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Newborns are hard.


It's funny how new parents only post pictures of their newborns sleeping or looking extra sweet, but don't take pictures or videos of blowouts, middle of the night rocking & "shushing" marathons to soothe their fussy babies, or mental breakdowns from Mom and Dad. Surely we're not the only parents of newborns that struggle through the "un-postable" moments, right?

The past couple of days have been rough. When we brought Wren home, we thought we got lucky with a good sleeper. She'd go down for a nap easily and sleep until we woke her for her next feeding. Yesterday she decided that sleeping is not her jam. Each time we've tried to put her down, she'll fuss and cry until we soothe her for 30 minutes to an hour. This made the middle of the night agonizing for me, as I had to soothe her after her 1:30 am feeding just to have to do it all over again for her 4:30 am. I miss sleep so much. Parents, any tips on how to help us get through this stage are greatly appreciated.

Here are the "post-able" pictures from the last few days.
Our little bird


Daddy's first time feeding Wren

Oscar investigating
Sweet moments

Cam had this hidden on his phone. My last photo with Wren still inside me. The human body is fascinating- I already almost look like I did pre-pregnancy.





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