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@maryatheseeker Babywearing is the only thing that got me through the newborn stage. Yes, this is the hardest stage. Look up when Wonder Weeks and growth spurts happen, as they involve extra fussiness. And babywear as much as possible.

@madscribbler For newborns - a pair of noise cancelling headphones is awesome. There were times i was so overwhelmed by baby crying, and doing everything in my power to meet their needs, and I was just getting overstimulated by the sound. Putting the noise-cancelling headphones on allowed me...

@slfunk I love freezer meals but find most of them not healthy enough. If I'm going to go through the trouble of making ahead, I want lots of veggies in them, not just meat'n'cheese casseroles! The ones I've found that are a bit healthier (more veggies, less salt, etc.), I found on Good...

@beverend Don't underestimate the power of how freaking CUTE the newer cloth diapers look on babies - cute colors/prints will be hard to resist once they see them on your little darling :). When people ignore boundaries (like other peoples' decisions on how to diaper their child), I find it...

@atlanta Newborn is the HARDEST stage - everything else gets easier after that (when they can lift their own heads, their guts work better, they can smile at you, etc.). It literally is the 4th trimester, it's having an itty bitty being designed for the perfect conditions of inside your womb...

@halleluyah See, two years before I got pregnant I got very into "barefoot style" shoes and running. I had struggled with bunions and foot pain all my life, and was desperate enough to try going off the crazy orthotic arch support and try to strengthen my feet on my own. It's been amazing -...

@youanna As an elementary teacher, please, PLEASE do not teach your kids to scare away bees with a loud yell. This causes major freak-outs on the playground, and is more likely to result in a kid getting stung, since yelling and waving their arms and freaking out makes the bee feel more...

@glory2jesus Wow, this gives me so much hope! Thank you!

@glory2jesus So if I'm reading this correctly, it looks like from late March to early June, you didn't ride at all (I'm assuming that was when first trimester fatigue/tiredness was at its worst), and then you were able to get back in the saddle? I'm in the throes of first trimester right now...

@jsykes Keep in mind that you are now carrying a bowling ball with you everywhere you go. So if you find you have to start walking/hiking instead of running, you're actually "rucking" with a weight that keeps gradually getting heavier the further you go in pregnancy.

@lpadr009 Thanks, I will look into those!

@ellyflowers I wear more barefoot-style shoes myself, because a lifetime of wearing pointy-toe shoes plus genetics = terrible bunions. I wish I'd been put in them as a kid instead of into conventional shoes so I wouldn't have to rehab my feet in my 30s. I'm specifically trying to put toddler...