About

General information, not medical advice. Every baby is different — if anything worries you, speak to your midwife, health visitor or GP rather than waiting.

Why this site exists

Search anything about a newborn and you get two kinds of result: clinical pages that are accurate but written for professionals, and blog posts that are warm and readable but cite nothing and occasionally contradict the safety guidance outright.

First Time Mommy Guide sits in the middle: plain, practical writing that stays anchored to what health bodies actually publish, with sources linked on every page so you can check rather than just trust.

Who writes it

I’m Dilawar Mughal, founder and editor of First Time Mommy Guide. I research and write these guides by working through the published guidance — the NHS, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the WHO — and turning it into something you can read one-handed at 3am with a baby on your chest.

I am not a doctor, a midwife or a health visitor. That’s stated here rather than buried in a disclaimer, because on baby health the difference matters. What I can offer is careful research, clear writing and a source list on every claim. What I cannot offer is clinical judgment about your specific baby.

How the guides are researched

• Start from the guidance, not the search results. Every health topic begins with what the recognized bodies publish, not with what already ranks on Google.
• Say when guidance has changed. Infant advice moves — weaning ages, allergen introduction, safe sleep positioning have all shifted over the years. Where current advice differs from what your own mother was told, we say so explicitly, because that gap is often the real question people have.
• Link the sources. Health claims carry a reference list at the bottom of the guide. If a claim has no source, it shouldn’t be treated as one.
• Flag the limits. Where evidence is genuinely mixed, or where the honest answer is “ask your GP,” that is exactly what the page says — no invented certainty.

What we will not do

• Invent experience. No fabricated “when my daughter was six months” stories. If a first-person account appears here, it’s real and attributed.
• Give dosages or diagnoses. Medicine amounts, fever thresholds and “is this normal” judgment calls need a clinician who can actually see your baby.
• Let a commission change a recommendation. Some links on this site earn a small affiliate commission. That never determines what makes a list — where the honest answer is “you don’t need this,” that’s what gets written. See the Editorial Policy for the full breakdown.
• Pad an answer. If the honest answer is one paragraph, the page is one paragraph.

Get in touch

Corrections are especially welcome. If something here is out of date or wrong, tell me and I’ll fix it and note the change — email bsri4263@gmail.com, or visit the Contact page.