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Those first babbles, the first glowing smile -- everyone expects the sweetness of life with a new baby. But staying home with a newborn is a startling adjustment, says Whitney Moss -- especially the first, sleep-deprived time around.
"It's really lonely," says Moss, dandling daughter Scarlett on one hip as she orders a frothy mocha at a Berkeley, Calif., coffeehouse. "You expected joy, but you're essentially by yourself, except for the occasional coos."
Three years ago, Moss and best friend Heather Gibbs Flett were both new moms wrestling with the same housebound angst that faces most first-time mothers -- by the time the stroller is prepped, diaper bag packed and baby's bundled up to leave the house, she's too exhausted to move. Or it's almost naptime. Or feeding time.
So, they challenged each other to come up with a list of activities to get themselves out of the house in those early days -- a walk, an errand, or a jaunt to Caffe Trieste to reconnect with a friend.
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