Instagram When you first have a baby, and then a toddler, it can be really difficult to even remember what your life was like before they arrived, much less recreate it. I went from waking up at 11 a.m. only to head to an hours-long boozy brunch on the weekends to being screamed awake at...
TikTok Here in America, we often describe the immediate postpartum period as “being in the trenches” and it’s easy to understand why. Hospital stays are brief — between 24 and 48 hours for a vaginal birth and about two to three days for a c-section — and paid maternity leave is, famously, non-existent if your...
Johner Images/Johner Images Royalty-Free/Getty Images As a new parent living in an apartment building, I was always terrified that one day I would get The Knock. IYKYK. If you don’t know, it’s the fear that a neighbor is going to come over and complain that your baby is too loud. It’s a risk of living...
AzmanJaka/E+/Getty Images By now, the idea of a nesting party isn’t so unheard of. Rather than a traditional baby shower, some parents-to-be are opting to throw nesting parties, where friends and family come over for a few hours for cake and snacks, and to help the new mom finish some baby-related tasks — think building...