Talkback: Parents find first year stressful

x.Laura.x

13/08/2009 at 22:00

2,007 nappy changes and 1,789 feeds- is that it? Ive had and still do have days where it feels that many!!

and as for strangers in the suppermarket and every other passer by DO not get me started, the 'advice' i recieve daily is unreal! got told by the old lady who helps at toddlers to rub gin on lolas gums when she was teething, that teething gels a rip off!!

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theoldwomanwholivesinashoe

13/08/2009 at 22:42

Yes it's stressful,it's a lot to get used to.Your life changes completely,and your time's not your own,neither's the money.Baby always comes first.I think other halfs seem to take a while longer to get used to that and add to the stress a little.

Personally I don't listen to advice I haven't asked for.If well meaning complete strangers "give advice" I just try to be polite,but it doesn't mean I have to pay any attention to it.Everyone's an expert it seems.I'm sure they mean well.I think it's ten times worse when it comes from in laws and outlaws cos you don't want to to insult his Mum and say she did this wrong or that so you're not doing it that way.Personally I don't care but I think a lot of us don't want to upset the MIL.

That said though,I wouldn't think of any of my babies' first years as being stressful.They quickly become such a big part of your life that you forget they ever weren't there.

x.Laura.x

13/08/2009 at 23:19

ill happily admit lolas first 6mnths were stressful and for some of it me and roo were pretty glum but everyday thered be something the kids would do to pick you up, and now lola is the happiest little girl who just makes me laugh, shes a poppet! And seems all the more lovely when we worked so hard! x

linz0209

14/08/2009 at 08:22

is it just me or did anyone else think that this is not really news. I could have told them this for the last 5 years and Im sure Jo could of long before me,

theoldwomanwholivesinashoe

14/08/2009 at 11:53

Is it a study for study's sake or are me and Linz a couple of grumpy sleep deprived stressed new Mums?

Susanne Robertson

14/08/2009 at 13:39

I agree - they make studies out the most OBVIOUS and useless sources. What next? 'Mothers who get pregnant gain weight'..... DOH!

linz0209

14/08/2009 at 20:32

ha ha love it, or one men love remote controls - it makes them feel like they have control

theoldwomanwholivesinashoe

14/08/2009 at 21:46

I'd like to test the theory that men do a job badly so you don't ask them again.Or maybe they want to be nagged.

x.Laura.x

14/08/2009 at 22:25

seems a pretty useless piece of news, surely they could tell us something new?

mummabear

14/08/2009 at 22:30

Was it the TELEGRAPH???!!!!

I'm sure Jo's study of do a poor job,would prove the obvious,but I volenteer big fella as first subject-he couldn't open the washing machine door this am???????????????

For fecks sake,Tom showed him-wot a bumpkin!

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x.Laura.x

14/08/2009 at 22:40

haha, your making tom into a fine man then!

Ive had soooo many oh i dont know how to do it statements recently i threatened to make him read ALOT of instruction manuals!!!

mummabear

14/08/2009 at 22:43

He'd have Tom read them!!!!!!!!

I'm trying my best to raise Tom as a good lad-hope it stays that way!!!! Jc well........may give up now!!!

He escaped today whilst trying to have a picnic in our local park!!!!!!!! Attempted to dive headfirst into a young girls shopping basket beneath the stroller-turns out she had a caramac in there-can't blame him then!!!!!!!