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Simplifying Early Parenthood: How to Automate Your Life Before Baby Comes
Navigating the demands of new parenthood can feel overwhelming, but it doesn't have to be. In this post, I share practical strategies for automating routine tasks, delegating responsibilities, and setting up efficient systems to help you manage your time as a new parent. Discover how a few simple changes can create more space for calm and confidence in your postpartum journey.
Nesting for Baby: Essential Stations for a Smoother Newborn Experience
Discover how to prepare your home for a new baby with practical tips on setting up essential stations for diapering, feeding, and sleep. This post focuses on creating a functional and minimalist baby care setup that reduces chaos and helps you feel more in control during those early newborn days. Learn how thoughtful organization can make all the difference, turning your space into a supportive environment for you and your baby.
Bare Minimum Baby Gear: Postpartum Essentials for New Parents
Preparing for a baby can feel overwhelming with so many products marketed as "must-haves." In this post, I break down the essential baby gear every new parent needs, while helping you avoid overhyped items that aren't worth the cost, space, or stress. Learn how to keep things simple, practical, and budget-friendly so you can focus on what truly matters—bonding with your baby.
6 Meal Planning Strategies: How to Prep Food for Postpartum
Discover six simple and effective meal prepping strategies to keep you fueled and stress-free during the postpartum period. Whether you’re planning freezer meals, organizing a meal train, or opting for meal kits, these tips will help ensure you have easy, nutritious options on hand, so you can focus on bonding with your baby.
Why Protecting your Happy Habits is Key to Creating Positive Postpartum Routines
Navigating the postpartum period can feel overwhelming, but maintaining familiar, comforting routines—your "happy habits"—can make a world of difference. In this post, we explore how these simple habits help new parents stay grounded and reduce stress during the early days with a newborn. Learn how to evaluate and preserve your routines, adapt them to your new life, and create a sense of stability that benefits both you and your growing family.
Envisioning your Perfect Postpartum: Planning for Success
In this blog, we explore the power of envisioning your ideal postpartum scenario to create a positive and fulfilling recovery experience. From planning physical recovery and emotional support to adapting your vision when reality shifts, this guide offers practical steps to help you dream big and prepare for a smoother postpartum period. Learn how visualizing your best-case scenario can shape your experience and provide the flexibility you need to thrive as a new parent.
Must-Haves and Deal-Breakers: Setting Your Birth and Postpartum Priorities
Identify and assert your absolute must-haves and boundaries for labor, delivery, and early parenting. Knowing and communicating your non-negotiables can enhance your sense of control and satisfaction, reducing stress during critical moments.
Prepare for Postpartum: Setting Realistic Expectations for the Early Weeks
Understand the common myths and realities of childbirth and the early postpartum period is hugely valuable. Adjusting your expectations can lead to a more satisfying and less stressful experience, helping you to better manage the transition into parenthood.
5 Inspiring Reasons to Get a Virtual Doula
Feeling overwhelmed as a new parent? Virtual postpartum doula care offers expert guidance, emotional support, and practical help—all from the comfort of your home. In this post, I explore five key ways a virtual doula can transform your postpartum experience, from newborn care on call to flexible, compassionate support whenever you need it. Whether you're navigating sleepless nights or just need reassurance, discover how virtual doula care can make your fourth trimester smoother and more joyful.
How I work to get what I want (and you can too!)
My husband and I laugh it off and call it "civilizing our children", but it has very neatly also emphasized all the times we expect the other person to do things to help us, to meet our needs, even though we've never explicitly asked for the help, or even verbalized the need yet.
How to Prepare for Postpartum: A Comprehensive Guide for Pregnant families
In this blog, I share how to prepare for postpartum by focusing on four key areas that, from my experience as a postpartum doula and a new parent, make the most significant difference in your postpartum experience. It goes beyond simple checklists to embrace a holistic approach that truly prepares you for the reality of life with a new baby.
Discover the four key areas of preparation—from emotional readiness and home organization to newborn care and building a support network. Get ready to navigate the postpartum period with ease, ensuring a smooth transition into parenthood.
Quick-start Guide to Fussy Babies
Some fussing in babies is considered “normal” but how can you tell when it’s time to get checked out by a doctor? Here are some things to look out for, and some soothing strategies to try in the meantime.
Case Study: Lauren and Postpartum Anxiety
She didn't know there were postpartum doulas until after she had her first baby, and when she realized she was going to be having her second baby in the middle of a pandemic, she was excited to discover that virtual postpartum doula care was an option because she was determined to have a better, more supported postpartum experience with her second baby.
Postpartum Planning: How not to Hate your Fourth Trimester
Especially if you feel worried that you will hate the newborn stage because of the sleep deprivation, how much your newborn will need you, or because of the way your body will change, take some time prenatally to prepare your mind, your body, and your home base. And definitely don't buy into the idea that you'll just have to wait and see what kind of baby you have. Every step you take to prepare to meet your baby sets you up for a more easygoing and restful postpartum period.
What to Expect from your Hospital’s Birth and Postpartum Care
Yes, I could call my midwife and my baby’s pediatrician if something was medically wrong, and yes, we had the massive privilege of being able to fly my mom out to stay with us for six weeks. And yeah, the Internet is full of all kinds of new mom encouragement, tips, tricks, and baby advice, but that was really not what I needed.What I really needed was a postpartum doula to check in with me, show me the way, ease my fears and worries, and cheer me on, but I didn’t even know there was such a thing as a postpartum doula, and I didn’t realize what other options I had.
4 Practical Ways your Virtual Doula Can Help You
A virtual doula might not be able to come over and feed the baby while you go and have a shower, but maybe that's not even what you want or need. Instead, it might be more useful for you and your family to connect with your doula every day for those first few weeks, even if it's just to touch base, see how the night went, and make a quick plan for the next day's feedings. And all of that can be done with a video chat, voice messages, or texts.
What is a Postpartum Doula and How Can We Help You?
When I was pregnant with my first baby, I read all the things, even the benefits of hiring a birth doula, but I had no idea there was even such a thing as a postpartum doula!
And so, I’m here to make sure you have all the information you need to make the best decision for your family, especially whether or not you want to invite a postpartum doula to come alongside you in the early weeks with your baby.
Essential Support for New Parents: What a Postpartum Doula CAN and CAN’T Do
The earliest months of parenthood are a journey into the unknown. Whether you have a fussy or easily soothed baby, a peaceful or challenging birth and recovery experience, or other uncertainties, knowing the benefits of hiring a postpartum doula can transform this journey. A postpartum doula acts as an experienced guide, providing emotional, physical, and informational support tailored to your needs. Discover how a doula can help you transition into parenthood with confidence and peace of mind.
Why Virtual Doula Support is Good for your Mental Health and Wellness
And in the night, there's so often nothing we can do. The baby is struggling because they must be teething, or running a fever, or it’s because they had terrible naps all day, or ... maybe because the moon is full? It feels like there's no one to turn to, and nowhere to run.
What to Try Before You Hire a Sleep Coach
So you don't really want to sleep train but you do need something to change so everyone can be better rested? Here are three things you can start doing today to set a solid foundation for more rest for your tiny baby.