every baby cries more in the first three months, it peaks at six to eight weeks, and it clusters in the evening. what the word colic actually describes, the six things that help, the one sentence in the whole post that matters most, and the red flags that mean it is not the curve.
Tag Archives: newborn
I Did Nails For Twelve Years And I Have A Newborn. You Cannot Cut A Newborn’s Nails.
a newborn’s nail has no free edge for a clipper to sit under, which is the actual reason the first attempt draws blood. the file that works, the timing that makes it easy, the infection that follows biting them off, and why the scratching is a sleeve problem.
I Had A Baby This Year. The Registry Is Written For A Summer Baby.
the bodysuits are short-sleeved and the going-home outfit assumes june. the four categories that change for a winter birth, the car seat cover style that is the wrong answer, and the short list i would take straight off.
I Own A Cleaning Company And I Had A Baby This Year. The Nursery Is Not Where The Baby Will Sleep.
room sharing for the first six months means your bedroom is the room that has to be ready, and it is the only room with no registry. the one thing you cannot add afterward, the arm’s-reach rule, and whose nightstand it actually is.
I Have A Newborn Right Now. The Four-Month Sleep Regression Is Not A Regression.
nothing went backward. at three to four months the brain reorganizes into adult sleep stages, and it does not revert. what that actually changes at 1am, what is behind you now, and the one wake you can delete.
I Clean Houses For A Living And I Have A Newborn. Fabric Softener Does Not Belong On Baby Pajamas.
children’s sleepwear is either flame resistant or snug-fitting — that is a federal rule, and the label tells you which one you bought. what fabric softener does to each, how strong the evidence actually is, and what to do about winter static instead.
I Have A Newborn Right Now. You Cannot Move A Newborn’s Bedtime. They Don’t Have One.
the clocks go back november 1st, and the fifteen-minutes-a-day advice is aimed at a system a newborn has not built yet. what the time change actually changes, which is light and not time, and the 4am feeding risk nobody puts in the time-change posts.
I Clean Houses For A Living And I Have A Newborn. Your Baby Doesn’t Have A Cold. Your Furnace Just Turned On.
a newborn who sounds congested very often has no mucus in their nose at all. two things happen the week the heat goes on, and they stack — plus the signs that mean it is not the air.
I Own A Cleaning Company And I Had A Baby This Year. Nobody Preps The Laundry.
Everything else about a newborn is roughly constant. The laundry is the part that multiplies on day one, and it is the only job on the whole list you can set up completely in advance.
I Have A Newborn Right Now. You Cannot Tell If A Baby Is Cold By Touching Their Hands.
their hands run cool because a newborn’s circulation protects the middle first, not because your house is cold. the two places to check instead, the one color change that is not the same thing, and where the extra bulk is actually allowed to go.
