...I have the following recs:
breastfeed your baby: nothing beats it for nutrition, weight loss for the mama, and snuggle time!
make your own baby food (few things give me as much satisfaction as a mom and fill me with warm fuzzy feelings that I'm giving my child the best possible start in life)
take lots of walks
don't stress too much about anything...it'll change in two weeks and you'll have a whole new set of problems
give an exorbitant amount of kisses (which, as my Mom says, are all on loan!)
take care of yourself: your baby needs a mother more than anything else
extreme sleep deprivation notwithstanding, enjoy every moment when they are small because they really do grow so fast and they'll never be small again
try your darndest not to get mad and take out your stress on your hubby those first few weeks after giving birth...it is SUCH a sweet time for the two of you (of course, in the subsequent months, it's allowed...jk!)
let your baby sleep on your chest and snuggle every chance you get...it's here and gone and all you have is warm fuzzy memories
don't try too hard to figure out the next phase of nap schedules or how you are going to wean, etc; do what planning you can but know that it will just happen when the timing's right
ask your mommie girlfriends what they did, and adapt it for your family...why reinvent the wheel? and believe me, other mommies are happy to share all that they've learned!
And I'm happy to share too. If you are a new mom, I can find the answer if I don't know it myself. I've learned so much this past year, and being a mommy is by far my funnest job yet!
