How to Safely introduce The Dog To Baby
Kids & The Family Dog
Kids & the Family Dog: Creating a Safer, Calmer Home
Bringing a dog into a family with young children—or helping your dog adjust to a new baby—takes more than just love and good intentions. This expert-led course is your trusted guide for raising confident kids and happy pups under one roof.
Through bite-sized video lessons, real-life scenarios, and expert-backed strategies, you’ll learn how to choose the right dog, navigate training, and ensure child safety—helping your family and furry friend thrive together.
🐾 What You’ll Learn tap to expand
- Choosing the right dog: breeder vs. rescue
- Breed behavior, household fit & temperament tips
- Training basics: housetraining, biting, barking, tethering
- Managing jumping, pulling, and indoor boundaries
- Red flags and knowing when to seek extra help
- How to safely introduce dogs to babies or toddlers
- Navigating family routines and feeding time safely
📦 Course Features tap to expand
- Duration: 1 hr 40 mins of video training
- Lessons: 41 expert-led video modules (most under 5 mins)
- Resources: 15+ digital tools including safety guides and checklists
- Formats: Video, text, and printable materials
- Access: 12 months of unlimited viewing
📚 Bonus Blog Resources tap to expand
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🐶 Get started today—your dog, your baby, and your peace of mind will thank you.
🧑🏫 Meet the Educator Team click to expand
Created by the Nurtured Nest Team—parenting educators, healthcare professionals, and real parents. Our content is always grounded in research and real-life experience.
Meet the team behind the course right here.
A safer home starts with smart strategies and clear expectations—for everyone with paws or tiny feet.
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Everything You Need for Baby and Dog—All in One Place
✓ Should We Adopt or Buy a Dog From a Breeder?
✓ The Financial Investment of Having a Dog
Getting Started with Your Family Dog
✓ Young Children & Dogs
✓ Different Types/Breeds of Dogs
✓ Why Would I Need Dog Training?
✓ Getting Started With Your New Pup
✓ What is Confinement?
✓ Housetraining
✓ Play Biting
✓ Jumping
✓ Pulling
✓ Barking
✓ Household Management
✓ What is Tethering?
✓ What About E-Collars?
✓What Are Desirable Dog Behaviors?
✓ Dog Behaviors To Be Cautious Of
✓ Recognizing Red Flag Dog Behaviors
✓ Common, Yet Questionable Dog & Child Situations
✓ Preparing Your Home
✓ Must-Have Dog Behaviors
✓ Helpful New Skills for Your Pup
✓ Dog Parent Guilt
✓ Child Behavior Around Dogs
✓ Feeding Time
✓ Walking and Training
✓A Reactive Dog
✓ Resource Guarding
✓ Aggression Towards Humans
✓ Aggression Towards Other Dogs
✓ Separation Anxiety
✓ When Should You Seek More Help?
✓ When Should You Give Up the Pup?
✓ Dog Toy or Baby Toy? Game
✓ Dogs & Children: Resource Links for Getting Started
✓ Dog Crating Guide
✓ Dog Feeding Guide
✓ Dog Bite Guide
✓ A Puppy's Rule of 12
✓ Child Behavior Around Dogs
✓ Newborn Cry Audio File
✓ Canine Bite Levels – Dr. Sophia Yin
✓ Newborn Brain Development
✓ Newborn Sleep Stages
✓ The Forces that Drive Sleep
✓ Overview and Personal Perspective
✓ Sleep Timing: Overtiredness
✓ Sleep Timing: Awake Windows
✓ Sleep Timing: Sleepy Cues
✓ Morning Routines
✓ Night Time Routines
✓ Soothing a Baby to Sleep: The 5 S's
✓ How to Swaddle With a Blanket
✓ Sleep Environment: Creating a Space That Supports
✓ Sleep Environment: Creating a Safe Sleep Space
✓ Building Security in the Sleep Space Through Play
✓ Feeding + Newborn Sleep Video Guide
What to Expect with Newborn Sleep
✓ What to Expect in Newborn Sleep
✓ What's "Typical" in Newborn Sleep
✓ Cognitive Brain Growth: Leaps
✓ Baby Sleep Progressions
✓ Mindset Matters When It Comes to Sleep
✓ Pre-bedtime Stress Busters
✓ Finding Calm: Simple Practices for Managing Stress & Dealing with Overwhelm
✓ Survival Tips for the Newborn Period
✓ Tips to Optimize Your Newborn's Sleep
✓ The Sleep Help Scale
✓ Parental Sleep & Rest
✓ Sleep Hygiene Tips for New Parents
Everything You Need for Baby and Dog—All in One Place
👉 Click to peek inside—there’s way more here than you’d expect from a “parenting course.”
