Life Family Chiropractic, LLC

Great advice here….keeping in mind that she has 8 kids so clarity and confidence comes with experience ♥️

Motherhood gets a lot easier when you stop trying to perform newborn life like a Pinterest mom and start building it around what actually works. 🤷🏼‍♀️

As a mom of 8, I genuinely don’t think the newborn phase is as hard as people make it out to be.

I think trying to force babies into rigid systems while recovering postpartum is what breaks people.

Some moms are:
• timing feeds down to the minute
• fighting a baby over a bassinet all night
• walking laps around the house at 2am instead of safely bedsharing
• trying to maintain a “perfect” diaper station upstairs AND downstairs
• stressing over wake windows
• forcing a schedule onto a 9 day old human
• trying to shower during the day alone with kids lol

Meanwhile over here?

• babywearing fixes half my problems
• nursing on demand is easier than watching a clock
• a fold-up diaper pad on the couch works just fine
• I shower at night in PEACE bc my husband is home
• contact naps are temporary, not a bad habit
• bedsharing saved my sanity postpartum
• simple routines > aesthetic routines
• uncircumcised babies tend to be a whole lot less angry those first few days 😅

The newborn phase got easier when I stopped asking:
“How do I do this perfectly?”

…and started asking:
“How do I make this sustainable?”

Babies don’t actually need as much stuff as the internet tells you they do.

Most of them just want to be close to you. 🫶🏼

Water safety is crucial and this program is outstanding g!

Join the Josh the Otter Program for a free water safety pool session in Palmer on Saturday, April 18 or in Wasilla on Saturday, May 16. Kids can learn how to float in the pool and practice some boating safety skills. Each child must be accompanied by an adult. Scan the QR code on the flyer to sign up!