What is a babymoon?

[danniellabella]

I don't know if this is the right place to post this, or if it's been asked before.

I've been on this forum for a few years now and one thing that I just don't get is what is a babymoon?

I see people wishing each other a "happy babymoon" in birth announcements all the time but I just don't get it.

I know that a honeymoon is meant to be a wonderful time so I'm assuming a babymoon is too, but I have to say when I gave birth to my daughter it wasn't so wonderful and I felt terrible for the first 6 months at least - not what I would think of as a "babymoon"

[Mr Squidipa]

yes i am wondering the same thing

[Trillian]

It's just the time you spend with your baby and DH/DP etc in those first few days.

ETA - I forgot to say that some will also not go anywhere or do anything at this time and just stay at home.

[miss.cinders]

Babymoon is the first days/weeks with your new babe

[ladybirdflies]

Babymoon for our family is the moon cycle after the birth, that first month (although we did 8 weeks this time!!) where you stay in the house and get used to having your little one, speding plenty of time gazing at them.... in our town we are blessed to be supported with a food roster by the community for that time. No cooking for 4 weeks yay.
In some cultures it is 40days like another term of pregnancy!

[isharathena]

Well said ladybirdflies...in some cultures the other women wouldn't dream of letting you cook/clean/whatever for 40 days afterwards, you just get to relax and fall in love with your baby. (In these cultures the post natal depression rate is lower than it is in Western societies!)

[miss.cinders]

Babymoon for our family is the moon cycle after the birth, that first month (although we did 8 weeks this time!!) where you stay in the house and get used to having your little one, speding plenty of time gazing at them.... in our town we are blessed to be supported with a food roster by the community for that time. No cooking for 4 weeks yay.
In some cultures it is 40days like another term of pregnancy!

That's just gorgeous What an awesome community to live in

[Cherished]

ladybirdflies what a great post, that is what I have imagined our babymoon to be like. DH, bubs and I together for 2 months! Just the 3 of us, no plans involving other people, just us bonding as a family, hopefully in my dream world it will all go smoothly but there will still be the bonding even with sleepless nights and any challenges that may come up. Other family and friends will only be coming over if we feel like it on the day as we aren't going to be committing to any visitors in advance just in case the night before was rough or we just don't feel like seeing anyone... I guess for us the babymoon is about making those 1st 2 months as magical and special as they can be

[Junglemum]

A honeymoon is the great time you are supposed to have after your wedding (though not all do! ), a guess a babymoon is supposed to be the happy time after having a baby. But as you point out, it's not a happy time for everyone, for some it is filled with pain, anger, frustration, hurt and a miriad of other negative emotions. I think the assumption is that a new baby brings joy, and was tagged a babymoon.