New mom shares list of 'icks' and other new parents are nodding hard in agreement

1 [New mom shares list of 'icks' and other new parents are nodding hard in agreement]( Becoming a [new mom is hard](. You've got this tiny human depending on you for its survival all while you're healing from bringing them into the world. But the piece that can get to be overwhelming is fielding visitors and their well intentioned unsolicited advice. You're already feeling a bit underprepared for the undertaking but you've done your research, spoke to professionals and have been in every mom group imaginable. So if you know nothing else, you know what rules you have around others spending time with your new bundle of joy. Here's the thing though, not everyone respects those rules or your [new position as a mom]( which means you're constantly defending your boundaries. One [new mom, Tay]( shared a series of photos through video on TikTok that displayed, "icks" she has as a new mom. [Read the story]( 2 [Dad captures the hard truth of joint custody after dropping daughter off with mom in poignant video]( When you are a parent who is divorced or separated, the hardest part is co-parenting. Yes, you miss having a happy marriage, but at the same time, you also miss spending time with your kids. Whether they spend the weekends with you or your co-parent, amidst all the moving, you are reminded constantly of the precious time and memories you miss with your kids. TikTok user, Angel Gutierrez—who goes by the username [@ainjole]( on the platform—shared how he feels after he drops his daughter off with her mom (and his co-parent) in a touching [video](. [Read the story]( Did a friend forward this to you? [Subscribe here]( 3 [Young boy's wows his parents with an impressive 'financial plan' to invest in his future]( It’s uncanny how some [kids]( really don’t seem like kids at all. Instead, they think, speak and behave like adults (just, you know, child-sized adults). There’s an inherent [savviness]( to these old souls that makes them not only aware of what they want out of life, but able to create concrete steps towards that goal…both skills that don’t reach many of us until well into adulthood. Take for instance [Neil Lims]( a 10-year-old who is so determined to go to Morris College that he spent an entire Friday evening coming up with an impressive financial plan to save money for[tuition](. [Read the story]( 4 [Correctional officer becomes caregiver for inmate's newborn baby after she couldn't find anyone]( Having a baby can be stressful under normal circumstances, but having to [prepare for a baby]( while incarcerated has to feel nearly impossible. For an inmate in Louisiana who was pregnant and in prison for a minor crime with a short sentence, options were nonexistent. Katie Bourgeois, who is currently serving time at Louisiana Transitional Center for Women in Tallulah, Louisiana, found herself desperate for help as her due date quickly approached in May. She is due to be released in July. The new mom didn't have any family to take her new baby, and she worried that if she didn't find a caregiver, the infant would go into [foster care](. That's when Roberta Bell, a correctional officer at the facility, helped to ease her worries. [Read the story]( 5 [Men's salons are changing the stigma around toupees one amazing transformation at a time]( Toupees are often used as the punchline to a joke in most media, shown as a desperately kept [secret]( that will inevitably become exposed after a gust of wind, thus conveying just how pathetic the wearer is. Cue [laughter](. However, take a look at any of the thousand of incredible transformations on TikTok, and you’ll see that hairpieces have made a comeback. [Men]( of all ages and ethnicities nervously approach the barber’s chair, allow glue to be painted onto their freshly shaved head, and have a patch of perfectly matching hair placed on so well you’d never know it was fake. The result is not only five, 10, even 20 years taken off the clock, but a newfound confidence that radiates off the screen. Indeed, these men are transformed. [Read the story]( Find us on the World Wide Web: [Facebook]( [Instagram]( [Twitter]( [Website]( [LinkedIn]( Copyright © 2023 GOOD | Upworthy, All rights reserved. 1370 N St Andrews Pl, Los Angeles, CA 90028 You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](.