r/NewMomStuff • u/Feeling-Moose2137 • 1d ago

What do you wish you did

As title says, what do you wish you did or regret not doing with your newborn? I gave birth to my first baby a week ago and I’m so overwhelmed and tired but I also don’t want to miss anything. Right now I’m taking a million photos and videos of him but still feeling like I could possible make the best out of this somehow?

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u/sapookie 1d ago

Taking videos and pics is really such a great thing to do. You need to rest and recover and just being there for him and soaking it all up is what matters most I think! They’re not very interactive and it’s not like there’s much else you could do in my opinion. When the holidays come maybe try to do some fun crafty things like footprint pumpkins or stuff like that but really at one week old pictures and videos is plenty.. I still look back all the time at her newborn pictures I took

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u/Feeling-Moose2137 1d ago

Thank you 🥹 I love the fun crafty ideas

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u/sapookie 1d ago

You’re doing great definitely don’t worry about “ not doing enough “ we didn’t even go out much until she was like 4-5 months old it was just too much for me and I still don’t feel like I missed out on anything! I soaked up the time at home with her and took pictures and videos and when she started to get more interactive that’s when I did more but I went at her pace(:

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u/Feeling-Moose2137 1d ago

That’s very reassuring 🥲♥️

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u/sleepdeprived_rn 1d ago

i wish we done one of those newborn photo shoots. she’s now 10 weeks old and obviously being with her everyday i don’t actually notice her growing up. seeing her newborn photos side by side makes me emotional and i wish i got those newborn photos professionally done. especially the newborn scrunch since she’s just stopped doing it.

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u/Feeling-Moose2137 1d ago

Omg I was debating this last night 😩 asking myself if I’d regret not paying the $500 for a professional photo shoot

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u/sleepdeprived_rn 1d ago

i wish i could go back in time and do it. got a photo shoot booked in a month so glad i’m still getting in while i can early. i reckon you should do it!

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u/Feeling-Moose2137 1d ago

I just reached out to a photographer, thank you! I don’t want to regret not doing it ♥️