https://padlet.com/18shefferly/1xwpnjyf6ysl Adjusting to Parenthood en-us 2018-04-09 15:17:25 UTC 2025-11-03 07:04:17 UTC hello@padlet.com 18shefferly https://padlet.com/18shefferly/1xwpnjyf6ysl/wish/249863606 2018-04-09 15:25:01 UTC https://padlet.com/18shefferly/1xwpnjyf6ysl/wish/249863606 18shefferly https://padlet.com/18shefferly/1xwpnjyf6ysl/wish/249869692 The new mom will feel tired and will experience lochia. The mom will tend to go to the bathroom more frequently because her body is getting rid of the excess body fluid. The moms uterus will slowly shrink back to it's previous size. The mom is also going to be breast feeding so she will experience discomfort around the nipple. ]]> 2018-04-09 15:33:46 UTC https://padlet.com/18shefferly/1xwpnjyf6ysl/wish/249869692 18shefferly https://padlet.com/18shefferly/1xwpnjyf6ysl/wish/249875689 The new mom will have many mixed emotions. New moms will go through "postpartum blues". Postpartum blues causes moodiness like anxiety or depression. twenty percent of women go through postpartum blues. Postpartum blues can also prevent new mothers from giving good care to their babies. Even though there are bad side effects to having a baby, there can also be good side effects to giving birth to a baby like feeling overwhelmed by love for the child]]> 2018-04-09 15:42:00 UTC https://padlet.com/18shefferly/1xwpnjyf6ysl/wish/249875689 18shefferly https://padlet.com/18shefferly/1xwpnjyf6ysl/wish/250515785 2018-04-10 23:33:19 UTC https://padlet.com/18shefferly/1xwpnjyf6ysl/wish/250515785 18shefferly https://padlet.com/18shefferly/1xwpnjyf6ysl/wish/250515918 New fathers will worry about how to physically take care of a little baby. The new father might be nervous holding the tiny baby because babies are so delicate. A father might also worry about how to financially take care of a little baby so that is why you want to make sure you are financially stable before having a baby. ]]> 2018-04-10 23:34:22 UTC https://padlet.com/18shefferly/1xwpnjyf6ysl/wish/250515918 18shefferly https://padlet.com/18shefferly/1xwpnjyf6ysl/wish/250516448 A new father will defiantly feel pride and be extremely excited! The father will also gain for confidence in himself for caring for the new baby. The father may also feel anxious at times. One last thing, since the family is so consumed with the baby and the mom is also breast feeding, the father may feel like a outcast that is why it is very important that the father also does skin to skin.]]> 2018-04-10 23:39:19 UTC https://padlet.com/18shefferly/1xwpnjyf6ysl/wish/250516448 18shefferly https://padlet.com/18shefferly/1xwpnjyf6ysl/wish/250517328 If possible, try and work from home to bond more with the baby. Also another thing to help managing work and a baby is to work different shift to match the baby's schedule.]]> 2018-04-10 23:46:25 UTC https://padlet.com/18shefferly/1xwpnjyf6ysl/wish/250517328 18shefferly https://padlet.com/18shefferly/1xwpnjyf6ysl/wish/250518259 To make time for the parents, you can hire a babysitter once a week if financially possible to get away to bond with your significant other. Another thing parents can do is to also when the baby is sleeping, if possible just talk to your other half to catch up with things happening at work or just to talk about how they are feeling.]]> 2018-04-10 23:52:29 UTC https://padlet.com/18shefferly/1xwpnjyf6ysl/wish/250518259 18shefferly https://padlet.com/18shefferly/1xwpnjyf6ysl/wish/250518944 When welcoming a new baby into a family with a little sibling, it can be very nerve racking but also exciting. You never know how the sibling is going to react to the baby. One thing to help welcome the baby a little easier it to have the sibling buy a toy for the baby. This can be a proud moment for the sibling because he can feel proud that they got the baby a present. Another thing the sibling can do is to help the parents with the baby like getting a diaper or picking out the outfit. This can get the sibling exciting about helping.]]> 2018-04-10 23:57:45 UTC https://padlet.com/18shefferly/1xwpnjyf6ysl/wish/250518944