The first weeks. Recovery, the newborn haze, and the nights that feel like a different planet. Vaccine visits get a mention when they shape the week - full detail lives in Vaccinations.
Notes on the feeds nobody schedules, and what finally made them survivable.
The honest reconstruction of the weeks I was too tired to write down.
Babies cry. The checklist I ran every time, and the gym ball that calmed him like nothing else.
Milia, Mongolian spots, stork bites, lanugo, vernix - all normal, all surprising.
Stomach size by week, latch technique, and the timing that kept me sane.
The before-birth prep almost nobody explains.
A walkthrough of claiming a pump through benefits, with a real example.
Once the fog lifts, this thread continues in Parenting.