More Postpartum Depression/Postpartum Anxiety Support
November 16, 2008 by Dr. Heather
Filed under Babies, Motherhood
Julie Malone of CoolMomGuide launched a support forum for moms with postpartum depression and anxiety. She’s also hooked it up to play my podcast on PPD/PPA. If you haven’t listened to it yet, hit my podcast button to the right, or listen to it over at Julie’s place! A new mom has about a 10% more »
Hope for Postpartum Depression: A Podcast
October 14, 2008 by Dr. Heather
Filed under Depression, Motherhood, Podcast
Here at BabyShrink, I get emailed questions from all over the world. Many of these make it onto the site; questions about potty training, TV-watching, and poop-smearing (which is my most-read post, if you can believe it!) But there are other questions; questions too pained and personal to be published. Questions from mothers desperate about more »
Can Dad Decide the Color of Baby’s Room?
July 15, 2008 by Dr. Heather
Filed under Babies, Developmental Grab-Bag, Motherhood, Uncategorized
When a new baby joins the family, it’s normal for the couple to go through a re-organization of roles. A common struggle has to do with power and control. Who makes the decisions? About what? Who has “final” say about parenting? This often crops up in arguments about seemingly petty things; but they don’t FEEL more »
Do I Have Childhood “Baggage” About Moving?
July 11, 2008 by Dr. Heather
Filed under Depression, Motherhood
Hello Dr. Heather, My husband and I have a 6-year-old son, a 4-year-old daughter, and a baby due in early August. We are moving across the country about two weeks after I have the baby. My husband will be attending graduate school in our new city. We were settled here and I’m having a really more »
New Mom Struggles with Guilt
April 27, 2008 by Dr. Heather
Filed under Babies, Motherhood
Dear BabyShrink, I’m having trouble figuring out when to put my two-month-old daughter down, and when to pick her up and play with her. I’ve heard many ways of encouraging her development, but I feel guilty when I place her in her chair to get things done. She sleeps well at night, but I often more »
The “Good-Enough Mother”: Are Breasts Required?
April 21, 2008 by Dr. Heather
Filed under Babies, BEST OF BABYSHRINK, Breastfeeding, Motherhood
Dear BabyShrink, I fully intended on breastfeeding my first baby. But after trying hard for six weeks, we had to give up. We had 3 lactation specialists, moms, friends, and my doctor helping. But my baby was not gaining weight and crying all the time. I just never made more than a half-ounce of milk more »





