The newborn months
Feeding, sleep and growth for the first three months, when everything is new and nights are short. Written to be read one-handed, at 3am.
Tools
- Feeding calculatorHow much and how often by age and weight, for breast milk, formula or both.
- Baby sleep schedule by ageToday's wake windows, naps and bedtime for your baby's age, and what changes next.
- Baby milestones checkerThe CDC's milestone checklists from 2 months to 2 years: tick what your child does, and know when to ask.
- Pumping planA pumping schedule for your goal and your hours away, with a freezer-stash target.
- Breast milk storage calculatorWhen to use pumped milk by: counter, fridge, freezer or thawed, with a printable fridge chart.
- Baby percentile calculatorWeight, length and head percentiles on the WHO growth charts US pediatricians use.
Guides
- Safe sleep, the AAP way Every American Academy of Pediatrics safe-sleep rule in plain words: back, alone, firm and flat, no bed-sharing. Plus the federal rules on sleepers and bumpers.
- Exclusive pumping and power pumping schedules How often to pump when you exclusively pump, early and later, with output targets, nights, cutting back, power pumping, flange fit and mastitis signs.
- Low milk supply: what helps and what's myth How to tell if your milk supply is really low, what raises it (more milk removal, latch help), why herbs and cookies are weak, and when to call the pediatrician.
- Postpartum recovery: what's normal, and when to call For whoever gave birth: bleeding, pain and cesarean healing in the first 6 weeks, the urgent warning signs, baby blues versus depression, and who to call.
- Baby blues, night sweats and hair loss: the hormone crash What the hormone drop after birth does in the first days, weeks and months: baby blues, night sweats, hair loss, dryness, and the signs it's more than hormones.
- Postpartum depression, anxiety and rage: signs and help The signs of postpartum depression, anxiety, rage, OCD and psychosis, how screening works, what treatment looks like, and where to get help today, for any parent.
- Visitors after the baby: boundaries with family Health rules for visitors, words to use when setting limits, how to handle unwanted advice and difficult relatives, and where to get help if home isn't safe.
- How to take care of her after birth: a partner's guide For partners: what recovery from birth involves, a day-by-day list of what to take on, how to support feeding, what to say, and the warning signs to act on.
- New grandparents: how to help (and what's changed since your day) For grandparents: why your first job is the new parents, the help they usually need, how to offer it, and what's changed in baby care since you raised yours.
- Postpartum self-care: how to look after yourself after birth Practical self-care for the year after birth: sleep, food, movement, your pelvic floor, your own checkups, asking for help, and the signs it's time to call.
Coming next
We add new guides every week. Here's the plan. Each one is fact-checked before it goes up.
Week of Nov 23
- Colic and the Period of PURPLE Crying
Week of Nov 30
- Fever in babies: when to call, when to go
- Newborn jaundice
- Tongue tie
- Spit-up and reflux
Week of Dec 14
- C-section recovery
- A NICU stay: what to expect
- Pelvic floor recovery after birth
- Exercise after a baby
Week of Dec 21
- When feeding doesn't go to plan
- Sleep for two exhausted parents
- Your relationship after a baby
- After a hard or traumatic birth
Week of Dec 28
- Cradle cap and baby acne
- Tummy time, week by week