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Don't have your plans set in stone. You may want your baby to sleep in the crib, take long naps, and be EBF. In reality, something may happen that would prevent you from being able to EBF, and you baby may not want to sleep anywhere but with you. Just remember that there is not just one right way to raise a child.

Count your blessings. When I was up all night with a daughter who didn't want to be held by anyone but me and who wouldn't sleep anywhere but with me, I just kept reminding myself how lucky I really was because I knew that there were many others out there who would have done anything to be in that very same position. It helped me to keep my sanity, because in reality I had what I had dreamed of and no matter how difficult it is at any particular moment, stages come and go and I knew it wouldn't last forever.