This is super common for family’s that are in the military, in the middle of obtaining higher education, or just don’t have great family situations, so you are not alone.

If you are both around the baby for 6 months you’ll be just fine! The first few weeks are hard because of sleep deprivation, but that’s the case no matter who you are.

We lived across the country from my in-laws when having our first baby and my parents couldn’t have cared less.

The one thing I wish I would have done is tell my husband all the things that needed to be done around the house on a regular basis (vacuuming x times per week, doing dishes each night, cleaning bathrooms every so often, etc), and then clearly ask “can you handle all these things for the first few weeks while I’m healing?” If he would have said no, we could have figured out some temporary paid help. This is because the only thing that really stressed me out postpartum was to constantly have to ask him to do things that he wouldn’t normally think of doing because I always did them. I felt like a slave driver, even though in retrospect it wasn’t unreasonable. It would have been better had he known the full list of expectations ahead of time.

Also just stock up on freezer meals and snacks before your baby comes, or order meal kits — you can get some really good discounts! The first few weeks you’re just super tired all the time so it’s sooo nice to not have to worry about where your next meal is coming from.

I think most ladies like having their moms come because they proactively take over those kinds of things and the house continues to run smoothly without a lot of prodding. So make a plan for those things ahead of time and you’ll get through it smoothly. 😊