The first weeks with a newborn are beautiful, disorienting, and often brutally exhausting. This gentle guide meets you exactly where you are—bleary-eyed, overwhelmed, and wondering if you're doing it right. Without judgment or pressure, Adeline Pierce walks you through the real challenges of early parenthood: sleep deprivation that blurs your days, feeding struggles that shake your confidence, the emotional whiplash of joy and despair, and the quiet loneliness that no one warned you about. You'll find practical strategies for surviving the sleepless nights, simple scripts for asking for help, and permission to set aside Pinterest-perfect parenting. Grounded in evidence and infused with compassion, this book helps you protect your own wellbeing while caring for your baby. You are not failing—you are learning. Part of The New Parent Library.
About the author
Adeline Pierce is a writer who creates calm, plain-language field guides for new and expecting parents. With an unhurried, reassuring voice, she focuses on making the early years easier to understand and gentler to live through. Her guides distill mainstream pediatric and developmental understanding into simple, practical steps any family can use. She is especially drawn to the quiet daily practices — noticing, soothing, connecting — that help a family grow close. She lives by the coast, where she keeps a long-running journal.
