What do you miss about having a newborn?

[aussienic]

Now I am not having any more children and I really don't want anymore either but from time to time I miss the newborn stage

I don't get clucky with friends baby's and I don't get the same feelings if I hold them (which I rarely do I am scared of others peoples baby's) like I did with my children

so this is what I miss
~ That smell when they are sound asleep on your shoulder
~That warm little body laying on you
~the ever so fuzzy hair tickling my nose
~The middle of the night feeds when it was just me and baby

There are probably so many more things I miss.

Ah well one day hopefully I will have grandchildren to cuddle up with and hopefully I will have the same feelings with them as I did with my own children

(should add I love the stage and age my kids are at and really couldn't go back to the newborn stage but it had so many more good times then bad and I wish I could do it all over again and really cherish it kwim? )

[Olive]

i miss the their smell and breastfeeding

[littlelara]

The sweet smell of a bf bub.
The contented sighs and happy noises while they're feeding
Watching them fall asleep in your lap.
Rediculously tiny nails and oh so soft skin.
That intense eye contact.
I'd love another baby, I just don't want a bigger family.

[Vixstar]

I cant' have anymore, I think I would have made that decision anyway but to have it made for me - kinda knocked me for a 6.

I miss
- the sleeping baby on the breast,
- the tiny NB nappies,
- the soft sighs in their sleep,
- the jerky little movements,
- that overwhelming feeling of love that educes you to tears,
- the cry of a newborn,
- little itty bitty hiccups,
- the smell of a freshly bathed bubba
- being in hospital for a week and being waited on hand and foot!! lmao

Okay, gonna cry now!

xxxxx

[RhiChiChi]

I miss all of the above that has been mentioned plus I love that they love you unconditionally, that you are enough for them. Makes me tear up

[ShootingStar]

My baby is only 9 weeks but she is my last so the things i will miss are:

-their smell
-the smell of their clothes washed in Lux Flakes
-their soft skin
-the so innocent smile you get from them when you look deep in their eyes.. melts my heart
-cuddling them to sleep all wrapped up like a little parcel
-their little sounds and cooing
And 2 strange ones but i will miss..
-the build up of fluff in their hands
-and the smell of newborn poos (at the pumpkin stage lol) it just has a sweet newborn smell to it, as appose to the feral ones they get when they start solids!

[*TripleJ*]

i miss the sleeping baby lol shes still little
im gonna miss BFing
that soft skin
i think i just really miss the eating sleeping stage lol

[Charlotte91]

My newborn was a bit different to most, being in hospital where we weren't allowed to hold her a great deal for over a month.

But when we got her home at 6 1/2 weeks, she was only 5 days past her due date, so technically a newborn.

I miss her snuggles.
Holding her while she slept for hours upon hours. Especially in hospital where they wouldn't wake her to feed, just stick it down her tube.
The hiccups. Watching her whole body suck into one spot in her chest. And the squeaky noises she made if you were holding her while she was hiccuping.
The tiniest little squeaks that were meant to be cries.
The way she would sleep, holding my finger. Never letting go.

....I want DD to be 4lb again. She was so cute! lol. Now she's a 10 1/2 lb boofa.
lol

[ree]

i love the way you touch there cheek and they try and attack you with there mouth im enjoying all these things mentioned at the moment this may sound silly but i also love to look at my lill mans perfect lil head and his gorgeous soft hair

[aussienic]

And 2 strange ones but i will miss..
-the build up of fluff in their hands
-and the smell of newborn poos (at the pumpkin stage lol) it just has a sweet newborn smell to it, as appose to the feral ones they get when they start solids!

I know what you mean about the poos lol.. I don't miss them though., but yes the little bits of fluff in their hands.,. Where on earth did it comes from

and I totally forgot breastfeeding. I nfact I think that is what I miss them most..

Another thing I miss is seeing my Dh laying on the couch with this tiny little body on him.. Now they are just great big boofs who kick and wriggle I guess like a newborn but now they hurt

I loved having a newborn. they were so tiny and cuddly. I loved the tiny clothes.

[Taurean]

I too miss a lot of the things mentioned by PP but my favorite thing is watching them root around for the breast. I LOVED that with DD. Felt like I had a little woodpecker at my chest