3 Things I Wish I Did Differently With My First Baby

With our 3rd baby arriving soon, there are a few things we did with our first 2 children that we'll definitely be doing differently this time around.

In this video I'm sharing the 3 main things we're going to change this time around.

Even as someone who specializes in child development, I'm still constantly learning. And the experience of our first two children taught me a lot, particularly around our personal preferences and what works best for our family.

These are the things we're doing differently - they aren't right or wrong, but they are based on what works best for us and I hope this video helps you decide on the best approach for your family too!

00:00 - 03:30 : First Newborn Mistake
03:31 - 05:29 : Second Newborn Mistake
05:30 - 08:00 : Third Newborn Mistake

#emmahubbard #babydevelopment #newborn

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[JA-vvwy]

A tip I learned in speech therapy school: if you want to break a child from their pacifier, but don’t want to be the “bad guy”, just start by poking a hole in it when they aren’t looking. Then, every day make the hole bigger or cut just a little more off. That way they say to themselves, “ this just isn’t doing it for me anymore!” Then they spit it out and you aren’t the “bad guy” taking it away!

[noname-unyo]

My son didn’t take pacifiers and doesn’t take them now (he just turned 6 months). He also refused to be swaddled at all. It was so frustrating to see my friends’ babies (couple weeks difference with mine) sleep so well in their sleep sacks while mine was fighting to get out of it.
I still feed him to sleep.
Honestly, I thought it was something to be ashamed of, but well… it works for both of us. He will never be this small again

[maria]

Congratulations on the upcoming newest addition to your family! How exciting! ❤️

As a first time mom, thank you so so so much for your videos. I bookmark them and revisit as needed when my sleep-deprived brain can’t remember anything. 😅 Your channel is truly the most helpful out of everything I’ve seen, and even more so than our pediatrician sadly. The world appreciates your dedication, passion and work!!!!

[nsmith]

Halo ftw. Hands down the best swaddles, both of my babies have slept so much better with Halo than any other swaddle. Also, on pacis, we just don’t offer the pacifier unless baby is genuinely wanting it. I’ve had family members try to put the paci in baby’s mouth when he isn’t cranky, or even try to put it back in his mouth if he drops it while sleeping. If he’s content, we don’t try and force it on him. We did the same with our oldest and he decided he was over the paci at about 4 months old, so fingers crossed it all works out the same this time around.

[Dana-mbhd]

Congratulations emma on your 3rd baby! what a blessing 🙏🙏💖💖

[corireeves]

Congratulations on the new baby!! You have been so helpful to me as I am blessed to babysit my youngest grandson two days a week, since he was six weeks old. (He is 14 months now!) Parenting and "tips" have changed a lot since my boys were born so your advice has given me so much inspiration and ideas. My grandson is happy, healthy and is a joy to be with. Thanks again and congratulations and blessings to you and your family!!!

[abigailloar]

Every child is different too. I have 2. Neither would take a pacifier. I offered many kinds at many times to them. Neither had anything to do with them. My first swaddled and fell asleep well but woke up a lot in the night. Didn't stop until i sleep trained him at six months. My second only falls asleep to nursing and is tougher to swaddle, but slept 6+ hours by 2 months. Just have to go with the flow i think

[amiouch]

Glad to know that I should stop fighting the catnaps with my 4 month old. I feel so much pressure to have him nap longer and I spend too much time trying to resettle him. Good to know that this would change when he is a bit older!

[mac__attack]

Funny enough, my son doesn’t care for swaddling or pacifiers.

What saved me with napping is contact naps!! He LOVED them until we made the final transition for all sleep to take place in his room when we’re home. I loved them too ): sleep “training” was also a life saver- we did exclusively nights and a month later incorporated the naps. We started at a little after 6mo of age.

[claudiariley]

I lasted two weeks with new born twins until I gave in and bought them. I was trying to avoid it as I know my parents kept them until we started school. I didn’t want them to be dependent on them. But it helps so much with self soothing and sleeping when they are babies.

[RedWolfRun]

Thank you for these tips! These will definitely come in handy. I found the nap segment interesting because I just read a neurology study showing about a 20 minute nap can give you plenty of energy because you haven’t yet entered REM sleep and about a 1:30 hour nap also has the same benefits because you’ve completed a REM cycle. While this was a study on helping to prevent Alzheimer’s, it does help to make some sense as to why the 20 min and 1:30 hour naps are so helpful to new borns.

[kawaiiheather]

Congrats on baby number 3! My 2nd babe is 5 months old now and I really liked the Happiest Baby Sleepea sleepsack swaddle. It's been a great transition piece as well now that he has both arms out. Definitely give it a try

[mrmuffduchessannabell]

Congratulations!! And thank you for this post. It’s so nice to hear an honest account from a professional. It makes me feel so much better about struggling with these decisions ❤

[Bcdangable]

Our girl hated swaddlers! lol every time we would put her in one they cried and moved so much. It turned out she needed to have at least one arm out for comfort. So cute. And now at 7 months she’s sleeping for 30minutes and up to 90 minutes! It’s hit and miss but she’s happy and she lets us know when she needs to rest. Love these videos

[ivanakrcivoj]

Another round of excellent advice, thank you, Emma :)
When you mentioned transferring the baby from hands to the crib, reminded me to share my best practice - we use pillows for babies (at least this is what we call them in Croatia) :)
There are different models, some are softer, and some are firm (more firm the part where the baby's back & head are). So this is perfect for keeping her in arms while breastfeeding or when daddy is putting her to sleep :) And then is so easy to transfer her to her bed, without making her startle.😇

[aijalam]

Congrats on your new bundle of joy!!! I love, love love your videos. First time mom here. Me and hubby watch them all in order to learn and for me they also give me a peace of mind! Our doctor is super nice but I feel like they don’t tell you a thing, just do a shot and off you go! Tell me how great we’re doing without giving me any instructions or what’s about to follow for my baby’s development in the next few months and how can I make it better. So these videos, in the middle of our busy days, are just excellent! A source that I fully trust and recommend to others! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[mamadoctor]

Now I know why my daughter was good sleeper! I swaddled her until she was ready to roll over and she had pacifier too. It was a breeze getting her to nap and sleep for long times! The only difficult thing was her colic. Thank you!!

[Ready-ForTheEnd]

First time mom here and good to know I haven't made these mistakes. I've swaddled her since her first days in the hospital and I quickly use a pacifier especially during a diaper change when she gets fussy. It stops her from kicking. I'm not sure about naps though for the most part we just feed her and then put her to sleep.

[chesea]

I wish I saw this a few months ago! I spent months 2-5 fighting the cat naps and trying to extend them and was completely stressed out and obsessed over her sleep! Then one day at 5 months she slept two hours!! And has ever since for naps. Now we’re at 7 months and just waiting for her nighttime sleep to improve 😅

[hummingbirds]

You are totally blessing in disguise, I had been following you since my pregnancy days its been 9 months now with my baby and i had less stressful mind.Thank you