Today’s Welcome Baby feature is something for mom! The first few months of any child’s life can be exhausting and is always full of so much change, challenge and adjustment for everyone and that includes momma! So in an effort to help make at least one area of life less stressful today I am showing off one of my new favorite products! The Lilla Rose Flexi-Clip hair clip is an amazing little tool. It can do lots of styles from fancy to the everyday but because they are so pretty and beautiful they can make even the most exhausted mother feel a little more “put together” than the everyday elastic band.
This Flexi hair clip can be used for anything from a simple “half up” pony tail to fashionable “up do” for those special nights. I love using mine to make even a simple bun look nice during the heat of the summer. These hair clips come in a variety of sizes to fit every type and style of hair out there. Lilla Rose has put together a great video to help you know which clip will meet your needs best.
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This product is great for the young and old alike. My girls are often found wearing my Lilla Rose Flexi hair clip and when they first came they just oooh’ed and ahhhhh’ed over the beading, the designs and the numerous style options that this clip comes with. And, I the Flexi clip isn’t for you check out Lilla Rose’s other hair options such as hair sticks, O-rings, and even decorative Bobby pins. There truly is something for everyone. And during the Welcome Baby event you have a chance to win a Lilla Rose Flexi hair clip size medium of your very own!
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I always tried to simplify EVERYTHING whenever a new one arrived. As you know it takes months of planning to prepare meals ahead and look at ways to streamline everyday activities so the transition went as smooth as possible. (And there is something to be said for having lots of kiddos, you get pretty proficient at it!) I always had the hardest time keeping my quiet time with the Lord during those first few months. It wasn’t for a lack of opportunity, many late night or early morning feeding times provided that. What they did not provide was the ability to stay awake and focus :-) My husband bought an audio bible and commentaries for me and I would listen as I was up moving around. Since I was moving, I had a better chance of NOT falling asleep :-) I learned in those times to take advantage of nap times when I would try and get a little cleaning done, to pop in the audio bible and spend that time with God. It also gave me a whole new outlook on cleaning and cooking. I started to really look forward to those times instead of dreading them. It was the starting point for me, as a young mom, to have a servant heart towards all of the household chores. I think as moms we tend, in our flesh, to prioritize to worldly standards. When we take the time to see what Christ would have for us, it really simplifies a great deal of our lives. Blessings to you all as you await the arrival of the newest little one, secretly, I am a little jealous! I’d love to have another little one to hold and love on:-) I can still snuggle Jack (11), but somehow stinky boy feet just don’t bring about the same feelings of snuggling a newborn :-)
In His Name,
Sarah Davis
My biggest struggle as a Momma to a newborn is always balancing baby and housework. It’s hard to keep up when you have a little one. I’ve learned to let go of that need to accomplish everything over the years. I’m no super-Momma but I do my best and that’s all that can be expected of any of us.
My biggest struggle was timing to get to places. Even by kid no. 5. You’d think by then I’d have figured to add in last-minute diaper changes (and sometimes clothing changes for mama!).
The hardest thing is getting enough sleep, especially when you have other children too. It is hard to force yourself to nap, but it is the best thing you can do for your family
My four children are older now- the youngest is almost 8! But I loved the newborn stage. The hardest part was getting used to what a newborn does (and doesn’t ) do. When my first was born, I remember my husband coming home to find me crying one day- not unusual at the time. :-) I told him I was so disappointed that all she did was eat and cry. I had expected the fun of a new baby but not the drudgery. In hindsight, that only lasted such a brief time. She’s 14 now! I learned to enjoy the time I had with them at each stage. :-)
Its always the hardest for me to get back into a routine that works, seems like I have to find a new routine after every baby!
The hardest thing for me was sleep. I was used to a good nights sleep and that changed forever. It’s been 10 years since my first was born and now that my son’s sleep center portion of his brain was damaged from a stroke I doubt I’ll ever get a full nights sleep again. Oh well he’s still with us so I count my blessings.
I always struggled with getting proper nutrition and staying hydrated. I found it helpful to keep Booste next to me in the middle of the night. Drinking it gave me protein, vitamins and liquids.
To get sleep!
I didn’t know how hard it was going to be coming home with my second son and transiting to being a mum of two kids. I was feeling disconnected from my first son. Being pregnant for the last 9 months and not being able to wrestle with him or jump on the trampoline or go running with him. I saw the connection he now had with his dad and I was feeling left out. Somehow I had to reintegrate myself back into his life, but how to do that when you now have a newborn requiring so much of your time. Throw into the mix the lack of sleep that left me short tempered and emotional, and I was struggling to find a balance. I was feeling the pressure to have to meet everyone’s needs whilst my own were constantly thrown on the back burner. It was my biggest parenting challenge yet. Slowly I found ways to make my three year old feel special and develop his own relationship with his brother by helping bath him or push the stroller. I then found ways to carry my youngest around the house when he was having a bad day so I could still get things done and play with his brother. Carving out time in the day when it was just the two of us to do something fun while the youngest slept, was starting to make a difference. Do we have it all together yet no but for every bad dad a good day usually follows.
The lack of sleep! I would forget things like “did I already buy milk?” and “did I already feed the dog?”
