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Mothers With Babies

Classes

Newborn & Postpartum Care fundamentals

$150 per family

A 2 hour in-person class (partners encouraged) 

 

This hands-on class prepares expecting and newly postpartum parents for the first six weeks with a newborn. You’ll learn what to expect, what’s normal, and how to confidently care for your baby while also supporting your own recovery and wellbeing.

We cover newborn feeding, sleep, soothing, safe sleep, and daily care skills like swaddling, diapering, and bathing. You’ll also learn about newborn behavior, common procedures, postpartum recovery, and how to work as a team during this major life transition.

With guided instruction and hands-on practice, you’ll leave feeling more confident, supported, and prepared for life with your newborn—not just informed, but ready.

You’ll learn:

  • Newborn behavior, cues, and what’s normal

  • Feeding basics and realistic expectations

  • Safe sleep and newborn sleep patterns

  • Soothing techniques for crying

  • Swaddling, diapering, and bathing skills

  • Postpartum recovery and emotional changes

  • Partner teamwork and communication

 

A supportive, practical class designed to help you feel confident bringing your baby home.

- OFFERED MONTHLY - 

A 2 hour in-person class (partners encouraged)


A practical, evidence-based class for building healthy sleep habits

This class is designed for parents of babies 4–12 months who are ready to create more predictable, restful sleep using developmentally appropriate foundations. We focus on understanding your baby’s sleep needs, fine-tuning daily rhythms, and building healthy habits without rigid schedules or unrealistic expectations.

You’ll learn how sleep changes during this stage, how to navigate common disruptions, and how to gently support longer naps and more consistent nights through age-appropriate structure.

You’ll Learn:

  • Age-appropriate wake windows and how to use them confidently

  • How to build a flexible but consistent daily rhythm

  • Nap transitions and what to expect in this stage

  • Night sleep patterns and common reasons for night waking

  • How feeding impacts sleep at 4–12 months

  • Sleep associations and how they affect rest

  • Early habits that support independent sleep skills

  • Common regressions and developmental sleep disruptions

  • How to troubleshoot short naps and frequent night wakes

This class is ideal for parents who want clarity and structure around sleep without pressure—focused on realistic tools that support better rest for both baby and family.

- OFFERED MONTHLY - 

Baby Wrapped in Blanket

baby sleep
foundations

$150 per family
Breastfeeding Infant

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feeding:

The Lactation Course for modern parents

​​A 2 hour online course with 1 year of access + 30-min. Prenatal Consult

 

Course & Prenatal Consult Included in our Foundations Package.

 

Nursing a baby today happens in a very different environment than it did for most of human history. Modern parents are navigating conflicting advice, busy lives, sleep deprivation, and a culture that often lacks reliable baby feeding support.

Whether you are choosing to breast/chestfeed, pump and bottle feed or combination feed - In this course, we reset the conversation. 

Not perfect feeding.

Not effortless feeding

FEARLESS FEEDING. 

 

You’ll learn what nursing actually looks like biologically, why so many parents struggle despite good intentions, and how to shift your expectations away from perfection and toward confidence and adaptability. 

Instead of trying to control every outcome, you'll begin building the mindset that allows your lactation journey to unfold more naturally.

This is where Fearless Feeding begins.

$200 per family

​​We celebrate all families!

LGBTQIA+ welcoming & affirming.

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Office: 1310 S Union Ave, Suite B-1, Tacoma, WA 98405

Phone (call or text): (253) 780-1700

Proudly serving Tacoma, Gig Harbor, Puyallup and surrounding areas

We gratefully honor and acknowledge that we are on the traditional homelands of the Puyallup Tribe. The Puyallup people have lived on and stewarded these lands since the beginning of time, and continue to do so today. We recognize that this land acknowledgement is one small step toward true allyship and we commit to uplifting the voices, experiences, and histories of the Indigenous people of this land and beyond.

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