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Home » Postpartum » Sleep & Survival

A tired mother with glasses cradles a sleeping baby on a sofa, covering her mouth as she struggles to stay awake.

Sleep & Survival7

The newborn haze is real. Here’s how to get through the sleep deprivation, the nonstop crying (theirs, and maybe yours too), and the blur of the first few months.

7 Ways to Survive Life With a Newborn and No Family Support A mother holding a sleeping newborn baby wrapped in a white floral swaddle near a bright window.Sleep & Survival

7 Ways to Survive Life With a Newborn and No Family Support

It was never my plan to have a baby while living hundreds of miles from…
Caitlin BrownJune 21, 2020
Safe Sleep for Babies: Good, Better, Best A person rests a hand on a sleeping baby lying on their back in a crib.Sleep & Survival

Safe Sleep for Babies: Good, Better, Best

Pediatricians make all sorts of recommendations that a lot of us parents end up ignoring.…
Amber KroekerOctober 24, 2019
Best Safe Sleep Options A baby sleeping on their back in a wooden crib with a firm, flat mattress and no loose bedding.Sleep & Survival

Best Safe Sleep Options

Post contains affiliate links. See our disclosure. By Kate Barr | Behavioral science expert, founder…
Kate Compton BarrApril 16, 2019
Tips From a Doula – How to Survive Postpartum Close-up of a sleeping newborn baby swaddled in a white blanket and being cradled in a person's hands.PostpartumSleep & Survival

Tips From a Doula – How to Survive Postpartum

What is Postpartum? In simple terms, postpartum is the period following birth. In our current…
Alexis EdwardsSeptember 12, 2017
The 5 Types of New Mom Fatigue Animated blue birds pull Cinderella's hair to wake her up. Text reads, WAKE UP BITCH.Sleep & Survival

The 5 Types of New Mom Fatigue

Growing a human person from scratch and then raising them is wonderfully rewarding, but it’s…
Jackie SemmensAugust 22, 2017
5 Pieces of New Mom Advice I Actually Used An adult places an orange pacifier into the mouth of a newborn baby lying on a white bed.Newborn Care (0-3 months)Sleep & Survival

5 Pieces of New Mom Advice I Actually Used

When I brought my first newborn home, I assumed there must have been a wild…
Heather DixonJuly 8, 2016
Motherhood, One Week In A newborn baby's feet with a white hospital identification band around one ankle.PostpartumParentingSleep & Survival

Motherhood, One Week In

From the moment you pee on a stick producing two blue lines, your life as…
Shannon DayMarch 10, 2015

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