Not least because, while her sleeping situation was better eight months in than when she first brought Elliot home, she no longer had all that brand-new-mom adrenaline that kept the exhaustion from truly sinking in.
“Sometimes we’ll get a good night, sometimes we won’t,” she said. “When we get a good night and then don’t, I’m like, I forget how to function.”
And on the Dec. 12 episode of her podcast, having taken Elliot on a plane ride to Florida (“great”) and back (“not so great”) for a destination wedding, Hailie shared another one of her ripped-from-experience lessons.
“Traveling with kids,” she noted, “if you get stressed that there’s a baby crying, the mom is a million times more stressed than you. So, please don’t react out loud.”
Overall, Hailie reflected, “It’s been eight months of a lot of ups and downs, and learning and fun. And just a new life, and a new appreciation for things.”
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