Are you experiencing breast pain after breastfeeding or pumping? These tips will help you find breastfeeding pain relief. This can't be normal, I thought to myself. Once again, I found myself curled on my bed in a fetal position, with tears squeezing out of my eyes. The sharp, shooting pains that happened after breastfeeding—even after pumping—came once again. They felt like electric shocks coming and going, for at least 30 minutes after I nursed the twins. So much so that I wanted to quit breastfeeding altogether. This wasn't the first time, either. A few years earlier, I was a … [Read more...]
Newborn Not Sleeping? 9 Tricks to Help Your Baby (Finally!) Sleep
Worried about your newborn not sleeping enough during the day or at night (unless he’s held)? Learn 9 effective tips to try when your baby won’t sleep—a must-read for first-time moms! I thought I knew it all. I scoured parenting books, browsed through websites, attended childcare and CPR classes. Prepared myself for diaper changes and breastfeeding. I even knew I wouldn't know everything, but that didn't stop me from wanting to learn all I could. I was ready to have this baby! Except I wasn't. Not in a way that anyone who has yet to have a child of her own will ever know until the day … [Read more...]
How to Burp a Sleeping Baby
It’s impossible to burp your baby when he’s asleep, right? Wrong! Learn exactly how to burp a sleeping baby using these effective techniques. We all know to burp a baby after feeding, but what do you do if the baby falls asleep? My baby burped easily (and loudly!) when he was awake (in fact, I often fed him after he woke up, not before sleep). But for bedtime and middle-of-the-night feedings, he'd fall straight to sleep, just as I wanted him to. But as you can imagine, getting a burp out of him was often impossible. I knew some babies don't need to get burped all the time, but burping … [Read more...]
What to Do When Your Overtired Baby Keeps Waking Up
What to do when your newborn baby wakes up screaming and won’t stop crying? Learn the steps to take when your overtired baby keeps waking up. I started to dread the nights. As a first-time mom, I could hang with feeling sleep-deprived during the day—this is the time to be awake, after all. But once the skies darkened and signaled bedtime, the pressure was on to put (and keep) my baby to sleep. Except that wasn't exactly happening. Instead, putting him to sleep became an hour-long process where he cried and cried. He fought sleep, despite being barely able to keep his eyes open. Naps … [Read more...]
Top 5 Reasons Your Newborn Wakes Up Screaming
Panicked because your newborn wakes up screaming and crying suddenly from naps and sleep, as if in pain? Learn the top 5 reasons this happens, and what to do about it. Disclosure: This article contains affiliate links, which means I will earn a commission—at no extra cost to you—if you make a purchase. I was used to hearing my newborn's cries after waking up... but screaming? This wasn't your regular whimpers and tears, but a sudden cry that caught me off guard and sent me in a panic. But of course, the minute I picked him up, he immediately calmed down and fell back asleep. It got to the … [Read more...]
How to Get Your Baby to Nap in the Crib
Wondering how to get baby to nap in crib instead of being held, put in the swing, or co sleeping? Discover effective tips to finally get your baby to sleep in the crib! I was desperate. My newborn took long naps... but only in the swing. Any time I tried to put him down in the crib, he'd wake up screaming (or only sleep for a few minutes before waking up). Another favorite way he'd nap was when someone was holding him. So of course I tried holding him as he started to drift to sleep, planning to put him down once he was in a deep sleep. But once again, he'd wake up as soon as his head … [Read more...]
What to Do When Your 3 Month Old Won’t Nap
Your 3 month old won’t nap unless held, or can’t sleep in the crib or for longer than 30 minutes? Don’t worry: here are 6 secrets to get your baby to sleep! Naps had always been a nightmare, but after three months, it seemed to get even worse. Rocking my baby—especially on a yoga ball—would usually take five minutes before he'd get drowsy. But somewhere along the 3 month mark, even that didn't work. Not only would rocking take much longer than five minutes, but rocking seemed to get him even more upset. Of course, the longer he stayed awake, the crankier he got, which only … [Read more...]
How to Survive the First Few Weeks with a Newborn and Toddler
Barely coping with a newborn and toddler? Learn how to survive the first few weeks and adjust to life with two kids. I joke with friends and family that bringing the twins home was hard not so much because I had babies to care for, but a toddler to reckon with. Like most toddlers adjusting to a new sibling, my son's behavior took a turn for the worse. He'd whine, act out, and make unreasonable demands. I found myself yelling, then feel horrible for doing so, especially since I never really yelled at him before. Thankfully, I had a few perks on my side. I enrolled my son in part-time … [Read more...]
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