What's probably happening and when to escalate, for the situations new parents search for most in weeks 0–8. The full step-by-step playbook is free for the first 200 families.
Lowered in, screams. Or screams the moment any skin hits air. Stop the bath, calm the baby, then read this.
A first sponge bath while the cord stump is still attached. Calm, short, warm.
The first proper bath after the cord stump has dropped off and the navel is dry.
Pulling legs up, straining, fussing between feeds.
Fed, held upright, patted — no burp. Now what.
Red, sore skin under the nappy (diaper). What it is and what to do.
Poo up the back, leaks at the legs. Contained clean-up at 3am.
What's normal in the nappy (diaper) in the first week, and what isn't.
What to put the baby in awake and out of the cot (crib), indoors or outside.
What to put the baby in for sleep, by room temperature.
Screaming through nappy (diaper) changes and outfit swaps.
Wants to feed every 30–60 minutes. Especially in the evenings.
Drifts off after a few minutes on the breast or bottle. Doesn't take a full feed.
Wide awake at 2am. Sleeping through the day.
Falls asleep on you. Wakes the moment you put them down.
Past the wake window — wired but exhausted, fighting sleep.
The nap ended after 30–45 minutes.
Inconsolable crying every evening, usually 5–10pm.
Fed, burped, still won't sleep.