First night home and I'm terrified
Got home from hospital about 4 hours ago with our son. He's sleeping in the bassinet next to the bed and I keep waking up to make sure he's breathing. Is this normal? How do you ev
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Got home from hospital about 4 hours ago with our son. He's sleeping in the bassinet next to the bed and I keep waking up to make sure he's breathing. Is this normal? How do you ev
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That's it. That's the post. Why didn't anyone warn me about this. It went UP HIS BACK. HOW??
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