Posted on: August 16, 2019 | Postpartum
My newly postpartum body is soft. Its skin moves in ways that it never did before. It feels different and it looks like it’s been “used.” It has legs that are unshaven, hair that is unkempt and eyes that feature dark circles around them. It leaks fluid from various locations …
Posted on: August 11, 2019 | Breastfeeding, Postpartum
When it comes to hiring help after having a baby, overnight care is the best gift you can give yourself! It’s 9:00pm and you are absolutely exhausted. Your 2 week old baby is finally asleep in your arms after spending 2.5 hours crying, fussing, farting and feeding. You’re not quite …
Posted on: July 10, 2019 | Parenting Philosophy, Postpartum
Are you partner parenting or are you feeling like you’re in it alone? Do you find yourself complaining that apparently you are the only one who can hear the baby crying? That you seem to be the only one capable of changing a diaper? That packing the diaper bag is …
Posted on: April 11, 2019 | Postpartum
A crying baby is a tremendous challenge and anyone who has experienced this knows it to be true. The crying starts and you shift the baby from one position to another. The crying continues. If you are sitting, you stand. If you are standing, you walk. But the crying continues. …
Posted on: March 21, 2019 | Parenting Philosophy, Postpartum, Pregnancy
Wow, that postpartum period and that newborn sure can throw you for a loop… You’re so in love with your baby that you’ve neglected yourself… You know the old saying, you’ve got to put your own oxygen mask on before helping others, right? Have you been doing that? I know, …
Posted on: March 13, 2019 | Babies, Parenting Philosophy, Postpartum
The overstimulated baby is the baby that gets passed from person to person. The mother seems frustrated and everyone wants to help. First, her friend. “I’ll take the baby. You go relax for a few minutes.” She takes the baby. She brings the sweet crying bundle up on to to …
Posted on: February 27, 2019 | Doula Life, Postpartum, Pregnancy
Pregnancy and early parenting are harder than most women let on about and because of that, the little things we say and do for them, really mean a lot. Westchester based doula, Debbie Aglietti has some advice Here is a list of 15 “little things” you can do or say, …
Posted on: February 20, 2019 | Babies, Breastfeeding, Postpartum
Oh girl… You’re not alone. I totally get it. I remember a time my own baby made me angry. She was about 2 months old. She was safely tucked into her car seat and we were driving home from a short trip to the grocery store. It was warm outside …
Posted on: February 17, 2019 | Babies, Depression, Postpartum
Congratulations on the birth of your baby and on the transition you are making from woman to mother. I’m really not quite sure which of the two is more challenging but I know for sure that they are both huge milestones in a human beings life. I’ve been a doula …
Posted on: February 10, 2019 | Breastfeeding, Labor and Birth, Postpartum
What do the Sahara Desert and sex after baby have in common? Can you say DRY AS A BONE! I said bone, not boner… Lol! …