New mothers enter the world of parenting feeling much like Alice in Wonderland.-tBeing a mother is one of the most rewarding jobs on earth and also one of the most challenging.-tMotherhood is a process. Learn to love the process.-tThere is a tremendous amount of learning that takes place in the first year of your baby’s life; the baby learns a lot, too.-tIt is sometimes difficult to reconcile the fantasy of what you thuoght motherhood would be like, and what you thought you would be like as a mother, with reality.-tTake care of yourself. If Mommy isn’t happy, no one else in the family is happy either.-tNew mother generally need to lower their expectations.-tA good mother learns to love her child as he is and adjusts her mothering to suit her child.
