Thoughts, reads,
and the real stuff.
Book reviews, postpartum tips, and an honest account of what it's actually like to be a brand new doula. Welcome.
No Judgment Zone: Pain Management, Feeding Method, and Other Choices People Love to Question
“How was the birth???” <long pause> Pain Management A lot of People think they’re entitled to an opinion on how your family...
I Swear, He’s Manipulating Me
Everyone’s heard it. Everyone, at some point, has probably thought it. After the fifteenth time you lower him – ever so carefully...
< A Little While Later >
When my sister came home, I had been prepared by the Little Critter books. The New Baby was the book on the...
The Water Bottle
Somebody will hand you the giant water bottle. It happens at some point while you’re sitting on the couch with a baby...
Starting Solids
Somebody’s mother-in-law has Opinions about purees, the kind delivered as a story about how she did it in 1987 and everyone survived,...
Why Your Baby Won’t Sleep
Your baby has spent their entire existence in a space that was warm and dark and moved with you, fluid pressing in...
How are you holding up? (A belated Father’s Day post)
Everyone who visits a new baby has the same script. How’s mama doing, is she sleeping, does she need anything, can I...
How To Visit A Baby
If you ask a new parent what they need, you’ll get “nothing, we’re fine” or a long pause. New parents don’t even...
The Tracking Apps
There was a period of time with a new baby where I could not have told you with any confidence whether I...