Article index
All 75 articles on My John Baby, by section.
The Newborn Weeks
Section page →- The fourth trimester is a framing, not a diagnosis, and it helps anywayAug 11, 2026
- Nobody warns you about the two-week visitor waveAug 9, 2026
- The first fortnight at home is a logistics problem nobody set up for youAug 5, 2026
- Newborns make far more noise asleep than anyone tells youJul 31, 2026
- Who checks on a newborn in the early weeks, and what they are looking atJul 29, 2026
- Skin-to-skin costs nothing and is the least complicated thing in the dayJul 25, 2026
- Weight in the early weeks belongs on a professional's chart, not in your spreadsheetJul 23, 2026
- A newborn day has no shape, and the first one arrives later than you hopeJul 19, 2026
- Crying often peaks in the early weeks before it easesJul 16, 2026
- Nappy changes take four minutes on day three and forty seconds by week sixJul 12, 2026
- The paperwork of a new baby, and why nobody does it in week oneJul 9, 2026
- Leaving the house with a newborn takes ninety minutes the first timeJul 6, 2026
- Four ways to hold a newborn, and why the grip changes everythingJul 3, 2026
Sleep
Section page →- Newborn sleep comes in short blocks, and the range between babies is enormousJun 27, 2026
- Waking at night is what newborn sleep is, not a fault in your parentingJun 24, 2026
- Read your own country's safe-sleep guidance, not an article about itJun 22, 2026
- Bedsharing is a decision families make differently, and guidance differs tooJun 18, 2026
- Sleep training is a family of approaches, not a single methodJun 16, 2026
- The four-month sleep change, and why regression is the wrong word for itJun 10, 2026
- Dividing the night between two adults so that one of you actually sleepsJun 8, 2026
- Short naps are not a technique failureJun 4, 2026
- A bedtime routine works because it is boring and identical every nightJun 2, 2026
- What a dark, quiet room can and cannot do for a babyMay 29, 2026
- Sleep often gets worse in the weeks a baby learns something newMay 24, 2026
- Sleeping through the night means something much narrower than it soundsMay 22, 2026
Feeding
Section page →- Cluster feeding at nine in the evening, seen from the sofaMay 18, 2026
- Breast, formula and combination feeding all arrive at the same placeMay 5, 2026
- What a feed actually costs in time, and why the arithmetic surprises peopleMay 3, 2026
- Bottles, teats and the sterilising routine that becomes automaticApr 27, 2026
- Night feeds without waking the entire householdApr 25, 2026
- Winding is mostly position and patience, not techniqueApr 22, 2026
- Feeding in public: the practical version rather than the political oneApr 17, 2026
- Expressing is a separate skill with its own kit and its own learning curveApr 15, 2026
- Growth spurts get blamed for a great many difficult feeding weeksApr 12, 2026
- The first spoonfuls are practice, not nutritionApr 7, 2026
- Baby-led weaning and purées are not opposing campsApr 4, 2026
- Allergen advice has changed more than once, so check the current versionApr 2, 2026
- Feeding apps stop helping at the point you stop looking at the babyMar 28, 2026
Growing & Milestones
Section page →- Milestone ages are ranges, and the ranges are far wider than they lookMay 16, 2026
- A percentile describes a position, not a gradeMar 26, 2026
- Tummy time is a slow build measured in seconds at firstMar 23, 2026
- Rolling over arrives without notice, usually somewhere inconvenientMar 18, 2026
- Babbling is already language, several months before the first wordMar 16, 2026
- Hand control develops outwards from the shoulderMar 12, 2026
- Sitting up is a balance problem the trunk solves over weeksMar 8, 2026
- Some babies never crawl, and it does not mean anythingMar 4, 2026
- Peekaboo stops being boring the week memory arrivesMar 2, 2026
- Stranger wariness turns up around the time a baby learns facesFeb 26, 2026
- The first tooth arrives whenever it arrives, and the spread is enormousFeb 24, 2026
- Standing, cruising, and the long quiet gap before walkingFeb 18, 2026
Gear & Nursery
Section page →- What actually fits in a changing bag, and what comes straight back outMay 12, 2026
- The pram that folds one-handed beats the pram with better reviewsFeb 15, 2026
- Car seats are the one purchase where secondhand is a bad ideaFeb 12, 2026
- Decoding the washing symbols on very small clothesFeb 8, 2026
- Baby clothes sizing is measured in months and means nothing of the sortFeb 6, 2026
- The kit that never gets used, and why it sells so wellFeb 2, 2026
- A nursery does not need to exist in the first six monthsJan 31, 2026
- Baby monitors: what they do, what they do not, and the anxiety loopJan 26, 2026
- Slings and carriers: the fit matters more than the brandJan 24, 2026
- Highchairs, bibs and the state of the floor under a weaning babyJan 19, 2026
- Borrowing, secondhand and what is safe to take from a friendJan 17, 2026
- Nappies: sizes, overnight capacity and the cost per changeJan 13, 2026
- Toys under one year: contrast, texture and the box they came inJan 8, 2026
Looking After Parents
Section page →- Recovery after birth is a matter of time and rest, not willpowerMay 9, 2026
- Accepting help without feeling uselessJan 7, 2026
- Two adults will keep score, and there is a better system than countingJan 3, 2026
- What weeks of broken sleep do to an adult, and what helps a littleDec 29, 2025
- In the first six weeks the freezer is the entire catering strategyDec 28, 2025
- Postnatal mood: who asks, who to tell, and why waiting helps nobodyDec 23, 2025
- Partners get a smaller share of everything, including the supportDec 19, 2025
- The household admin that quietly stops, and the three parts that matterDec 18, 2025
- Childcare and the return date arrive earlier in the diary than expectedDec 12, 2025
- Friends without babies do not disappear, but the timetable doesDec 10, 2025
- Leaving the house alone for the first timeDec 7, 2025
- Money in the first year: what changes, and when it changesDec 3, 2025