If you’re like me, you’re probably thinking that there are 2 things you can count on when your baby is born: they will know how to sleep and eat. Well, that is true…sort of. Let me explain. Yes, babies know how to sleep when they’re born. In fact, they do a darn good job at sleeping at first! The issue isn’t “can” they sleep, but “where” and “how” they will do it. If you plan on feeding, holding, rocking, or bouncing your baby to sleep all the time, then great! But, if you’re thinking that it would be pretty awesome if you could just lay your baby in their crib when it’s time for sleep, and they’ll not only put themselves to sleep, but also sleep longer than just 20-40 minutes (the average length of one sleep cycle for newborns), then keep reading!

When it comes to breastfeeding, I learned the hard way that it was not nearly as easy as I had imagined it would be! There’s actually a lot to learn about the process, how to get your baby to properly latch, how to pump, store, and reheat your breast milk, and how to handle pain (yes, there’s a little of that)! I didn’t realize all I did NOT know about until I was in the throws of things and failing miserably. It’s so helpful to be able to learn about all of this ahead of time, SEE what to do, be able to go back later to reference forgotten materials, and ask questions along the way!

Then there’s learning about what you should be eating throughout your pregnancy and beyond. Again, I wish I had known how important my diet was to my pregnancy and unborn child. I could have learned how food could have been medicine for me for all of my pregnancy ailments (ie reduce stretchmarks, avoid gestation diabetes, keep blood pressure low, avoid leg cramps, maintain the nausea, keep energy levels up, etc). I could have ensured I was giving my unborn babies the very best of me, while making sure that I maintained my own personal levels of nutrients! So much to learn!

All of these things are why I created this awesome Prenatal Package! I want parents-to-be to learn all they can about their newborn’s (and your) sleep, your pre/postnatal nutrition needs, and how to breastfeed. Here’s what you get with this unique package…

NEWBORN SLEEP:

Don’t worry, you’re not going to be teaching your one day old to do anything more than learning how to eat and snuggle. But just know that with every day that goes by, you will be teaching your child something. All of those things I mentioned earlier are sleep props, or things that are used to get your child to go to sleep. Those are learned things. Babies don’t come out of the womb asking to be put in a swing, we as parents make the choice to put them there.

What I do with this part of the package is to teach via video lessons and coaching how to better show your baby from early on what it is that you’d like for them to do moving forward. Knowledge is power! If you can teach baby how to go to sleep from early on, then you have a much better chance of not having to reteach this later on (ie sleep training). Sleep teaching (as I call it) is such a useful tool that I wish all new parents knew about. I knew a little by the time I had my 4th child (I had to sleep train my twins at 7mos, so I wasn’t looking for a repeat), so I made changes to what I was doing much earlier. I still wasn’t smart enough back then to realize that I should have never gone down some of those paths in the first place, but I was smart enough to see the signs before it became much harder to change the behaviors. Luckily, I was able to make those changes quickly and without much backlash, but I know that not everyone is that lucky.

All new parents realize that sleep will be lacking in those first few months after the baby’s born. The expectation is that you will need to get up and feed your baby several times a night. But what happens when baby is waking every hour throughout the night, has their days and nights mixed up, is super cranky, is taking horribly short naps all day long, or is sleeping on or next to you most of the night? How do you survive for months with so little sleep?

Sleep deprivation increases a mother’s chances of developing postpartum depression (PPD). When you’re dealing with healing from the birth, possibly trying to breastfeed your newborn, trying to manage fluctuating hormones, maybe handling other children or work, caring all day and night for a newborn, AND sleep deprivation, it can really get you down. More than 75% of the parents I work with have at least one parent who is suffering from either PPD or postpartum anxiety when we first start. I’m happy to report that many are feeling much better after their child is sleeping better!

Like I said above, there’s a lot to know about breastfeeding. I took a basic childbirth class before my first child, which helped a bit with expectations but not with everything. Even though it was almost 20yrs ago, I very clearly remember the nurse shoving my new baby onto my breast and basically “screwing” her head onto me. It was horrifying for both of us, and I believe it really turned us both off of breastfeeding. I was young, naive, and scared and that experience didn’t help.

What happens during our labor, delivery, and the first few hours/days after birth matter so much! The things I go over in my Breastfeeding Basics course materials cover way more than just the basics of how to breastfeed. I go through things like how to latch your baby, nursing positions, using breast shields, how to store/thaw milk, how to pump, the use of galactagogues, and more! I will also talk about the importance of skin-to-skin contact with baby, what microbes are, the importance of vaginal birth and breastfeeding if possible for giving baby the best possible microbiomes (ie good bacteria), and epigenetics. All really cool info!

I have videos to show you how to latch your baby and how to hand express your milk. I provide you with printable documents to help guide you later on and remember what you’ve learned. And with lifetime access, you don’t have to try and remember everything you learn. I promise you that you will learn more in my class than you will in any other class offered by your local hospital or doctor’s office!

PRENATAL NUTRITION:

What you eat while you’re pregnant is so important for the growth of your developing fetus! In fact, what you eat can also help you get pregnant in the first place! But once you are pregnant, everything you eat will be passed through to your baby. If you’re lacking nutrients in the diet you’re eating, your baby will pull from any reserves you may have in your body. If there’s nothing in your reserves, then your baby doesn’t get those nutrients either.

So your baby will always take with it needs, but it can’t take what isn’t there. This means that not only are you depriving your own body, but you’re depriving your unborn baby, which is of course not something you are deliberately doing! On a side note, it takes your body 6 months to return to your prenatal nutrient levels once you’ve delivered your baby! Wow!

In this unique course, I will teach you about the micro and macro nutrients you need to be healthy, the amount of calories you need throughout your pregnancy, how to balance what you’re eating, sample meal and snack ideas, how much water, sleep, and exercise you need, how to meal prep and plan, how to properly read labels at the store, how to eat foods that will help your pregnancy ailments, and so much more! I promise you that this is a fun and fascinating course, with info you can continue to use after your baby is born!