Who knew nights could be so dark, and so long? New moms know. Those first weeks and months with a newborn introduce you to a time of day that most of us haven’t been awake for since our twenty-something club days. And back then, when we happened to stay up until sunrise? We could sleep…
Life with a newborn is… chaotic, to say the least. Newborn babies somehow sleep all the time, and somehow also not at all. Seriously. Ask any new parent and they’ll back me up. During those rare, golden moments when your baby is actually asleep and you’re able to put them down, you’re faced with a…
Well, if there is one thing that is going to enrage a postpartum, sleep-deprived mother, it’s a man dismissing her pain. And oh boy, do I have rage at the moment. This post is going to be a bit of a rant. It will also include medical stuff and boob stuff, so if that’s not…
I have never had to give one of my babies formula before. My first two were 100% breastfed until 6 months, then continued until over a year after introducing solids. Even my NICU baby—who was in the hospital for 7 weeks—received pumped breast milk. I was up every two hours those first few weeks, using…
