I have a friend who just had a baby girl a week ago. She called me a couple of times this week in order to "compare notes." All those things that I struggled with in the first weeks were the same questions that she was now asking me. I remember all too well the emotional roller coaster I was on that week with my feelings of inadequacy, uncertainty and exhaustion. I listened to her similar feelings of uncertainty and exhaustion.
Those first couple of weeks of parenthood I kept thinking "Am I doing something wrong?" It wasn't until I spoke to a friend of mine who had a baby boy in October and related to her my troubles, did I realize that she had similar issues. It was then that I realized that "it must be normal" and "We are doing okay."
So when my friend called this week, I listened. I encouraged her to "hang in there." I told her what happened to us and how we felt at the time. I hope it helped her. I hope she knows that "it's normal" and she's "doing okay."
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