--- title: "Things Only New Parents Can Appreciate ..." description: "Now What?; Checking That Baby is Still Breathing; Feeling Yourself Constantly to See Which Side is Next?; Carefully... Carefully...; Oh No... Oh No!; More ..." url: "https://parenting.allwomenstalk.com/things-only-new-parents-can-appreciate/" category: "parenting" last_updated: "2026-06-02" --- # Things Only New Parents Can Appreciate ... If you're about to become a brand-new parent, or even if you're already a seasoned parent of a toddler, I'll bet you can relate to some of these sweet comics, all about your baby's first few days, months, and years. ## 1. Now What? ![Asha for Education, black and white, line art, font, line,](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/bj/c2/lb98i29q57f593d4275a1697778887_600x308.jpg) Are they actually letting me just leave with this brand-new, tiny, helpless baby? I have NO IDEA what I'm doing! ## 2. Checking That Baby is Still Breathing ![USEP, font, line art, line, shape,](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/v0/w5/y2v786ng57f3e171e2e83287500990_520x361.jpg) They're so quiet when they're sleeping, so you creep into the nursery, and watch to see their tiny chests rise and fall. ## 3. Feeling Yourself Constantly to See Which Side is Next? ![Spelling rule, Amicca, text, font, line art,](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/u4/jm/kvgl3omb57f3e188572ee480087603_485x343.jpg) Ah, I remember this: the constant squeeze to see which side the baby should nurse on next. ## 4. Carefully... Carefully... ![Ministry of Social Development and Fight against Hunger, line art, cartoon, font, line,](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/c2/ea/jtwqnryc57f593e502fde462092081_600x323.jpg) It's amazing how even the parent with the heaviest lead foot drives so slowly when their new baby is in the car... ## 5. Oh No... Oh No! ![Little Caliphs, Melissa, line art, cartoon, font,](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/q4/uo/zp2cbp1557f593f864ecb529500823_600x382.jpg) This is so frightening! The soreness, the stitches... this is going to hurt! And then it's not as bad as you thought it would be. ## 6. Falling Asleep in the Shower ![Melissa, line art, cartoon, line, font,](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/xy/pb/mavagfcc57f3e19b08484437942228_486x367.jpg) This is why you shouldn't take baths -- you could totally drown if you doze off in the tub! ## 7. Skipping Happy Hour to Go Spend Time with Baby ![El Sol Santa Ana Science And Arts Charter Academy, WooCommerce, cartoon, font, line,](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/u8/sd/hrs3xaqk57f3e1aea5f71216581562_536x392.jpg) Drinks are great and all, but you know what's even better? Snugging with baby and huffing his new-baby smell. ## 8. Keeping Track of EVERYTHING ![Unix, BirdLife International, cartoon, line art, font,](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/ul/iu/zcwgxazh57f5940789429834620917_600x402.jpg) This mommy and daddy keep a hand-written list, but of course there are apps for that now. ## 9. I'm Doing It WRONG ![Asha for Education, font, line art, line, 21.,](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/gr/jh/ips1udoi57f594149f7d9406270651_600x436.jpg) Parenting is no place for self-doubt! You're keeping that sweet baby alive, fed, and clothed -- then you're doing it right. No worries. ## 10. Watching Baby Sleep I could have watched my baby sleep for hours. And sometimes, I did. Well, half hours. But still. ## 11. Play Dates ![Baby Food, Hoppala Neu Ulm, font, line, line art,](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/dl/if/r2or3bf957f594350f27f587344009_600x327.jpg) It's always so much fun to meet the parents of your toddler's preschool friends. Even if you have nothing else in common, your kids are your bond. ## 12. Don't Disturb Baby! ![Spelling rule, Kindergarten, line art, font, line,](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/m1/zg/amym8d4457f3e1c6ac772110569563_531x299.jpg) That moment when the baby is finally asleep... and now you're trapped on the couch forever. ## 13. Capturing Every Moment ![Dietitian, Idea, cartoon, line art, font,](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/ib/jt/a8ydlssi57f3e1d9e1911663678187_556x382.jpg) You know you're a little out of control when you've filled an entire 16gb memory card and baby's only a few days old. ## 14. Baby's First Real Smile ![Snoopy, font, line art, line, shape,](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/vf/y4/rk6bb9bv57f3e1f1290e1360193242_469x390.jpg) This time, you know it's not gas or just a reflex, because he giggled when he smiled. Oh my gosh. ## 15. This Moment ![Baby Food, font, line art, line, illustration,](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/jd/iw/jycrrb0x57f3e203727fc770884234_521x402.jpg) You know your sweet baby might grow into a surly teenager who's actually allergic to you and thinks you're an idiot, right? ## 16. Date Night? ![Asha for Education, black and white, font, line, line art,](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/rm/yf/q5530p2f57f5948676278731138933_600x367.jpg) You finally get a night to yourselves... and you spend it talking about the baby in great detail. ## 17. Maybe It's Time for Another One? ![Guaranteed Rate, Electronics, Ministry of Social Development and Fight against Hunger, cartoon, font,](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/gl/sb/yy9z0zh557f3e2164e9ce272712377_549x303.jpg) You've got this new-baby thing down, so maybe it's time for... another one? Which ones of these do you remember? 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