Last week marked my little guy’s 11-month birthday, and I feel the baby year winding down already. I’m equal parts nostalgic for the newborn days and insanely entrenched in pinning an obscene amount of baseball-themed first birthday ideas. This is my second time around, and while I’m certainly more confident this time, my brain had kindly blurred out a few things, which, in retrospect, may be an essential survival-of-the-human-race tactic. I distinctly remember slipping squeezing into a pre-baby dress when my daughter was around the same age, and feeling for the first time like a remnant of the “old me” was back, albeit with a new squishy spare tire at my waist to keep me company through the journey of life. This is also the point at which life is starting to feel a bit more normal – baby may be ingesting actual food, mom and dad may be enjoying actual sleep, some of the infant gear has been donated, sold, or stored, and the house looks like more than only a tiny human reside in it with its servants around in the shadows. This heady feeling of mastering the new normal launched my thoughts on all the silly things I’ve Googled, and then delved deep into an internet vortex, in that wonderful/amazing/terrifying/exhausting/exhilarating first year. And so, for your amusement: The Baby Year, as experienced through Googling.
At due date
Proven ways to start labor
How often does the hospital send you home if you’re in labor
Home remedies to increase labor
Can you die from not giving birth
Infant
When do babies sleep through the night
What happens if your toddler punches the baby
Games to play with a newborn baby
Can you spoil a baby if you hold them for every nap
When do babies sleep through the night
Car seat will not come out of car
Carseat manufacturers instruction manual
Can you break a carseat pulling it out of the car
User friendly car seats on sale
Mom workouts in 30 seconds
Is it possible to workout with a baby
How many calories does breastmilk burn, really
What does baby snorting mean
Is it bad to put baby in a crib
How often should you check baby in crib
Should I set an alarm to check baby in the middle of the night
Can sleep be permanently disrupted by a baby schedule
How often do nursing moms have to buy bras
Expandable nursing bras
Baby at 4-6 months
When do babies sleep through the night
What is a sleep regression
When does sleep regression end
Do kids sleep through the night at any age
Baby food allergies
Weird spots on baby
Baby 7-10 months
When do babies sleep through the night
Cases of mothers who have gone insane from sleep deprivation
One minute workouts to restore abs post-baby
ten second workouts to restore abs post-baby
celebrities with post-baby weight
best place to buy work-appropriate tunics
Shift dresses for work
What happens if baby eats small pieces of paper on floor
What happens if baby eats dirt
What happens if baby eats part of a raspberry bush
Easy babyproofing
Professional baby proofing
Do they make bubbles for babies?
Baby approaches one year
How to throw a perfect first birthday party
Pinterest first birthday parties
How to encourage childfree friends to attend a birthday party
Should my baby have friends by his first birthday
Healthy smash cakes
Best pushup bras
First-birthday themed cocktails
