Welcoming a new baby into your family is a time of change and transformation. Because things are already shifting, it’s also a time that lends itself well to updating your rituals and traditions around the holidays.

There are many reasons we hold onto old rituals and traditions (you love them, social conditioning, passive aggressive family shenanigans, obligation) but it never hurts to take stock and see if what you’ve always done is still working for you now.

(Bonus, if your family or friends get weird about it, you can blame the baby. 😏)

Here are five questions to consider for building the type of holiday time that serves you and your family: