Comments on: Baby’s first 168 hours https://lauravanderkam.com/2020/01/babys-first-168-hours/ Writer, Author, Speaker Mon, 17 Feb 2020 22:59:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2020/01/babys-first-168-hours/#comment-107856 Wed, 05 Feb 2020 14:06:14 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17467#comment-107856 In reply to Meri.

@Meri – congratulations to you as well! Kids are great – wishing you much happiness with your little one.

]]> By: Meri https://lauravanderkam.com/2020/01/babys-first-168-hours/#comment-107798 Wed, 05 Feb 2020 07:15:17 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17467#comment-107798 Many congratulations to the whole family, and especially mum! My firstborn seems to have seen the light around the same time – 28 December, though he was 2 weeks late! – and I hadn’t heard your news until now. I have been thinking a lot about how you say that the biggest adjustment is going from 0 children to 1. It has certainly been an adjustment but he has made life much more meaningful and happy. 🙂

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2020/01/babys-first-168-hours/#comment-102685 Mon, 06 Jan 2020 18:49:16 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17467#comment-102685 In reply to Cate.

@Cate- the queen of blogging! I love it 🙂

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2020/01/babys-first-168-hours/#comment-102684 Mon, 06 Jan 2020 18:48:48 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17467#comment-102684 In reply to Barb.

@Barb – I love that. One kid takes all your time, so how could 7 be different? It is nice to have quiet time with my baby – I appreciated that yesterday. Soon I know he’ll be as active as the rest of them…

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2020/01/babys-first-168-hours/#comment-102683 Mon, 06 Jan 2020 18:47:47 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17467#comment-102683 In reply to Maggie.

@Maggie – the Pocano mountain range goes through eastern PA. It’s not the Rockies or the Alps but it’s something. There are probably at least half a dozen smaller ski resorts within 2 hours of the Philly suburbs.

]]> By: Cate https://lauravanderkam.com/2020/01/babys-first-168-hours/#comment-102654 Mon, 06 Jan 2020 12:27:23 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17467#comment-102654 So happy for you Laura! And glad you’re finding time to savour the moments amidst all the bustle. I realise how long I must have been reading your thoughts for with a 5th birthday party for Alex, wow! And this morning you made me snort out loud laughing with “the unique microbial environment of everyone’s favourite kid casino”! Writing like that, sleep deprived, one week after giving birth, makes you the Queen of Blogging in my opinion! Enjoy your lovely new little man.

]]> By: Maggie https://lauravanderkam.com/2020/01/babys-first-168-hours/#comment-102617 Mon, 06 Jan 2020 07:02:02 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17467#comment-102617 Laura, congrats! I am so impressed you continue to blog and really appreciate it as a reader.
Where do you go skiiing? I am not too familiar with Pennsylvania’s geography…

]]> By: Barb https://lauravanderkam.com/2020/01/babys-first-168-hours/#comment-102553 Sun, 05 Jan 2020 18:25:17 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17467#comment-102553 Congratulations on little Cinco! (I call babies by their number if I don’t know their names.) My mother-in-law has 7, including one born on Dec 29. She came to my “moms group” one day, we talked about family size, and someone was concerned about having time if she had another baby and asked how MIL felt about it. MIL replied, “I figured that one baby took all my time, so how much worse could seven be?” Enjoy them all, including the chaos when those older four get home with 3 pairs of mismatched gloves, 5 hats, and wet gear. It’ll feel so good when they are all in bed. That reminds me, MIL also said that her favorite time of day, favorite nursing time, with each child, was that 5 am feeding, before anyone else was up. It was just her and baby, their own private time. She’d watch the sun come up, and listen for the neighborhood and household start to stir. Meanwhile, just her and baby, fully each other’s.

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