Within a day of welcoming two-week-old Nova, his mom sensed something was wrong with his breathing and was told it was normal. Her four steps for trusting your mom instincts.
Her baby was not back to birth weight at the second checkup. Here is what one new mom changed, the three questions that helped her, and the line every parent can keep.
After losing her mother and her sister within three months, Brittany Leady learned she was pregnant with Bailey. Her story is about learning, unlearning, and choosing what ends with her.
After her son spent five weeks in the hospital following his premature birth, Niloofar Hajaty began calling him Nafas, Farsi for breath. Later, one winter, she let him feel the rain for the first time.
After multiple rounds of IVF, Danielle Zulkโs early months with her son were marked by postpartum depression. Two years later, she is studying maternal mental health and telling other mothers the truth: you can struggle and still be a good mother.
In Positive Discipline, praise and encouragement sound almost the same, but they do opposite things inside a child. One ties their worth to your approval. The other builds their own sense of capability. Here is the small shift that changes everything.