Kids

The First Month of Nights

The first month with a newborn is mostly nights. You are awake at hours you didn't know existed, doing the same four things in a loop: settling, changing, feeding, and clearing up so you can do it again. This scene follows one of those nights from the first wake-up to the morning, with the small things that made each step a little shorter: a light you can reach without waking anyone, a bin that closes itself, water that was already hot, a way to carry the baby and still have two hands. None of it is medical advice; all of it is what we'd buy again. Expect to spend between $90 and $180 for the set.