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Living with a newborn
My sister gave birth to her first baby today and will be bringing him home tomorrow. We've been a four-person family unit for 18 years and my sister is a very young mother so it's going to be a big challenge. On top of that, I have some really important exams coming up in the next month. If I pass them, I'll be leaving home in September and going to university.
Has anyone got any tips on living with a newborn baby? I need some practical advice on how to get through these exams while getting used to having a new family member.
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Honestly, I find it not that hard to live with a newborn baby. All babys are different. SO I'm not sure how your sisters baby is.
If you are worried about getting sleep, just get ear plugs, or stuff toilet paper in your ears (yeah crazy but works).
You'll be okay! And good luck on your exams!!
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Living with a newborn can be both beautiful and trying. The trying part is putting up with all the relatives who want to come by and visit with the baby. They forget what it was like for them or they remember and think well at least I can leave when the baby gets cranky. This makes it hard to get the baby on a schedule, which the baby needs to grow and do well.
The family also has to remember that the baby has come into your world not you into the baby’s world. Some adjustments are going to have to be made but the faster you establish a schedule for the baby the easier it will be to adjust for the rest of the family. You may have to adjust your study time or do more studying away from home if you can’t adjust your schedule.
Remember babies need a bottle or need to nurse every 4 hours or so. That means you will have your sleep disturbed by a crying baby until you sister either takes the baby to nurse or prepares a bottle. Babies cry for other reasons as well but a healthy baby will cry for feeding and diaper changing. Fortunately those two seem to coincide. If the crying baby disturbs your sleep to much you may want to find someplace you can bed down in the house as far from the baby as possible, at least until your exams are over.
There is not much more you can do for yourself except to love your new niece or nephew, which is the beautiful part. On the nights before the exams maybe a friend will allow you to stay at their house so you get a good night’s sleep. Hope I’ve helped.
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