We’re coming to you today with a Public Service Announcement: Basic grooming, personal hygiene, eating, sleeping and running errands for your family is NOT self-care! At New Mom School we are on a mission to educate moms on what self-care really looks like and to give you the tools and the resources to ensure you get enough of it!  Because if Mama ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy! Here’s 5 Self Care Truths & Tips for New Moms, from New Mom School founder, Alex Spitz   Self-hygiene is NOT self-care. It’s basic hygiene. New moms, you don’t need to ask permission to take ... Read This Post

When it’s more than the “baby blues” Here’s a fun fact: there are just shy of 4 million babies born every year in the United States.  That means almost 4 million women become mothers or add to their families, annually.  A not-so-fun fact: of those 4 million women, as many as 1 in 5 will experience some type of perinatal mood and anxiety disorder. Furthermore, it is thought 7 in 10 women hide or downplay their symptoms.  Despite this, postpartum mental health is not discussed nearly enough. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommends in order to optimize the ... Read This Post

It’s 4pm and I cannot put my baby down. The moment I set him down he whines and cries until I pick him up. This happens until bedtime. It’s 2am and the only way my baby won’t cry is if I hold him…again. It’s 8 am and my baby just wants to snuggle instead of play. My baby is manipulating me. Or so I’m told.   Although it may feel that way, babies and young children are the purest form of truth possible. They don’t lie. Their brains do not know how to.  If they can’t be put down and need to be held, there is a reason. The reason might just be that they need to feel love, like we ... Read This Post