There is nothing like holding a newborn, they're so precious, innocent and weird. Yeah, I said weird. From funny shaped heads to bruising and baby acne to cradle cap, newborns can be strange!
Weird things about newborns no one told me:
• Baby Acne - this is just like an adolescent would get, all across the forehead and into the scalp and around the cheeks and nose! However, this goes away much quicker - within a day or two.
• Girls get their first period a few days after their born. Something about being around the moms hormones. This lasted about 2 weeks for us. I'm glad someone mentioned this to us because I think we would have freaked out when we saw blood for the first time and didn't know!
• Newborns make a lot of noise when they sleep. I don't think I slept the first night at all because of all the weird noises our daughter made, from grunting to sneezing and spitting up. I was certain that she was going to choke on her spit up and die that first night, so of course I didn't sleep and bolted upright and looked in on her in her bassinet every 5 minutes.
• Cradle cap - ok so you may have heard about this. Its just like really bad dandruff. But you can see the dry flaky skin on their head if they have no hair. Its weird and kinda gross.
• The Belly Button - so you know that they cut the chord and tie a knot and it dries out and eventually falls off. Well its kinda weird looking and I was sure our daughter was going to have an outie and get made fun of her teenage years, but once the scab fell off it was an innie. You have to just be careful with this, not getting it soaking wet (so sponge baths until it falls off) and not covering it with the diaper.
• The second the baby is put on your chest after birth (if you choose to do this, and I suggest you do, because it was amazing!) the baby bobbles its tiny little head right down to your breast. It knows where the food is and what to do....too bad we don't know what to do and have to teach our bodies to breast feed! (See breastfeeding 101)
• Babies release a hormone out of the top of their head to help the mom with breastfeeding. Supposedly if you smell your babies head before breastfeeding it is supposed to help your body get ready to feed the baby.
• When you (or anyone) is holding your breastfeed baby, the baby will turn its head into your chest or whoever is holding her, signaling she is hungry and its time to eat. So if someone is holding your baby and she does this, its time to give her to mom!
• The soft spot. You can see your babies pulse in the soft spot on top of their head if you look closely. It beats up and down...very weird.
• Funny Shaped Head - your babies head may be oblong or cone shaped from giving birth. They may also have bruising on their face from the birth as well.
• The bald spot - babies lose their hair on the back of their head after a little while and they look like old men. This is from lying down so much.
• They come out all wrinkly and again, they look like an old man, especially their hands, legs and feet.
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