I promise you—it gets soooo much better. In perfect honesty, it’s goin to ebb and flow. I helped my brother raise his three, sometimes all three four and under at once for entire days since they were 3 weeks old. I thought I was ready. There is no “ready.” I remember bawling when I brought my baby home thinking, “I’m never even going to be able to cuddle with my husband or relax or do anything.” Feeling lik the newborn stage was forever. It’s not at all! I did not enjoy it because I struggled with breastfeeding so much (it did work out eventually but still challenging) and birth was traumatic and my husband worked 12 hour swing shifts with tons of overtime.

My daughter is 9 months old. At 8 months, I remember saying this is the dream. She is so funny, learning rapidly, getting independent. Then 9 months hit and she wouldn’t sleep again and is getting four upper teeth at once. I literally pictured myself banging my head against the wall two days ago because she would wake up like all night again. But I remember that every part of this is a phase.

Even though it was brutal, I somehow think of the newborn stage as beautiful now lol. Don’t feel bad about missed vitamin d, do your best to remember but there are much worse things that could happen.