Attaching Your Baby at the Breast
Shows a deep latch up close, step by step, so you can match what you see with your own baby.
Global Health Media ProjectRead: Feeding your baby
Short videos that show, not just tell
Some things are easier to see than to read: a deep latch, a safe crib, what a call to 988 is really like. We picked 41 short videos from hospitals, the CDC, the AAP, Postpartum Support International, and other channels we trust. Most are under ten minutes.
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The first year
Feeding, sleep, healing, and what is normal.
Is Your Baby Getting Enough Milk?
Walks you through the real signs your baby is getting enough: swallowing, wet diapers, and weight.
Global Health Media ProjectRead: Feeding your baby
Positions for Breastfeeding
Shows several holds (cradle, cross-cradle, football, lying down) so you can find one that is comfortable for you.
Global Health Media ProjectRead: Feeding your baby
5 Safe Sleep Essentials for Your Baby
One minute, five things: back, alone, flat, bare crib, same room. A quick picture of what a safe sleep space looks like.
American Academy of PediatricsRead: Sleep in the early weeks
How to Swaddle a Newborn Baby in a Blanket
A nurse swaddles a real newborn slowly enough that you can follow along with your own blanket.
St. Louis Children's HospitalRead: Sleep in the early weeks
PURPLE Crying: Action Steps
When the crying will not stop: comfort, then it is okay to put your baby down safely and step away for a few minutes.
National Center on Shaken Baby SyndromeRead: Sleep in the early weeks
Hear Joanna's Story
A mother describes the postpartum warning signs she almost ignored, so you know when to speak up and get seen fast.
How to secure your car seat
Shows how to use the seat belt or lower anchors to get the car seat tight before you leave the hospital.
Safe Kids WorldwideRead: Getting ready at home
Newborn health: Mini Parenting Master Class
A doctor covers what is normal in a newborn and the signs that mean you should call for help.
UNICEFRead: Is this normal?
The #ClearTheCrib Challenge on Safe Infant Sleep
A short reminder to clear bumpers, blankets, and toys out of the crib as your baby starts moving more.
Giving Solid Foods Safely to Your Baby
Shows safe food sizes and textures so you can lower the choking risk when your baby starts eating.
Boston Children's HospitalRead: Starting solid foods
Milestones Matter for Families!
Parents explain how they used CDC's free milestone checklists and app to see if their child was on track.
For you
Your mind, your body, your people, and who you are becoming.
Mayo Clinic Minute: Postpartum depression is more than baby blues
In under a minute, a Mayo Clinic doctor explains how to tell the normal baby blues from postpartum depression and when to ask for help.
Mayo ClinicRead: How are you doing?
Postpartum Depression: What You Need to Know
A Mayo Clinic nurse-midwife walks you through why most new mothers feel low for a couple of weeks, and what it means if it lasts longer.
Mayo ClinicRead: How are you doing?
Help for Postpartum Depression and Anxiety - PSI PSA
Two parents describe what postpartum depression and anxiety felt like for them, and that help worked.
Postpartum Support InternationalRead: How are you doing?
Postpartum Anxiety - PSI PSA (Suzie's Story)
If worry is what you feel more than sadness, this short story shows you are not the only one.
Postpartum Support InternationalRead: How are you doing?
A new way to think about the transition to motherhood | Alexandra Sacks
A psychiatrist explains in six minutes why feeling unlike yourself after a baby is a normal shift called matrescence, not a sign something is wrong with you.
The Invisible Load of Motherhood | Emily Jacobs | TEDxKalamazoo
A nurse and mother names the unseen planning and remembering you carry all day, so you can see it and start sharing it.
TEDx TalksRead: Money and the mental load
WIC Food Package
The official USDA video on what foods WIC gives you and your baby, straight from the program itself.
USDA Food and Nutrition ServiceRead: Money and the mental load
Incontinence After Pregnancy: Pelvic Health - The Whole Truth
A hospital pelvic health physical therapist explains why leaking after birth is common and what actually helps, in under three minutes.
UW MedicineRead: Your body, the long arc
Hair Loss in new moms: Dermatologist tips
Board-certified dermatologists explain why your hair is shedding after birth, and reassure you it grows back.
