The birth of a baby is life changing; the sort of event that will always teach us new things. But the birth of my second baby showed me something totally unexpected - it showed me how badly I missed out on ENJOYING the precious moments of the first week at home with me first baby. The first week with baby (or the first month, even) is a special and unique time... and there's truly no way to be fully prepared for it.

Houston Lifestyle blogger Uptown with Elly Brown shares the E.A.S.Y. Sleep Schedule for your newborn along with a printable PDF. Click here for more!

You may think you have it all figured out but you WILL feel very overwhelmed the first week home with a newborn. Let me put it into perspective for you so you will be better prepared.

Learning how to breastfeed as a new mom isn't intuitive. Here are 7 breastfeeding secrets to making it work that you'll be glad to know in advance.

Don't panic- these scary things newborns do are actually totally normal! Soft spot pusling, sleeping with their eyes open, rapid breathing, and more.

I asked the LNM mamas in my Calm Mama Society membership what are some things they wish someone had told them to remember as a new mama. ⁠ Here's what they told me:⁠ ⁠ 🆘 It feels like you will never sleep again, but you will. And it is normal. You are not doing something wrong just because the baby doesn't sleep through the night, and your sister's did. ⁠ ⁠

During those early weeks of nursing many moms develop this bad habit they later find hard to kick. Here's how you can do it.