12 Things Every First Time Mom Should Know

You may not feel like yourself after adding “mom” to your resume - and that’s ok.
Your relationship with your husband will change. Your preparation and approach to partner-parenting will determine if this change is for better or worse.
Being a first-time mom will be immeasurably harder than you can imagine. It will also be immeasurably better.
Though it may not seem like it at times, the army of fellow moms who will be cheering you on far outweigh the lonely voices who will make you feel judged.
You are not lost - or if you are, you will be found. And you will be stronger than before.
Your mom-gut should reign supreme, no matter how inexperienced you are.
Extra care should be taken to keep disposable diapers from making their way into your washing machine.
Your bench of help is critical, especially when that little blessing starts crawling. Do whatever you need to do to cement weekly time for you to get your brain out of mom-mode.
A special combination of knowledge, understanding, creativity, and mental stamina is needed to teach a child through the toddler years. Gentle parenting is a wonderful approach – so long as it does not result in a lack of firmly held boundaries for your child.
There is no one right way to be a mom. A million different variables in infinite combination with each other means that what is best for the mom next door may not at all be right for your family.
Being a mom is major. There is a learning curve, just like anything else. Give yourself an immense amount of grace.
The greatest things in life are the fruit of hard work. As a mom, you will work harder, love harder, and sacrifice harder than you knew possible. And you will bear the fruit of this “hard” for your child, and yourself, in abundance.