Newborns

If you're reading this, you probably just had a baby and we want to wish you a huge congratulations!! Welcome to the wonderful and amazing world of motherhood.

And...wow, a newborn. You now have a new life that is completely dependent upon you for food, sleep, health, happiness, and well, everything. It can be completely overwhelming. Throw hormones and lack of sleep on top of it all, and you have a recipe for some serious stress.

Now, this is not to take away from the amazing, wonderful, euphoric experience that this is too. It's absolutely incredible and there is a lot to learn really quickly.

And no matter how many times someone has told you about huge this transition is, you cannot understand it until you go through it. So before you call your close relatives and yell at them for not telling you about this, remember that they probably tried. But, it's near impossible to tell anyone what to expect.

If you're having an experience like most of us had, you may find yourself asking questions like, "Am I normal to feel this way?", "Will I ever feel like myself again?", "What if I mess this up?" A whole slew of questions and concerns that not everyone talks about.

Well, that's why we're here. There has to be a Better Way, and we're here to tell you what we've found that can help make it a little bit easier.

Featured Articles:

HonestBaby's Kicking The Pacifier Habit
Sometimes the pacifier habit will phase out on its own. But sometimes your kid is entering Kindergarten and people are giving you looks (no judgments here)...

Top 10 Things You Do Now That Melt My Heart
Attachment to my leg no matter where I am standing...

Top 10 Things I Learned About Baby/Toddler Sleep Training
I want my money back for every soother, night-time CD and comfort blanket I bought in the last year. I fell for all of you...

Top 10 Dirty Little Secrets Mothers Don't Mention
You secretly compare your kid to others and your body to every other mother's at the playground...

Top 10 Things Never To Say To A New Mom
"Who is the father?"

Top 10 Differences A Year Makes
Babies sleep. Forget the five-hour definition of sleeping through the night...the majority now sleep 11-12 hours STRAIGHT.

Lonely Newborn
I love being a mom, more than anything I’ve ever done in my life...AND this newborn phase is really hard.

Top 10 Things Those Who Aren't Parents Should Never Tell Parents
"I was bored all weekend."

Quick Tips for Your Newborn
This will help the baby stay awake during the feeding so they eat everything they need, and then they sleep longer too!...

We've All Thrown A Stone or Two
Before I had kids, I would inevitably get stuck in a seat right in front of a little angel who played with his tray table and kicked the back of my chair for the entire flight...

Storing Breast Milk
I was beyond frustrated to find out that this information was not to be found. I mean zero, nada, nothing, no where...

Honestbaby Top 10 Tips For Breastfeeding
...it can be very overwhelming. Here are some tips from Jill to point you in the right direction...

Talking About What's Hard Isn't Easy
The weight doesn’t seem to be coming off, largely because I’m eating my way through this depression I’m experiencing...

Blackmail Parenting
And so it went. The counting, the swapping, the bargaining. Trading tasks like commodities for sleep instead of money...