✔ Preterm Infants
✔ Temperament
✔ Emotions
✔ Returning to Regular Activity & Exercise After Birth
✔ 6 Weeks + Postpartum Exercise Video Guide
✔ Early Postpartum Exercise Video Guide
✔ Postpartum Exercise Substitutions and Modifications
✔ Back & Hip Pain
✔ How To Recover Well During Postpartum
✔ Postpartum Support Guide
✔ What is the Pelvic Floor?
✔ Pelvic Prolapse
✔ Diastasis Rectus Abdominis
✔ Postpartum Pain During Sex
✔ Incontinence
✔ The Lowdown on Lube
✔ Being Intimate After Birth
✔ Diapering Basics
✔ Bathing: Nails & Teeth
✔ Bathing: Skin & Hair
✔ Caring for Sick Baby
✔ Childcare
✔ Childcare: Additional Options
✔ Feeding in the First Year
✔ Sleep Basics: Sleep Science
✔ Sleep Basics: Boundaries
The First Few Weeks
✔ Daily Flow: The First Few Weeks
✔ Breastfeeding: The First Few Weeks
✔ Formula Feeding: The First Few Weeks
✔ Diapering: The First Few Weeks
✔ Sleep: The First Few Weeks
✔ Sleep: What to Do When Nothing Works
0-3 Months
✔ Daily Flow: 0-3 Months
✔ Feeding Baby: When to Call a Doctor
✔ Sleep: 0-3 Months
✔ Diapering: 0-3 Months
✔ Tummy Time
✔ Play + Connection: Visual Play 0-3 Months
✔ 0-3 Months Milestones Guide
4-8 Months
✔ Daily Flow: 4-8 Months
✔ Feeding: On the Go
✔ Sleep: 4-8 Months
✔ Diapering: 4-8 Months
✔ Play & Connection: 4-8 Months Part One
✔ Play & Connection: 4-8 Months Part Two
✔ 4-8 Months Milestones Guide
9-12 Months
✔ Daily Flow: 9-12 Months
✔ Feeding: As Baby Gets Older
✔ Sleep: 9-12 Months
✔ Diapering: 9-12 Months
✔ Play & Connection: 9-12 Months
✔ Play & Connection: Additional Senses
✔ Oral Motor Development
✔ Setting Your Expectations When Starting Solids
✔ How To Choose Products
✔ Feeding Products Guide
✔ Is Gagging Normal?
✔ Infant Choking Rescue
✔ Conscious Baby Choking
✔ Traditional Weaning
✔ Baby Led Weaning
✔ Making It Work For You!
✔ Is My Baby Getting Enough?
✔ Fostering Self-Feeding
✔ What If My Child Becomes Picky?
✔ How To Help Undesirable Table Behaviors
✔ Integrating Speech and Language into Mealtimes
✔ Safe Sleep: Additional Resources
✔ Setting Adult Sleep Expectations
✔ Create a Safe Sleep Space
✔ Formula Types
✔ Ellyn Satter's Division of Responsibility
✔ Paced Bottle Feeding
✔ Formula Prep & Storage Guide
✔ Nursing Position Visuals
✔ Breastfeeding Positions Guide
✔ Meal Time Sign Language for Baby
✔ Baby Led Weaning First Plates: Photo Examples
✔ POST-BIRTH Warning Signs Guide
✔ Postpartum Preeclampsia Guide
✔ Medicine Dosage Chart
✔ 0-3 Months Milestones Guide
✔ 4-8 Months Milestones Guide
✔ Milestones 9-12 Months
✔ Printable Baby Gear Checklists
✔ Baby Gear Guide
✔ Questions to Ask When Choosing a Childcare Provider
✔ Questions to Ask When Picking a Pediatrician
✔ Baby's First Year Learning Objectives
✓ Should We Adopt or Buy a Dog From a Breeder?
✓ The Financial Investment of Having a Dog
Getting Started with Your Family Dog
✓ Young Children & Dogs
✓ Different Types/Breeds of Dogs
✓ Why Would I Need Dog Training?
✓ Getting Started With Your New Pup
✓ What is Confinement?
