Mom of an 8 week old right now who just started to have some sort of semblance of a routine.
How did this app help you? I would like to try it but it feels honestly overwhelming (and up until now when we didn't have much of a routine, felt like it didn't make sense).
I have an 8 week old baby girl. Never in a billion years I would've thought that I could love a person so much. Sure, it is difficult, I am a tired mess and I haven't brushed my hair in a week but it all goes away so fast.
Her little hands scritchy-scratching me while babywearing, her little chubby cheeks, the way she smiles when I talk to her and how her eyes light up, her little feet, the way she sleeps and her little mouth opens a little bit, her expression while breastfeeding, her little coos and replies to me when talking to her, I feel like I could explode. She is the only thing that matters to me anymore. I am absolutely obsessed with her. I turn into a big crying baby as well when I think about how much I love her. It hurts!!
I cannot stress enough how much babywearing has saved our lives. 8 weeks old and my baby is so calm, manages to take her day naps in it and also I get to do stuff around the house or outside while this happens.
For the beginning I recommend a stretchy, wrap babywearing system (Boba wrap!!). My girl protests when I put her in it at first and yells but after some bouncing on the yoga ball and a pacifier in her mouth, she falls asleep and naps for up to two hours in it.
It actually helped us get used to the bassinet as well: we wear her in the wrap until she is asleep and then do the transfer. She accepted the bassinet from the very early days!
For those at the beginning of the road: please invest in a good babywearing system!!! For me and my baby at least it was a life saver.