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First baby, first week, F*** me...

giftgrub · 2009-03-08 01:47:23

So we got our little boy home on Monday, of course everything we did on the ante-natal course was forgotten. There's been tears from my wife, and almost me, but i thought I have to hold it together or we're all screwed, Theres been loooooong nights, and buckets of self doubt. These are the questions on a typical day: * Why…

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#32 10-03-2009 9:23pm
Banrion

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Aw. I remember that time. Is she breastfeeding? The poor thing. The only thing is all this will pass and you ll remember it as a special time. If shes finding it tough, theres plenty websites and discussions groups where women are in the same boat and can chat away about it.
Two weeks after our fella was born, we drove off to a hotel for 2 nights in Cork to get out of the house and to get back to normality. It did me a power of good.
Best of luck with your new baby.

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