What is a Baby Box?

Some say that Finland’s low infant-mortality rate can be attributed to the baby box. The baby box is simply a cardboard box that includes a basic foam mattress that can serve as a safe place for an infant to sleep. The box may also be filled with several baby essentials...

Maintaining Your Marriage When You Have a Newborn

I think a lot about the naiveté my husband and I had before our daughter was born. We seriously thought that she would seamlessly fit into our existing lifestyle, and one of the things that we were so certain would not change was our relationship. I am one of those...

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When Your Fur Babies are No Longer the Baby

One thing that I can take off of my “never going to happen to me” list is that my dog has become more of, well, a dog after our daughter was born. Bernie, our Boston Terrier, is a 7-year-old rescue dog. Smart, well trained, loving, energetic, and housebroken from the...

My Experience with Postpartum Anxiety

“Do you ever feel like hurting your baby?” Of course not! I had gripped my first born tight to my chest, evidencing commitment to his safety. No one would EVER hurt him. “What about yourself?” Myself? If I hurt myself, my baby doesn’t get breastmilk. I have to stay healthy...