Ep. 18 - Life With a Newborn, Part 2: The First 2 Weeks
Surviving Tiny Humans: 10 Minute Triage for Newborns & New ParentsShow Notes
Guides & Tools: Safe Sleep Without Shame: https://www.vitalswithdrbuller.com/safe-sleep
The Nightshift Playbook: https://www.vitalswithdrbuller.com/nightshift-playbook
You’re home. The nurses are gone. The visitors haven’t arrived yet. Or they have, and somehow that’s also exhausting. And nobody gave you an instruction manual.
The first two weeks are survival mode, and that’s not a failure — that’s just the reality of bringing a brand new human into the world while your body, your hormones, and your sleep are all doing completely different things at the same time.
This episode is the honest guide to what’s actually happening, what actually matters, and what you can safely ignore.
What we cover: What the first few days actually look like — day by day, from the sleepy first 24 hours through the Day 3 hormone crash and out the other side The only three questions that tell you if things are going okay — and why everything else is noise What doesn’t matter as much as the internet makes it sound — the schedule, the bassinet, the bonding timeline, the laundry What activities are actually appropriate for a newborn — and why you don’t need a curriculum, classes, or anything that takes more energy than you have How to manage the house, the help, and the mental load when you’re running on nothing How to split nights with a partner so both of you get a real stretch of sleep
This is Part 2 of the Life With a Newborn series — a stage-by-stage guide through the first year. The real version, not the highlight reel.
For more support, whenever you need it, check out my guides and tools:
Safe Sleep Without Shame: https://www.vitalswithdrbuller.com/safe-sleep
The Nightshift Playbook: https://www.vitalswithdrbuller.com/nightshift-playbook
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