Biggest struggle as a new mama was worrying about everything! Is baby too hot, too cold, eating too much, not eating enough, crying too much, being held too much, etc. I had a C-section which was a longer recovery and that didn’t help.
Nursing. My greatest struggle all 6 times I have had a newborn has been nursing. Still I stuck with it and have been able to nurse my babies all up to 9 months and most up to 12-18 months.
Nursing. My greatest struggle all 6 times I have had a newborn has been nursing. Still I stuck with it and have been able to nurse my babies all up to 9 months and most up to 12-18 months.
The hardest thing is asking for help when you need it and not trying to be super mom!
The hardest thing is asking for help when you need it and not trying to be super mom!
For me, it’s definitely the lack of sleep – which I found much harder with baby #2 than baby #1. It seems like I haven’t slept in months and months…which just makes everything else seem impossible sometimes. :\
My biggest struggle was different for each child. With the first it was sleep. He had a lot of medical problems, which I handled with almost no family help and as a result I was so sleep deprived I was actually hallucinating. I let my family support escape from sharing the burden with very lame excuses. With my second she had colic and feeding difficulties, but I still got a lot more sleep since I learned how to get help better.
My biggest struggle is sleeping, especially because my baby had her days and nights backwards.
I had the hardest time being coherent on such a lack of sleep. Taking care of the other kidlets while walking around like a zombie from the newborn. :)
The hardest part for me was getting enough sleep.
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my biggest challenge was getting used to a big change for waking up several times through the night
biggest struggle is no sleep!
my biggest struggle was trying to get some rest
When mine were babies way back lol, it was the balance of getting everything done and not having much help, always accept what help you are offered!
My biggest issues were getting enough sleep and finding the time to get things done. I spent so much time and attention on the baby that it was hard to do chores and cook dinner ect. Learning to manage both was difficult.
The hardest part, well besides lack of sleep, was I had to change my diet drastically. We were in the middle of a move and discovered our two month old could not ingest dairy, soy or nuts via breast milk. I had to eliminate all three from my diet while lived in a hotel for a week. She eventually out grew the food problems by 18 months. I was so excited to have ice cream again. Good news is I learned how to bake my own bread :)
Getting enough sleep and continuing to live without caffeine
The hardest thing for me was realizing that everything was not going to be perfect. You will just do the best you can do and that is all you can do.
The hardest thing was the frequent feedings during the night. With my second I was so exhausted! My daughter was 2 when my son was born.Keeping up with her and tending to him was a little crazy. I breast feed and got an infected milk duct,super fun!
I was very protective of my son when he was a newborn -with the second you tend to let up a little.
My biggest struggle was colic with both of my daughters. Nothing helped. We just had to suffer through until it stopped.
Lack of sleep, and trying to do it all.
The biggest struggle I had was with sleep. I had some very big medical issues that made me not able to sleep plus baby. I would wear myself down to the point where i would just pass out from sheer exhaustion for a few hours at a time. That was definitely not fun.
My first baby is now going to be a freshman in college! It was so hard adjusting to motherhood when I brought her home. I had to have a c-section because she was face-up, so not only was I sore, but I was also an emotional wreck lol. The hardest part for me was having to get up several times during the night to nurse her. Thankfully, I wised up by my second baby and had his crib pushed up against my bed so I could just roll over to feed him!
I was 18 when I had my daughter and I am so thankful I had my Mom around. My daughter who is older now, was a colicky baby for over 3 months and I tried everything. My pediatrician told my Mom that it was because I was a young mother with no experience. That did not go over too well and found a new pediatrician who was so kind and understanding that I was a new mother like all new mothers and just needed a little encouragement and she changed my daughters formula which worked.
Changing diapers!
my biggest struggle is adjusting my sleep schedule
my biggest struggle was trying to figure out when they were actually sick or not feeling good versus just crying because “they can’t talk” and they are communicating!
My biggest struggle as a new mom during the newborn phrase was sleep and not getting everything that needed to be done (housework, dinner, etc.) and feeling lousy about that but 17 years later I know I have been a great mom and he is turning out very well.
Wow, I had so many struggles. It felt like I was trying to just keep my head above water. After 6 weeks I started back teaching full time and nursed exclusively for 8 months and supplemented till 10 months. I was constantly hooked up to my pump. With my daughter, I really got no sleep because she had colic for about 2 months and neither of my children slept six straight hours until they were 10 months old. But with all of that I would do it over again in a heartbeat :)
Wow, I had so many struggles. It felt like I was trying to just keep my head above water. After 6 weeks I started back teaching full time and nursed exclusively for 8 months and supplemented till 10 months. I was constantly hooked up to my pump. With my daughter, I really got no sleep because she had colic for about 2 months and neither of my children slept six straight hours until they were 10 months old. But with all of that I would do it over again in a heartbeat :)
My biggest struggle was with my third child, trying to take care of a new baby (with colic) & my other kids & the million other things I had to do on barely any sleep! lol
The rough and sleepless nights!
I always struggled to be on time to things.
My biggest struggle has been balancing my time. It’s like I have to choose, clean house, home cooked meals, or positive interaction with the children.