One Mom's Story

Markeitha was no stranger to the crying of a newborn. When she gave birth to Cyniah, it was her fifth child, so calling Markeitha a veteran of new babies is no exaggeration. However, Cyniah made her realize that she did have more to learn—the poor baby would cry and cry,

"Life was chaos." That's how poor Kristina describes the first two weeks of her son, David's, life. David was crying—crying a lot. Kristina and her husband felt terrible, because they could see from David’s distress that he was uncomfortable, but they couldn’t figure out how to make him feel better.

When Brandie’s first son, Rusten was born, the crying didn’t stop. Brandie knew that crying was normal for a newborn, but she also knew that Rusten seemed to be doing it too much. She says, “Rusten had colic and was a crying mess from late afternoon till bedtime which was about 9pm-10pm."

Newborns spit up and cry—this is very normal behavior for these tiny beings that have just entered the world. So normal that 70% of infants spit up on a daily basis and an average infant 1-3 months old

When Lily was born, Kristen was like any other new mom—tired but happy. And Lily was like any other newborn—slept, cried, ate. But then something changed—Lily pretty much just cried. And cried. And cried. Kristen says, “Lily was crying non-stop. She did sleep well in the beginning. As she got older, she would try to sleep,

All babies cry, and all babies spit-up; as parents we know this. But when your newborn is waking up in pools of spit-up, is that what’s considered normal?

Madelyn at 11 months with her "best girl", Minnie Mouse Being a new mom is difficult, but imagine how much more difficult it would be if your husband was gone.

As a new mom, you deal with anxieties that you’ve never had before—“Am I a good parent?” “Am I holding my baby right?” “Can I bathe my baby?” Even the most self-assured woman experiences these sort of lapses in confidence as she has a tiny, crying, newborn in her arms. This is compounded when your baby CRIES ALL DAY. Nothing can make you feel more inadequate or tired. So imagine what first time mom, Erin,

Alesha was no stranger to the maternity ward—she had just had her third boy, Zaydin, but things weren’t going very smoothly. First, he was born early and had to spend time in the NICU, and secondly, he had terrible reflux and would spit up everything that he ate. Alesha shares the trials of trying to help Zaydin, and what finally worked to make

When Jocelyn had Bentley (her second child) all seemed well. Then, when he was about six weeks old, he “woke” up as newborns do. He was cooed a little more, looked around a bit more, and he cried A LOT more. Especially at night time. Jocelyn says that, “Bentley would cry from 6:30-9:00 PM and not calm down.”