After bringing baby home, new parents often discover that much of what they spent so much time learning and worrying about (diapering, bathing) turns out to be a piece of cake. Instead, it’s a whole set of larger issues that turn out to be more difficult than expected. Research shows that parents who anticipate and discuss these issues fare much better than those who don’t. A bit of advance knowledge and planning will make everything that much easier when baby arrives.
REAL WORDS, REAL WOMEN
"Everyone talks about how exhausted you are with caring for a new baby, and it's true -- I was SO tired! But there's some kind of natural instinct that just kicks in after you have a baby -- you just get up and do what needs to be done, almost without thinking about it."