✓ Housetraining
✓ Play Biting
✓ Jumping
✓ Pulling
✓ Barking
✓ Household Management
✓ What is Tethering?
✓ What About E-Collars?
✓What Are Desirable Dog Behaviors?
✓ Dog Behaviors To Be Cautious Of
✓ Recognizing Red Flag Dog Behaviors
✓ Common, Yet Questionable Dog & Child Situations
✓ Preparing Your Home
✓ Must-Have Dog Behaviors
✓ Helpful New Skills for Your Pup
✓ Dog Parent Guilt
✓ Child Behavior Around Dogs
✓ Feeding Time
✓ Walking and Training
✓A Reactive Dog
✓ Resource Guarding
✓ Aggression Towards Humans
✓ Aggression Towards Other Dogs
✓ Separation Anxiety
✓ When Should You Seek More Help?
✓ When Should You Give Up the Pup?
✓ Dog Toy or Baby Toy? Game
✓ Dogs & Children: Resource Links for Getting Started
✓ Dog Crating Guide
✓ Dog Feeding Guide
✓ Dog Bite Guide
✓ A Puppy's Rule of 12
✓ Child Behavior Around Dogs
✓ Newborn Cry Audio File
✓ Canine Bite Levels – Dr. Sophia Yin
Why Parents Love Learning with Nurtured Nest
✅ Expert guidance from certified educators who are also parents
✅ Self-paced learning you can revisit anytime
✅ 12-month access to refresh as your child grows
✅ Downloadable checklists, planners, and tip sheets
✅ Direct expert support when you need it
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No manual? No problem. Knowledge will be your superpower.
🧠 “Learning the science behind baby sleep helped me stop second-guessing everything and trust the process.” -
🙌 “I used to Google every little sleep problem—now I actually know what to do.” -
🔄 "Even when things don’t go as planned, I feel like I have a toolkit to handle it." -
🚆 "That express train analogy was spot-on - when those contractions started rolling in stronger and closer together, I knew exactly what was happening!" -
💡 "Understanding my baby’s cues and development has made parenting so much more fun!" -
👶 "Having a preterm baby was overwhelming, but this course helped me understand what to expect." -
💝 "Worth every penny. I actually feel prepared—not just for birth, but for what comes after." -
👶 "I thought we'd just learn about breathing techniques, but I learned how to be there 100% for my partner and our baby."
No manual? No problem. Knowledge will be your superpower.
- 🧠 “Learning the science behind baby sleep helped me stop second-guessing everything and trust the process.” 🔄 "Even when things don’t go as planned, I feel like I have a toolkit to handle it."
- 🙌 “I used to Google every little sleep problem—now I actually know what to do.”
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💡 “Knowing what’s normal for baby sleep has made nights so much less stressful.” 💡 "Understanding my baby’s cues and development has made parenting so much more fun!" - 👶 "Having a preterm baby was overwhelming, but this course helped me understand what to expect."
- 🚆 "That express train analogy was spot-on - when those contractions started rolling in stronger and closer together, I knew exactly what was happening!" 💝 "Worth every penny. I actually feel prepared—not just for birth, but for what comes after."
- 👶 "I thought we'd just learn about breathing techniques, but I learned how to be there 100% for my partner and our baby."
- 🧠 “Learning the science behind baby sleep helped me stop second-guessing everything and trust the process.”
- 🙌 “I used to Google every little sleep problem—now I actually know what to do.”
- 💡 "Understanding my baby’s cues and development has made parenting so much more fun!"
- 👶 "Having a preterm baby was overwhelming, but this course helped me understand what to expect."
- 🚆 "That express train analogy was spot-on - when those contractions started rolling in stronger and closer together, I knew exactly what was happening!"
- 👶 "I thought we'd just learn about breathing techniques, but I learned how to be there 100% for my partner and our baby."
- 💝 "Worth every penny. I actually feel prepared—not just for birth, but for what comes after."
- 🔄 "Even when things don’t go as planned, I feel like I have a toolkit to handle it."
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Decrease in postpartum anxiety
140%
Higher satisfaction with parenting
91%
Reduction in postpartum depression
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Before Baby Meets Dog: A Quick Guide for Growing Families
Expecting a baby? Preparing your dog for a new little family member? This free guide walks you through practical, expert-backed steps to keep your home safe and calm for everyone.
- ✔️ Prep your dog for baby gear, sounds, and routines
- ✔️ Set up safe spaces and clear boundaries
- ✔️ Avoid "they were fine… until crawling" surprises