There is sooooo much information out there for a new mum to take in. And of course, we all want to be doing ‘what’s best’ for our bubs.Everything is a bit of a blur in the first few weeks and each new or slightly different sound, movement, cry or reaction can send you into a spiral of wondering ‘is my baby ok?’
I can’t tell you how many times I Googled queries in the middle of the night in those very early days. Everything from physical symptoms, breastfeeding queries to “why does my baby sound like a gremlin?” And Google always had an answer… or 10 (It also made me feel slightly better to see that other parents had also Googled the same weird questions!)
Then once you get through the early days, you start to gain some confidence and zone in on your approach to the baby parenting biz and the different terminologies used to describe each approach.
Routine. Baby Led. Attachment parenting. Awake windows. Cat Napping. Cry it out. Responsive parenting. Sleep training. Co-Sleeping etc. The list goes on and on. And everyone you talk to has a differing opinion (and sometimes they aren’t backward in telling you all about it!)
It’s easy to become flustered hearing all of the differing opinions and information from your maternal health nurses, doctors, friends, and family's personal experiences, your mum’s group, and social media. All of this information can either be in support of or against your approach and you feel yourself comparing or doubting your choices. Pair that with very little sleep, and all of a sudden anxiety has crept its way in.
I can put my hand up and say that I have definitely felt this way at times in the last 5 months.
I have felt resistance against listening to my own intuition out of fear that I wasn’t doing ‘what’s best’ for Arlo. But every day my confidence is growing and I am slowly learning to filter out the noise, tune into Arlo, trust my intuition again, and know that I am in fact, doing a great job 🧡
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