Here in the UK, parents can share up to 52 weeks of leave around the birth or adoption of a child. This maternity and/or paternity leave can be taken at the same time, or one after the other. It’s still pretty unusual for parents to share the leave – the assumption is that dads or…
Six Ways to Cope with the Four Month Sleep Regression
The four month sleep regression. My god. When Stanley was tiny, I thought that if you made it unscatched through the first three months, then it was plain sailing from there. How wrong I was. After a pretty idyllic newborn stage, the four month sleep regression hit us like a scooter to the ankles. In…
Surviving and Thriving in the Fourth Trimester
We’ve kept a baby alive for three months! And actually had a really lovely time while doing it. While pregnancy is split into three trimesters of three months each, some baby experts also define the first three months of a baby’s life as the fourth trimester. It’s a period of massive change for your baby,…