Really the only thing that wasn't sufficiently rammed into my head at the beginning was "If the baby is crying, SHE'S HUNGRY. No really, just feed her, burp her, and she'll be right back off to sleep." Even Lucy Atkins gives sixteen reasons your baby might be crying, but doesn't point out that for the first few weeks, the vast majority of them simply don't apply. (Not even the 'dirty/wet nappy' one - newborns don't care.)
(Of course in my case 'hungry' was hard to cope with because she also didn't want to breastfeed, and I was trying to get her to do it anyway...)
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(Of course in my case 'hungry' was hard to cope with because she also didn't want to breastfeed, and I was trying to get her to do it anyway...)