Brick By Brick
Welcome to Brick By Brick — a real, honest space for new parents navigating the messy, beautiful, and sometimes really lonely early days of life with a newborn.
If you’ve ever felt like you're supposed to “just know” how to do this: the feeding schedules, the sleep routines, the healing, the mental load, you’re not alone.
Here, we talk about what actually happens after the baby arrives: the physical and emotional recovery, the middle-of-the-night Google spirals, and the quiet moments no one really prepares you for.
Hosted by a fellow parent who's been through it, this podcast brings you grounded guidance, supportive stories, and practical tips: from hiring a doula, to staying connected as a couple, to safe ways to move your body and protect your peace.
No fluff. No pressure. Just the kind of support every parent deserves.
Brick By Brick
The First Months, The Sleepless Nights, and The Doula
Sammi and I originally recorded this episode just for ourselves and close friends as a way to document what our first 5 months with Atlas really looked like. We weren’t even sure if we would ever publish it. Atlas is now 13 months old… and here we are.
In this first part, we open up about the emotional rollercoaster of early parenthood: from how our relationship shifted during pregnancy and after birth, to the honest challenges of those raw first few months with a newborn.
We talk in detail about why hiring a doula truly saved our sanity, what it was like adjusting to sleepless nights, and the unexpected mental and emotional shifts we went through as new parents.
If you’re expecting, we hope this gives you a glimpse of what’s ahead. And if you’re already in the thick of it, let this be a reminder: you’re not alone.