My baby just reached her 1 yr birthday. I am so excited.
Review the last year, I shared some of my experience with you.
It is very busy and tired within the first 3 months. I am lucky enough to have my parents-in-law with us. So I don't need cook and my mother-in-law also give me a lot of hand on taking care of her. I really appreciated them!!! BTW, I am still very tired and my wrist hurt since long time to hold my baby. She took very long time for feeding. I felt that a good and enough rest and recovering during the first 3 months is very important. I am enough lucky that my baby can have a whole night sleep since 12:00am to 6:00am
Then, my parents-in-law returned back their home town at the 2.5 months, my husband's work is too busy to return home after 8:00pm. So I have to do shopping, cooking, taking care of baby by myself. Extremly exhausted and depressed at that period. One of lucky things is my parents-in-law made a lot of frozen food for us. So I saved a lot of time and energy. Another of lucky things is my baby suddenly don't spit milk again and she can get the gas out by herself. So I saved a lot of time for burping her after feeding her. The 3rd lucky thing is my baby can sleep longer at night from 8:00pm to 6:00am. So I can have a little my own time after 10pm.
Around 3.5 months, my parents joined us and give me very strong support for cooking and taking care of baby. I feel much more relaxed and I can have my own time since 8:00pm. Now my baby can sleep from 8:00pm to 8:00am everyday. She is very healthy and enjoyful everyday. Every morning, I saw her happy face, I feel my heart full of sun shine.
At last, I had to get over my maternity leave early around 6 months since my new job,
My most deepest feeling is that you'd better enjoy your everyday with your new baby within her/his first year. It is very cherish period in your life. You will never regret to waste your own time. I am 100% sure of it!!!
Take care and enjoy there...