Baby’s First Year: Online Parenting Class for New Moms and Dads
Baby's First Year
Baby’s First Year: Your Trusted Guide
Feeling overwhelmed by baby’s first year? You’re not alone. This expert-backed, self-paced course delivers calm, clarity, and real-world advice—from feeding and sleep to milestones, postpartum recovery, and baby care essentials.
✨ What You’ll Learn click to expand
- Feeding essentials: breastfeeding, formula, and introducing solids
- Infant sleep science and how to set sustainable sleep boundaries
- Milestone-based play & connection strategies for ages 0–12 months
- Oral motor development, tummy time, and baby bathing tips
- Diapering basics, baby illness care, and safety must-knows
- Postpartum recovery: postpartum fitness, intimacy, and incontinence support
📦 Course Features click to expand
- Duration: 5 hrs 36 mins
- Videos: 52 short expert-led lessons
- Guides: 8 deep-dive video/text/digital modules
- Downloads: 22 tools and checklists
- Access: 12-month unlimited viewing
- Support: Ask our expert educators directly
- Format: 100% online and self-paced
📚 Bonus Resources click to expand
Alongside 22 downloadable resources included in your course, we also invite you to explore these popular blog posts—your sneak peek into the kind of expert-backed, real-parent guidance you’ll find inside:
- Sensorimotor toys and play ideas
- Breastfeeding: expectations vs. reality
- Exercising after birth & pelvic floor recovery
📥 Want the full set of expert tools? Enroll now to unlock everything—downloadable guides, milestone checklists, expert video support, and more.
🧑🏫 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.
Build confidence and connection through the first 12 months—one small step (and one great nap) at a time.
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Everything You Need for the First Year—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
Nurtured Nest’s content is developed by parenting educators, healthcare professionals, and real parents—so it’s always grounded in evidence and real-life experience. Learn more about our team.
✔ 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
✔ 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
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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."
97.7% of expecting parents search online for pregnancy info, yet 1 in 3 get no perinatal education.
82%
Decrease in postpartum anxiety
140%
Higher satisfaction with parenting
91%
Reduction in postpartum depression
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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Frequently Asked Questions
How long do I have access to the course? ↓
Is this considered an online newborn care class? ↓
What topics are covered in the Baby’s First Year course? ↓
Can my partner or another caregiver take this class with me? ↓
What's the difference in in-person and online parent education? ↓
Is there financial assistance available? ↓
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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.”
- 💡 "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."
- 🧠 “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."
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