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Are you overwhelmed with all of the available parenting advice?

Are you stuck in “postpartum comparison” and looking for confidence in caring for your baby?

No mom should feel overwhelmed or inadequate when seeking information.

New mom workbook

The 'This is Not What I Expected Workbook' can help.

Workbook

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  • 60 + interactive worksheets
  • Evidenced Based Content
  • 50 + Up to Date Resources & Websites

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  • learn how your baby communicates
  • track your own experience
  • find ways to respond

Infant Cues
Motherhood assessment

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Work through the information and activities.

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Workbook for new moms

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Work through the information and activities.

learn to love being a mom

Build a life you love.

Work through the information and activities.

Build a life you love.

What's in the Workbook?

SIX motherhood topics with information & worksheets designed to help you discover your own unique strengths and abilities. 

Click the icons below to learn more about each topic.  

Physical Recovery

Mental & Emotional Health

Mental & Emotional Health

Physical recovery postpartum

How you feel physically can have a BIG impact on your ability to care for yourself and your baby in motherhood. What should you expect when recovering from pregnancy and birth?

Mental & Emotional Health

Mental & Emotional Health

Mental & Emotional Health

Mental and Emotional Health Postpartum

Perinatal Mood & Anxiety disorders are REAL. 

You are not alone.

You are not to blame.

With help you can get better. 

Infant Care & Comfort

Mental & Emotional Health

Infant Care & Comfort

Caring for a new baby

Is caring for a baby different than what you expected? Everything is PRACTICE, especially in the first few weeks. Finding information on what is normal can help calm anxiety and decrease the stress of the question 'Am I doing it right?'. Check out some of the pages from our book for postpartum moms.

Sleep for Everyone

Partner Communication

Infant Care & Comfort

Newborn Sleep

Babies have sleep patterns that are very different from adults.  What is normal? What should you expect? What can you do to get more sleep?

Infant Feeding

Partner Communication

Partner Communication

Feeding your baby

Infant feeding is an area of motherhood that can cause anxiety, guilt and stress.  It can be complex, confusing and sometimes emotionally charged. Get evidenced based information on how to navigate your baby's nutritional needs.

Partner Communication

Partner Communication

Partner Communication

Communication as new parents

Having a baby adds another voice in the conversations you have in your home. They may not be speaking words, but they sure have a lot to say! How do you navigate new and changing relationships after having a baby?

The Workbook also includes:

Content on Creating Structure

Worksheets on Balancing Roles

Section for Self Care & Finding Yourself

60 + interactive worksheets

Evidenced Based Content

50 + Up to Date Resources and websites

About Us

Authors of 'This is Not What I Expected' Workbook

Kimberly Flora & Monica Bird

As registered nurses we have spent our careers working with moms and their newborns. Through over 45 years of combined experience we have specialized in NICU and postpartum nursing, lactation, prenatal education and postpartum support groups. Additionally we have received advanced training in postpartum mood disorders. Our experience helping parents has taught us that families need help managing the differences between what they anticipated and the realities of parenting a newborn. 

Motherhood is too short to be overwhelmed, to feel inadequate, to not enjoy your baby.

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