Motherhood?! How to Survive and Thrive After Your First Pregnancy

Oh honey, just go with the flow.” It was so simple, and so liberating,

For me it was breastfeeding. And then it was swaddling. And then it was green diarrhea (the baby’s not mine). And then it was naps. And then it was solids. And then it was naps again. And another green poop episode. Are you getting the idea? Moms love to say,“If you have a good sleeper, then he won’t be a good eater”

She gave me some soothing ointment and nipple shields and I bought a $48 nursing pillow, $42 worth of cooling gel pads, and $38 worth of organic cotton spit rags that gave me a peaceful, I’m-a-really-good-mother feeling when I used them.