What to Do If Your Baby Gets Sleepy During Feeds
If your little one seems to drift off after just a few minutes at the breast or bottle, you're not alone. Newborns tire easily, especially during the early weeks, and it's very common for them to need a little encouragement to stay awake long enough for a full feeding.
How to Stay Connected to Your Spouse After Baby Arrives
Your marriage doesn't become less important after welcoming a baby - it becomes even more important.
One of the greatest gifts you can give your child is parents who continue choosing one another. Not perfectly. Not with elaborate date nights or endless free time. Just faithfully, one small moment at a time.
Here are a few simple ways to stay connected during the newborn season.
How to Build Your Baby Registry (Without the Stress!)
From imagining tiny fingers wrapped around yours to dreaming about those first sleepy newborn snuggles, creating your baby registry is one of those milestone moments that makes everything start to feel so real. It's exciting. It's special. And it also comes with a lotttt of choices!
5 Prayers For The Mom Expecting Another Baby
Praying over your growing family is one of the sweetest ways to invite God's peace, grace, and presence into this new chapter.
Inside a Night Shift With a Postpartum Nurse
At Choose Joy Nursing, our registered nurses and highly trained care partners step into the overnight hours so you can rest, recover, and actually enjoy the newborn stage more fully.
What Every New Dad Should Know About the Fourth Trimester
Celebrating 5 Years of Supporting Moms and Babies
What began as a dream to provide compassionate, professional postpartum support has grown into a trusted resource for families across Nashville and beyond. As we reflect on the last five years, we're filled with gratitude for every family who has invited us into their homes, trusted us with their babies, and allowed us to be part of their parenting journey.
Checking in During the Postpartum Season
These days can feel full and tender all at once. There may be moments of deep love and sweetness, mixed with exhaustion, tears you didn’t expect, or emotions that don’t always make sense. That doesn’t mean anything is wrong with you. It means you’re human, and you’re in a season that asks a lot.
How To Go From Sleep Deprivation to Sweet Dreams
You love your baby more than anything in the world.
But somewhere between the overnight feeds, short naps, constant overstimulation, and wondering if you’re “doing it right,” you realize you are completely exhausted.
Not just tired in the “I stayed up too late” kind of way.
We mean the kind of exhaustion that settles deep into your body. The kind where you reread the same text message three times and still can’t process it. The kind where your emotions feel bigger, your patience feels shorter, and even simple tasks suddenly feel overwhelming.
How to Prep for Easier Days at Home with a Newborn
At Choose Joy Nursing, one of our favorite ways to help families prepare for postpartum is encouraging them to create intentional spaces before baby arrives. A little preparation goes a long way in helping those early newborn days feel calmer, smoother, and more manageable.
Part of setting yourself up for success is setting up your home for quick access to all of your postpartum and newborn essentials.