she's getting to be a bit of a heffalump and I'd welcome a chance to put her down for a few minutes.
Oh I vividly remember that stage. As weak as I was after the birth, it was really an immense relief to have taken the baby off, so to speak.
There is a book about baby care for the first year that is very good precisely because it *doesn't* advocate One True Way (apart from 'relax, what you're doing is almost certainly fine, but here are a few practical hints'.) It is called First-Time Parent, by Lucy Atkins, and apart from being great and reassuring it's also a good and amusing read. Evidently muddling through is exactly what you're supposed to do.
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Oh I vividly remember that stage. As weak as I was after the birth, it was really an immense relief to have taken the baby off, so to speak.
There is a book about baby care for the first year that is very good precisely because it *doesn't* advocate One True Way (apart from 'relax, what you're doing is almost certainly fine, but here are a few practical hints'.) It is called First-Time Parent, by Lucy Atkins, and apart from being great and reassuring it's also a good and amusing read. Evidently muddling through is exactly what you're supposed to do.