My husband and I were so excited to have a healthy baby that we forgot about what came next. I didn’t realize how much a baby could scream until our son’s first night at home. It was time to call in an expert. I phoned my mom and begged her to stay for a couple of weeks.
When your baby meets his grandmother for the first time, you and grandma will likely be in tears. She’ll remember what it was like when she brought you home from the hospital. Grandma will fall in love with the little one from the start. Let your mother have her time with the new baby. She will show you the best way to feed, burp, change, and rock your baby. Listen to the advice she gives because it is meant out of love. I appreciated everything my mother did to help us adjust to our new baby.
Baby Picture Ideas:
Capture each moment with grandma. The most precious photo will be baby asleep on grandma’s chest while she herself snoozes on the couch. Having grandma to share these first moments is priceless.
Do the same for your mother-in-law when she comes to visit the little one. Catch her brushing baby’s hair and washing baby’s tender face.
Also, be sure to get three-generation pictures. One of you, your mom, and baby. One of dad, his mom and baby. Of course grandpas are welcome, too!
Baby Scrapbooking Ideas:
First of all, each grandmother should have her own personalized scrapbook page. The pages could be entitled “Grandma and Me”. If you could find scrapbook paper with an angel design, use it as the background. If not, angel stickers will do very well. Be sure to ask Grandma some questions and journal the answers into the book.
Grandmothers watch over their grandchildren like guardian angels. Use construction paper in each grandmother’s favorite color to frame the pictures you choose for the page. Add grandma’s name to each page and the dates of her initial visit.
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