been your experiences using any of the above or what do you use to settle your baby to sleep first time mum ftm gro swaddle love to dream muslin wraps product review putting baby to sleep swaddle wrapping 2 comments 25 jul 2014 should you do a maternity photo shoot posted in maternity photo shoot by ftmguide i had no interest in organising a maternity photo shoot when someone asked me i had an image of the typical photos that you see from a maternity shoot in my head i never felt comfortable taking photos of my naked body especially since a lot of the maternity photos have naked bellies or just a sheet covering their body i wouldn t feel comfortable doing that pre pregnant and let alone being pregnant don t get me wrong i think the pregnant body is gorgeous but i also find it a very personal choice on whether you feel comfortable showing off your naked belly or taking photos of it then i had another mother tell me one thing that i will never forget this is an incredible time of your life and you re only pregnant for the first time once and your body is doing amazing things a photo shoot would allow you and your partner to capture this amazing moment in your life and you can look back and see the beautiful way that your body has changed to give life i walked away and though about what she said this is true this is the first time my body is experiencing such an extraordinary change for my baby and what if down the track i would regret not doing it i think that was my biggest worry i couldn t exactly turn back time if i decided to not go ahead with the shoot so i decided to look into it as mentioned before i didn t want to have photos done of my naked pregnant body but i did want to capture the changes in my body so i decided to jump on pinterest and see if i could find any maternity photo shoots that would help inspire my own shoot and pinterest was fantastic in providing me ideas in style location and what to wear below was some of the photos that inspired my own shoot so i proceeded to keep on looking for images like above to set the tone of the kind of photo shoot that i wanted and put together my own maternity photo shoot location as per the images above i really thought having a natural backdrop like in a park or field would be great for my photo shoot and immediately thought of centennial park the park is so expansive and has so many different back drops such as lakes big trees ponds flowers statues and space perfect some of my own maternity photos below i would suggest picking a location that you feel comfortable getting photographed at and that gives the ability to give you different backdrops 2 clothing make up and hair in regards to clothing my photographer recommended light coloured clothing and something that accentuated my belly again pinterest is great in helping me get ideas on what kind of clothing i should have for my photo 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