I’ve listened to you for several years on Adam’s show and podcast. I always really liked your honesty. I’m so glad to read your honest blog about how you went back on a lot of your pronouncments before you had a baby because I honestly stopped listening to you and reading your site when I saw what it was all about. I think it’s becuause I had recently had a baby and I had terrible post partum depression and a lot of problems breastfeeding, and guilt when I started the hybrid breast-formula situation. I was in a horrible place even though I had this wonderful new baby! My life was what you were pronouncing yours would not be like and it made me feel even worse about myself. Like, look what I have become!!! I have become what others don’t want to be and what others make fun of!!! I lost friends over it. Heartless friends that I’m glad to be rid of. But, still hurts non-the-less. So, I’m glad to see that you have gone back on some of your pronouncements because I can now listen to you and read your blog again!! I just finished listening to your and Lynette’s first podcast and I love it! I went through all the stupid breast feeding guilt and torture when my daughter was your sons age. It was terrible. But, my daughter is now 15 months old, walking, starting to talk, eating regular food and milk. I honestly have to say that it gets SO much easier and I have forgotten almost all about the breast feeing guilt. Also, if I have another I will not put myself through that again. Just wanting you to know that it’s common and it does get better!!!

Enjoyed your post.

I miss the news!

To let you know, my firstborn was breech too. I ended up with a c-section despite 3+ attempts at a “version”. Very painful, if you didn’t try it. My next attempt at giving birth wound up to be waaayy too long for my taste, so I finally said “Let’s just do this” and the third time around, I just pulled out my calendar and asked “How’s June 3rd?”.

I, like you, want to know ALL!! Take it from a woman a little further down the road than you… despite the TON of books out there, you have to feel your way around being a Mom. I have discovered a few gems that I’d like to share with you. “On Becoming Babywise” – helps you to schedule your baby to sleep through the night very early (claims 6 weeks, but my experience was 7 weeks). “1-2-3 Magic” – helps you to discipline in a way that you won’t lose your mind and “The Explosive Child”. I have a son with Non-Verbal Learning Disorder, but it’s valid for ANY child! One other wonderful book I have yet to master “Siblings Without Rivalry”. I’m still trying this one on, but the basis is one that MUST be tried!

I hope you got to read this because I truly enjoyed reading your blog and I hope that I can be a Mom that can help you along the Maze of Motherhood.

Congratulations on Nathaniel James!! xoxoxo

Just a note to tell say love you and BB on with Adam. Hope you will continue to push through the piles of crap constantly thrown at you in hopes you will quit.

I wont go through the list of all the reasons most of us enjoy what you bring to the table, pretty sure you remember my top ten list from way back. Still applies. BUT would like to add one more. Now you are a Mommy, have even more respect for you now. My first child was born at 32 and its been …well interesting being an older parent. Will say that, I continue to feel the Lord had a plan and I probably wouldn’t have been a very good parent 20yrs ago. Don’t feel like the lone ranger in the old and brittle dept.

Look forward to your next post. Not to worry. We will wait patiently (and not so patiently for those who follow more).

One more to the list that might help is a cool air humidifier. Have used it for all three and it works.

Take care
Lake

It was so, so great to hear you and BB on the ACP podcast this week (I’ll be brutally honest and say that I have periodically opted not to download Adam if I don’t care for the guest/s – but seeing the two-parter with you and dear Bryan was uber-groovy. So sorry to hear that Buster has suffered his first cold. No matter when they get sick for the first time it sucks – but a newborn with a stuffy nose is one of the most pathetic sounds/sights in human experience. I will chime in that I too check pretty much every three days or so to see if you’ve blessed the blog-o-sphere with your unique wit and perspective.

Ciao
Sheila

I am impatiently waiting for your next post! Though with a 2-month old baby sleeping on my chest as I am typing this, I understand that everything becomes peripheral. I, too, said many things before she was born. Though I never had a baby myself, I almost looked down on people who co-slept with their infants. Fast forward to me today, and I will reluctantly admit that my little daughter has taken over my bed.

I am behind on my podcasts, but listened to the November The Adam Carolla Podcast with you and Bryan. I am also amazed that postpartum depression did not come prepackaged with my baby. Perhaps some of us paid our dues before and can enjoy this euphoria interrupted only by slight neuroses.