Having a new baby is always made to look like the most exciting and best thing that could ever happen to anyone. This is only true when you are well prepared or has been told what happens the first few weeks when you take the baby home. Every mother is tired and weak from giving birth. The baby also is trying to adjust sleeping sometimes the whole day and keeping you awake the whole night. Some babies do not want to be put down and a baby sling can be very handy.
The hardest part in having a new baby is breastfeeding. It is not as easy as it seems watching other people and sometimes can turn out to be quite torturous. Putting on nipple cream helps in preventing your nipples from cracking and being painful. The last thing you want is having your breasts full of milk, becoming engorged and very painful and you cannot nurse your hungry crying baby because your nipples are sore.
Also get a breast pump to relieve pressure when you are almost getting full with milk and your baby is not hungry. You can freeze this milk and give it to you baby later on. If you plan on only breastfeeding your child carry with you a nursing cover whenever you go out.