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Navigating the Sleep Struggles Many conversations that revolve around newborn babies usually mention sleep. We often hear questions like, “Does she sleep well?” or “Are you getting enough rest?” And then there’s the classic advice: “Sleep when the baby sleeps.” Honestly, how realistic is that? For me, it’s quite difficult! In the first few weeks, I loved having contact naps all day. It was wonderful when my husband was home on paternity leave. However, once he returned to wor

Welcome back to the Newborn Diaries. This week was time for my little girls 8 week vaccinations. Thankfully the appointment fell on my husbands day off so we could both take our daughter to the clinic. She was asleep when we turned up and the nurse asked us to wake her up as one of the vaccines is given by mouth. My daughter did so well taking the oral vaccine - she actually seemed to quite enjoy the taste of it! We were happy - vaccines were off to a positive start. Then cam

Welcome back to The Newborn Diaries. I’m now 7 weeks in to motherhood and the feeding journey has been quite a rollercoaster. During pregnancy I was set on exclusively breastfeeding my baby, aware of the benefits of this. I myself was raised fully on formula so I knew that that option was fine too - after all, fed is best (as my hospital say). My daughter was born and she didn’t quite have the same plans that I did! This isn’t a happy, inspirational blog I’m afraid, as this h

Welcome to Norman Education's new blog series - The Newborn Diaries. I'll be documenting my journey through motherhood and sharing what I have learnt. I write this whilst holding my newborn baby sleeping in my arms. Lesson no.1 of motherhood: learn to multitask! I became a mum for the first time in April 2026 when my daughter arrived at week 41 of pregnancy. I had a fairly smooth and uncomplicated pregnancy and therefore expected a smooth delivery, but that wasn't the case. M