I saw a comedian one time that made a joke about dad’s. He said, “One minute I wasn’t a dad and then literally the next minute someone handed me a baby and said congratulations dad. My wife had 9 months to build up to it, her body felt different, her hormones and emotions were changing….
Sleep can feel like a giant puzzle and when you finally put all of the pieces together you get a well rested baby right? There are lots of pieces in the sleep puzzle. Feeding, activity, nap length, wake windows. In my opinion two of the most important pieces to the puzzle are deciphering whether your…
When life gets underway with a newborn you realize pretty quickly that most of your day is made up of feeding, spitting, diapers, sleep, trying to get them to go to sleep, wondering if they’ll wake up and more diapers. In those first six weeks, you’re navigating sleepless nights, diaper changes, and learning your baby’s…
You’ve done it! All of the waiting and planning and dreaming and name veto-ing is over and you are now home with your newborn. Now what?? Here’s a few tips and ideas from one mother to another that can be your go to newborn survival guide.
I remember that feeling. As a mom of 4 I’ve brought a newborn home, well, 4 times. Each time there is a mixed bag of emotions. Overwhelmed and exhausted are probably the top 2 that I experienced the most vividly. I distinctly remember walking out of the hospital with my first daughter and looking at my husband saying “I can’t believe they’re just letting us take this baby home! We have no idea what we’re doing, how are we going to survive this newborn!”
When you bring home a newborn the first question people ask is “are you getting any sleep?” and the answer is probably “what do you think?” as you stare at them with bags under your eyes. It’s the newborn phase they said, it’ll pass they said. Well now your baby is 6 months, 8 months,…
Your newborn is growing really fast and by about 10 weeks your baby has already changed so much! Around 2 months old you may be ready to create a schedule for your baby and start working on a bedtime routine.
You have been carrying this little person around with you for 9 months but now they’re out and a totally separate person! Where should my newborn sleep? What should my newborn wear? Why is my newborn crying? How often should my newborn eat?
So many questions hit hard and fast for new parents and this little person that just added a plus one. Sleeping and eating are probably the top two topics of concern for new parents. As a new and very overwhelmed mom, I just wanted someone to help me make some of these decisions.
Naps are in constant flux, depending on your little one’s age, developmental leaps, sleep environment, and day-to-day. However, that doesn’t mean they can’t sleep well. When my kids were little dropping a nap was always kind of bittersweet. Sometimes fewer naps meant more freedom during the day to go out and about. Sometimes it just meant I was entertaining them for more hours during the day.