nobody does year one alone
A letter from the founder
Somewhere past the first year, I started writing it all down. Not the medical stuff — that’s what pediatricians are for — but the collective wisdom: the checklists we wish someone had handed us, the visitor scripts that saved holidays, the back-to-work logistics nobody covers in a birth class, and the honest answers to “is it just me?”
It is never just you. That’s the whole point of a club.
Dani ReyesFounder, The New Moms Club
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Your membership was automatic the moment the test came back positive.
nobody does year one alone
The first lines of three club checklists. Open one and tick it off on the page as you go.
Tick list · New Mom Checklists
Your support roster · The visitor plan
Open the full list (13 more) July 17, 2026
Tick list
Rule one: the bag is always ready · The 10-minute exit sequence
Open the full list (4 more) July 17, 2026
Open the full list (11 more) July 17, 2026
The newest posts, newest first.
Au pair vs nanny with a baby under one: the State Department's infant rules, the 45-hour weekly cap, who the employer is, and how to choose for your first year.
November 11, 2026
Mom Life Logistics How Much to Pay a Babysitter (and More for a Baby) November 11, 2026 
Back to Work Nanny Taxes: What You Owe and How to Pay a Nanny Legally November 11, 2026 
Back to Work Paternity Leave in the US: How Couples Plan the Weeks November 11, 2026 
Mom Life Logistics Phantom Crying: Hearing Your Baby Cry When They're Asleep November 11, 2026 Five sections, each with its three newest posts.
16 posts
Practical first-year checklists built from the club’s collective notes — what to set up, decide and delegate before each stage sneaks up on you.
30 posts
The unglamorous operations of new-mom life — visitors, outings, appointments, friendships and partner teamwork — handled the way the club actually does it.
12 posts
What moms in the club actually say — honest roundups of the lessons, myths and wish-we’d-knowns that never make it into the baby books.
9 posts
The mom milestones nobody hands out stickers for — first outing, first night away, first solo day — and how the club marks every single one.
30 posts
Going back to work after baby — leave logistics, childcare decisions, pumping plans and first-week survival, from moms who have made the jump.
Shared as stories, never dressed up as statistics.
Where health questions come up, we say the same thing we say in the chat: call your pediatrician or OB.
None of us should have to learn year one alone.
Taken from the About page and the founder’s note.
