As mothers - especially when we are first-timers - and we want to do what is best for the baby, we simply have to go with our instincts. I say this as someone who started motherhood having read a lot about it, but to whom time has taught precisely that.
There are tons of tips on feeding babies and another ton on how to help them sleep better, as well as various theories about why they wake up so many times during the night, to which there is no more explanation than to say that it is an evolutionary process. and the only remedy is patience.
What is the need to clean, give vaccinations or measure the baby right after birth? There will be time for these routine practices if the delivery has been without complications, because of course the first hour of life is sacred for the baby and the mother. Nothing is more important than that moment of early skin-to-skin contact between the two.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
