{"id":91630,"date":"2025-03-02T02:02:40","date_gmt":"2025-03-02T02:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/02\/questions-i-find-myself-asking-since-having-a-baby\/"},"modified":"2025-03-02T02:02:40","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T02:02:40","slug":"questions-i-find-myself-asking-since-having-a-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/02\/questions-i-find-myself-asking-since-having-a-baby\/","title":{"rendered":"Questions I Find Myself Asking Since Having a Baby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-330035\">\n<div class=\"entry-content article-body\">\n<div class=\"hero-image hero-image-main hero-image-main3 \">\n<div class=\"one-one-ratio\">\n<div class=\"hero-retio\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pg-1.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-image-hide=\"1\"><a 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sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-article-image=\"1\" data-article-image-position=\"1\" data-article-image-position2=\"1\" data-article-image-continuo=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/2025\/02\/28\/parenting-questions-after-having-a-baby\/pg-2-10\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-330038\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pg-2.jpg\" alt=\"common questions new parents have\" width=\"2048\" height=\"2048\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-330038\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pg-2.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pg-2-483x483.jpg 483w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pg-2-680x680.jpg 680w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pg-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pg-2-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pg-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pg-2-1272x1272.jpg 1272w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pg-2-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-article-image=\"1\" data-article-image-position=\"2\" data-article-image-position2=\"2\" data-article-image-continuo=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/2025\/02\/28\/parenting-questions-after-having-a-baby\/pg-3-9\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-330041\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pg-3.jpg\" alt=\"common questions new parents have\" width=\"2048\" height=\"2048\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-330041\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pg-3.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pg-3-483x483.jpg 483w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pg-3-680x680.jpg 680w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pg-3-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pg-3-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pg-3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pg-3-1272x1272.jpg 1272w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pg-3-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-article-image=\"1\" data-article-image-position=\"3\" data-article-image-position2=\"3\" data-article-image-continuo=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/2025\/02\/28\/parenting-questions-after-having-a-baby\/pg-4-9\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-330042\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pg-4.jpg\" alt=\"common questions new parents have\" width=\"2048\" height=\"2048\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-330042\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pg-4.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pg-4-483x483.jpg 483w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pg-4-680x680.jpg 680w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pg-4-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pg-4-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pg-4-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pg-4-1272x1272.jpg 1272w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pg-4-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-article-image=\"1\" data-article-image-position=\"4\" data-article-image-position2=\"4\" data-article-image-continuo=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/2025\/02\/28\/parenting-questions-after-having-a-baby\/pg-5-9\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-330043\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pg-5.jpg\" alt=\"common questions new parents have\" width=\"2048\" height=\"2048\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-330043\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pg-5.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pg-5-483x483.jpg 483w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pg-5-680x680.jpg 680w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pg-5-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pg-5-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pg-5-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pg-5-1272x1272.jpg 1272w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pg-5-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-article-image=\"1\" data-article-image-position=\"5\" data-article-image-position2=\"5\" data-article-image-continuo=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/2025\/02\/28\/parenting-questions-after-having-a-baby\/pg-6-12\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-330044\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pg-6.jpg\" alt=\"common questions new parents have\" width=\"2048\" height=\"2048\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-330044\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pg-6.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pg-6-483x483.jpg 483w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pg-6-680x680.jpg 680w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pg-6-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pg-6-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pg-6-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pg-6-1272x1272.jpg 1272w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pg-6-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-article-image=\"1\" data-article-image-position=\"6\" data-article-image-position2=\"6\" data-article-image-continuo=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/2025\/02\/28\/parenting-questions-after-having-a-baby\/pg-7-8\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-330045\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pg-7.jpg\" alt=\"common questions new parents have\" width=\"2048\" height=\"2048\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-330045\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pg-7.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pg-7-483x483.jpg 483w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pg-7-680x680.jpg 680w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pg-7-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pg-7-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pg-7-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pg-7-1272x1272.jpg 1272w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pg-7-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ohtruth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ruth Chan<\/a> is an illustrator who lives in Brooklyn with her husband, daughter and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/leroytales\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dog<\/a>. She writes and illustrates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohtruth.com\/books\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">children\u2019s books<\/a>. For Cup of Jo, Ruth has also written about <a href=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/2023\/03\/24\/canceled-flight-traveler-comic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">traveling<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/2022\/03\/17\/on-losing-a-pet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> pets<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/2022\/07\/29\/grief-comic-ruth-chan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">grief<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/2022\/05\/23\/mother-comic-ruth-chan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OCD<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/2024\/06\/07\/pregnant-at-the-park-comic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pregnancy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/2023\/02\/17\/a-love-letter-to-bts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">her favorite band<\/a>. And here\u2019s her <a href=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/2021\/03\/09\/ruth-chan-illustrator-beauty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">beauty uniform<\/a>!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>P.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/2019\/01\/14\/reader-parenting-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">11 beautiful reader comments on parenting<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/2017\/11\/20\/best-motherhood-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the best thing my mom did as a parent<\/a>. <\/p>\n<section class=\"article-meta aside-meta\">\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/2025\/02\/28\/parenting-questions-after-having-a-baby\/#comments\"><\/p>\n<p><span>64<\/span> COMMENTS<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/2025\/02\/28\/parenting-questions-after-having-a-baby\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ruth Chan is an illustrator who lives in Brooklyn with her husband, daughter and dog. She writes and illustrates children\u2019s books. 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