Surviving Tiny Humans: 10 Minute Triage for Newborns & New Parents

Sleep deprivation doesn't just make you tired — it functionally gives you ADHD. The same executive function deficits, the same working memory gaps, the same inability to start a task you know you need to do. If you've ever walked into a room and immediately forgotten why, congratulations: you're a new parent.

Jessica Lewis — ADHD coach, host of Quick Wins for ADHD Moms, and mom of three — is back for part two of our ...

Turns out, having a newborn gives you ADHD. Not metaphorically. For real.

So for this episode I brought in someone who knows exactly how to work with a brain that isn't cooperating.

Jessica Lewis is an ADHD coach, host of the Quick Wins for ADHD Moms podcast, and a mom of three who was diagnosed with ADHD at 43 after recognizing herself in her son's symptoms. She joined me to talk practical, low-lift strategies that ...

Infertility affects one in five couples — and yet almost nobody talks about what the process actually looks like, what the testing involves, or what it does to you emotionally while you're in it.

This episode is a little off-brand for Surviving Tiny Humans — and also exactly on brand, because everyone's path to parenthood looks different, and that deserves to be acknowledged.

I'm sharing my own experience with sec...

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This is the third and final episode of the Life With a Newborn series. After 30 days they're technically an infant — and the rest of this podcast is the continuation anyway.

This episode fills in the gaps. The things that don't have their own dedicated episode yet — the neurological reality of the fourth trimester, the practical daily care stuff nobody explains i...

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A quick one this week, but still just as practical. This week, we're talking about baby butts!

Okay, not really. But we're talking about diaper rash so... close enough.

We also break down the similarities and differences between the two most common rashes -- diaper rash and eczema -- so yo know how to manage both at home without needing to see your doctor any more than is ne...

Everything you didn't think you needed to know about diapers (and the fun surprises held within!) ...

Recommended Tools: Surviving Tiny Humans, The Book

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In this episode we talk all about:

• baby poops -- colour, consistency, and when to worry
• blood -- when it's normal, when it's not
• constipation -- how to know and what to do
• tips & tricks
• diaper sizes! -- how to tell when it's actually time to size up

Do...

Guides & Tools:

Safe Sleep Without Shame:

https://www.vitalswithdrbuller.com/safe-sleep

The Nightshift Playbook:

https://www.vitalswithdrbuller.com/nightshift-playbook

You’re home. The nurses are gone. The visitors haven’t arrived yet. Or they have, and somehow that’s also exhausting. And nobody gave you an instruction manual.

The first two weeks are survival mode, and that’s not a failure — that’s just the reality of bringing a b...

This is the last myth in the series — and it’s the most comforting one. Which is exactly what makes it the most dangerous.

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Some babies do grow out of bad sleep on their own. Sleep naturally improves as babies develop, stomachs get bigger, and circadian rhythms mature. So this one isn’t a flat-out myth. It’s a half-truth. And half-truths are harder to push back on than...

The first few moments to hours after having a baby can be a real whirlwind. And we don't do a very good job of giving anyone a heads up about what to expect.

In this episode, we cover the real first 24 hours -- the things that happen before anyone has a chance to give you any instructions.

Resources Discussed:

Surviving Tiny Humans: The Messy Truth About Parenthood and Your Guide to Baby's First Year

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🔗 Free download: 7 Sleep Training Lies guide

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We’re on Lie #6 of the 7 Sleep Training Lies series — and this one hits differently.

The earlier lies were about fear of damage. This one is more personal: what if I lose the moments I actually love? The contact nap. The nurse-to-sleep snuggle. The one quiet part of the day where it’s just the two of you.

In this episode I’m breaking down why sleep...

Nobody really teaches you about formula. You get a crash course in breastfeeding and then if formula enters the picture — whether it’s day two while you’re waiting for your milk, or month two because breastfeeding just isn’t working — you’re standing in the grocery store staring at a wall of cans with absolutely no idea what you’re looking at.

So let’s fix that.

In this episode, I break down everything you actually need to know about...

Breastfeeding can be beautiful, frustrating, painful, confusing, time-consuming—or all of the above in the same 24 hours.

In this episode, we walk through the basics of breastfeeding in a practical, no-shame way, covering:

    •    what a good latch actually looks like

    •    why a shallow latch is painful and often ineffective

    •    how to know if baby is getting enough milk

    •    when sleepy feeding, short feeds, or weight co...

If you’re breastfeeding and even considering sleep training, this fear can feel overwhelming:

What if sleep training harms my milk supply?

What if my baby stops nursing?

What if I ruin something that was already hard enough?

In this episode of Surviving Tiny Humans, Dr. Kailey Buller carefully separates fact from fear.

She breaks down:

• The difference between sleep training and night weaning (they are not the same thing)

• How you can te...

Postpartum recovery is messy.

And before we talk about anything else, let’s normalize something important:

adult diapers are elite-level postpartum gear.

In this episode of Surviving Tiny Humans: 10-Minute Triage for Postpartum and Newborn Care, Dr. Kailey Buller—ER and Labour & Delivery physician, mom of two, and author of Surviving Tiny Humans—walks you through what actually matters in those first weeks after birth.

We’re talking...

When parents hear “sleep training,” many immediately think one thing: cry it out.

But are sleep training and "cry it out" really the same thing?

In this episode of the Surviving Tiny Humans podcast, Dr. Kailey Buller breaks down one of the most common misunderstandings in baby sleep.

We unpack:

• Why sleep training became synonymous with cry-it-out in the first place
• The difference between extinction, modified extinction (Ferber), and...

Newborn crying can feel endless — and when you’re sleep-deprived, it’s hard to know what’s normal and what might be something more.

In this episode of Surviving Tiny Humans, Dr. Kailey Buller breaks down the difference between typical newborn crying (yes, it can be hours a day) and colic, using the classic “rule of threes” — and explains why colic isn’t really a diagnosis so much as a description of how much crying is happening.

We’l...

Does sleep training harm your baby’s attachment… or their brain?

If you’ve ever heard “crying raises cortisol, cortisol is the stress hormone, so sleep training is harmful” and felt completely uneasy about the idea of prioritizing sleep — this episode is for you.

In this 10-Minute Triage, Dr. Kailey Buller slows the fear down and breaks it apart with calm, evidence-based clarity. We’ll cover what secure attachment actually is (and wh...

Sex and intimacy after having a baby can feel… different. Your body has changed. Your hormones are shifting (especially if you’re breastfeeding). You’re exhausted. Your nervous system is stuck in care-mode. And somehow you’re supposed to just “get back to normal” at six weeks?

Nope.

In this episode, we talk about what’s actually happening postpartum that affects desire and comfort, why there’s no timeline you’re meant to follow, and...

One of the most common pieces of sleep advice parents hear is this:

“You shouldn’t sleep train before one year old.”

But is that actually true—and could waiting sometimes make things harder?

In this episode of Surviving Tiny Humans: 10-Minute Triage for Your Baby, Body, and Mind, Dr. Kailey Buller breaks down where this belief comes from, why it persists, and what the evidence actually says.

We talk about:

• Why sleep skills are regul...