American Academy of DermatologyRead: Your body, the long arc
Bringing Baby Home Program | Dr. John Gottman
Dr. Gottman explains what research says happens to couples after a baby, and the simple things that keep you on the same team.
The Gottman InstituteRead: You and your partner
Can you make it to the end?
Two minutes inside sensory overload, so you can show someone else what "too much" actually feels like.
National Autistic SocietyRead: Touched out
Different wiring, yours or theirs
Autism, ADHD, and dyslexia, for your child or for you.
Next steps after your child is diagnosed with autism
A children's hospital walks you through what actually comes next after the diagnosis, so you know where to start.
Nicklaus Children's HospitalRead: After the diagnosis
IEP vs. 504 Plan: What is the difference?
Three minutes that make the IEP-versus-504 question clear before you sit in a school meeting.
UnderstoodRead: School, IEPs, and 504 plans
How to request a special education evaluation
Longer, but worth it: exactly how to ask the school for a free evaluation in writing, and how fast they have to answer.
UnderstoodRead: School, IEPs, and 504 plans
What is ADHD?
A child psychologist answers a parent's real questions about ADHD, including the quiet, daydreamy kind.
Child Mind InstituteRead: When it might be ADHD
What is dyslexia?
Four animated minutes that explain what dyslexia really is, and why it has nothing to do with how smart your child is.
How can I take care of myself so I can be the best parent I can be?
Permission, from people who work with families like yours, to take care of yourself and build a backup crew.
Child Mind InstituteRead: When you're holding everything
Why ADHD is overlooked in women
Dr. Kathleen Nadeau explains why girls and women get missed for decades, which may sound a lot like your own story.
UnderstoodRead: When your brain works differently
ADHD in Women
Ninety seconds on how ADHD looks in women, for when you only have ninety seconds.
ADDitude MagazineRead: When your brain works differently
Adult ADHD: Mayo Clinic Radio
A Mayo Clinic psychiatrist on how adult ADHD is diagnosed and treated, in a calm ten-minute conversation.
Mayo ClinicRead: When your brain works differently
Why everything you know about autism is wrong
An autism researcher who was diagnosed as an adult explains why finding out can be a relief, not a tragedy.
TEDx TalksRead: Is it me, too?
#NowIKnow: late-diagnosed autistic women
Late-diagnosed autistic women tell you, in their own words, what they wish they had known sooner.
National Autistic SocietyRead: Is it me, too?
Hard seasons
The NICU, a hard birth, and loss.
Learning to Become a NICU Parent
Parents who have sat where you are sitting tell you what the NICU is really like and how they got through it.
Cincinnati Children'sRead: The NICU
Kangaroo Care: Holding Your Baby Close
Holding your baby skin-to-skin is something you can do for them in the NICU. This shows how, and why it helps you both.
Cincinnati Children'sRead: The NICU
Coping With Grief After Losing a Baby
Parents and a specialist midwife talk about grief after losing a baby, and what helped them keep going.
Tommy'sRead: Loss
Help now
What a call to 988 or the Maternal Mental Health Hotline is really like.
National Maternal Mental Health Hotline
The government's own short video about the free, 24/7 hotline you can call or text any time: 1-833-TLC-MAMA.
HRSARead: Help now
What is 988 and How Does it Work?
If you are in a dark place, this explains who answers when you call or text 988 and what happens next.
SAMHSARead: Help now
What is the Period of PURPLE Crying?
When your baby cries and nothing works, this explains why that crying is normal and that it will pass.
National Center on Shaken Baby SyndromeRead: Help now
Rest for your soul
A few minutes of grace for the hard weeks.
Looking for Help
A short daily devotion on Jeremiah 17 for the days when you feel anxious and wonder where help will come from.
Lutheran Hour Ministries
How we chose these
Every video comes from an official channel: a children's hospital, a government agency, a medical society, or a nonprofit that specializes in the topic. We watched each one, kept it short where we could, and matched it to the page where you can read more. Videos are information, not medical advice. If something you see worries you, call your doctor or your baby's doctor. In an emergency, call 911.
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