Mommy Relief

When you come home with your first child you know, because everyone has told you a THOUSAND times, that your life is gong to change. You accept that that is true because everyone has told you, but really how much can it change. You will have a baby, you babysat for the Smith kids a bunch and there were 3 of them, and Joey was like a month old when you started. Ok. You know the parents always came home to get them but you are competent. You are good with babies and you get at least 6 weeks off work. You know that you are up a few times a night to feed the baby and they sleep more than are awake in the beginning so you can nap when they nap. You can catch up with a few projects while the baby sleeps. Right?

Now before I help with the reality check, I do want to confirm that the babies are wonderful and snuggly and smell good and are so wonderfully cute. They can grab you hand and lift their head which they have no control of which is cute in and of itself. There is nothing better than having a baby sleep in your arms (if you have nothing else you need to get done) and you get lots of attention because people love babies.

Here are a few things that you may not have heard enough about which you might want to plan for. One, breast feeding, if it works for you, hurts! Some people tell you that the baby isn't latched on well or something. They tell you to feed the baby every three hours. To you, that means you might get 3 hours of sleep between feedings - that's all you need, right? But they forgot to tell you that the three hours is from the time the baby starts feeding not from the end of feeding. You may have a child that feeds in 15 minutes (like my second child) or you might have one that likes to take his time - 45 minutes - like my first child. THAT cuts into the sleep.
They don't tell you that while you love to sleep you are terrified of SIDS and so you watch them breath every breath for a few nights. They don't tell you that you can't sleep during naps because the laundry, the housekeeping and the shopping won't get done. So now you are sleep deprived.

And we were too! My sister and I are moms and after our second children were born we were lucky to find a nanny that we shared to help us out because we couldn't afford a full-time baby nurse. We recognized that it wasn't fair that it is really hard to enjoy newborns, so we started our mommy-relief program. The Mommy-Relief Program www.mommy-relief.com allows you to do the same thing. We provide a mommy reliever to give you some time. We like to say that you are not asking for a week in Paris, you're just asking for a shower. You can schedule any amount of time from 4 hours to 24 hours. We provide overnight care, mornings, evenings, three days a week, and any other combination you can come up with. Look for more information at our website and check back here for information regarding colic, jaundice, developmental milestones and more.

Our company is a medical staffing company so our background is medical. The information you will read here will come from that point of view as well as the point of view of a mom. I hope you find our blog interesting and enriching.