Newborn Sleep Sanctuary · A course for the first four months
You're Not Creating Bad Habits.
You're building a bond - and healthy sleep foundations at the same time. The first four months are for closeness, security, and learning who your baby is - not for forcing separation or fixing problems that aren't problems. This course gives you real solutions and practices to help you, your baby, and your whole family get more rest - and the why behind all of it, so your mind can finally be at ease.
Enroll Now - $147INSTANT ACCESS · LIFETIME · 30-DAY GUARANTEE
The Problem
Everyone's Got You Worried You'll Regret This
"Hold them too much and you'll create a bad habit."
"Let them nap on you and they'll never sleep alone."
"Feed them to sleep and you'll pay for it."
"Whatever you do, don't bedshare."
The sleep rules suck. Let's break them.
Those rules turn the tenderest months into anxiety - second-guessing every cuddle, every contact nap, every night feed.
But in the first four months, closeness isn't a habit to break. It's how your baby learns the world is safe.
You're not building problems. You're building trust.
What This Is
A Sanctuary for the First Four Months
This isn't sleep training (you already know you can't sleep-train a newborn), and it isn't forcing independence before your baby is ready. It's a course that helps you:
Understand what newborn sleep actually is - and why your baby does what they do
Embrace closeness - contact naps, babywearing, connection - without the guilt
Explore every safe sleep arrangement - room-sharing, crib, bassinet, bedsharing - with the science and studies in hand, so you decide what's right for your family, not what someone else prescribed
Make the most of this time, especially if you're heading back to work early
Get real solutions and practices for more rest - for your baby, for you, and for your whole family
Keep your whole family sane - no rushing to fixes
Know when and how to make gentle changes later, when it's developmentally right
The goal isn't a baby sleeping "independently" at 8 weeks. It's a family that feels held - and a foundation that makes everything later easier.
Healthy Foundations
Everything you do in these months lays the groundwork for sleep later. You'll set up healthy sleep foundations from day one - environment, rhythm, and responsiveness - without training anything.
Real Rest
Practical solutions and practices you can use tonight: settling that works, transfer timing, night setups, and strategies that get your baby, you, and your whole family more sleep.
Peace of Mind
You'll know the why behind everything - what's biology, what's normal, and what actually needs attention. When you understand it, the anxiety loses its grip.
Who It's For
This Course Is For You If...
You're going back to work
At 6, 8, or 12 weeks - and you need to make the most of the closeness you have, with strategies that account for your real schedule.
You're doing this mostly alone
No partner, or a partner who works long hours, or family far away. This was built with you in mind.
You're exhausted by the extremes
You don't want to sleep train, but you also can't sacrifice your entire self. There's a middle path.
You want to understand WHY
Not just be handed a method and told to follow it. You want to know what your baby is doing and why.
You need real-life information
Not Pinterest-perfect advice that assumes unlimited resources, a village, and a textbook baby.
You're second-guessing every cuddle
The warnings got in your head. You want permission and evidence to enjoy your baby.
What's Inside
Eight Modules + Bonus, Birth Through Sixteen Weeks
Short, watchable videos with workbooks and handouts for every module - each one building healthy sleep foundations with practices you can use that night. Watch it all before baby arrives, or find the module that matches the week you're in.
Foundations
Everyone starts here. How newborn sleep actually works: the evolutionary biology, the nervous system, co-regulation, and the biological norms underneath the cultural expectations.
Preparing
Sleep spaces, the products you actually need (and the ones you don't), realistic expectations, and building your support system before baby arrives.
The Fourth Trimester
The first two weeks. Your recovery comes first. Contact sleep as biology, feeding and night waking as design, and why nothing needs fixing yet.
Finding Your Rhythm
Reading your baby's states, the transfer sweet spot, and settling that works with your baby's nervous system instead of against it.
The Clock Comes Online
The circadian rhythm emerges. Light, dark, and how days and nights start to organize - and how to gently support it.
Predictability and Consistency
Rhythm without rigidity. Eat, play, sleep patterns, returning to work, and reverse cycling.
Introducing Change
When your baby is ready, gentle change is possible. How to know it's time, and how to shift things without tears-based methods.
Preparing for the Shift
What's coming after sixteen weeks, how sleep reorganizes, and how the foundation you built makes the next stage easier.
Troubleshooting
The hard nights and the curveballs: what to check, what to try, and when what's happening is actually normal.
Every enrollment also includes
- Workbooks and handouts for every module - reflection tools, planning guides, and printable references you'll come back to at 3am
- Founding community access - enroll now and get one month of founding access to The Parenthood Project community when it opens this Fall
- Lifetime access - to the course and every future update
- A path to more support - 1:1 sleep support from $695 when you need hands-on help, with this course as your foundation
How It's Different
Five Things You Won't Find Anywhere Else
Your baby is not a robot
No inputs and outputs, no wake windows to obsess over, no method to follow off a cliff. Just biology, and a parent who understands it.
Closeness isn't a bad habit
Contact naps, feeding to sleep, responding at every waking - in the first four months these aren't problems to prevent. They're the foundation, wherever your baby sleeps.
Built for real life
Working parents, solo parents, families without a village. Every strategy accounts for real constraints, not ideal circumstances.
Doesn't end when the videos do
One month of founding community access when it opens this Fall - live support, peer connection, and troubleshooting beyond the course.
Honors the whole you
Your recovery, your sleep, your capacity, and your feelings - including the hard ones - are part of the curriculum, not an afterthought.
About Jen
Hi, I'm Jen
I'm a birth and postpartum doula, childbirth educator, and pediatric sleep consultant with over a decade in this work: 200 births attended and more than 250 families held through postpartum - lots of babies, and plenty of multiples. I'm also a mother, so I know what 3am actually feels like.
I built the Newborn Sleep Sanctuary because parents kept arriving in my practice anxious about "bad habits" during the exact months when closeness matters most. The evidence doesn't support the warnings. Biology is on your side - someone just needs to show you how.
My approach is biology-first and nervous-system-led. Where the evidence is strong, I'll tell you plainly. Where it runs out, I'll return the choice to you. And I will never soften the safety floor.
Enrollment
Enroll Today
Instant access to the full course. Start tonight.
One payment · Lifetime access
- The complete course: 8 modules + bonus
- All workbooks, handouts, and guides
- One month of founding community access this Fall
- Lifetime access, every future update
30-day money-back guarantee
If $147 isn't possible for your family right now, email us at [email protected]. We'll figure something out together.
Questions
FAQ
Won't I create bad habits?
No. In the first four months, your baby's nervous system is doing exactly what it's designed to do: seeking closeness, waking often, and needing you. These aren't habits being learned - they're biology unfolding. Habits, in the behavioral sense, come later. What you're actually doing right now is laying healthy sleep foundations. The course teaches you what's happening, why it works this way, and exactly when and how gentle change becomes appropriate.
Will this actually help us get more rest?
Yes - that's the point. Understanding alone doesn't get you through the night, so every module pairs the why with real practices: settling that works with your baby's nervous system, the transfer sweet spot, night setups, rhythm without rigidity, and strategies for sustainable nights. More rest for your baby, for you, and for your whole family - without training anything.
I'm going back to work soon. Will this still work for me?
Yes - this course was built with you in mind. It helps you make the most of the closeness you have, set up sustainable nights around your schedule, and handle things like reverse cycling when they show up. Real constraints are part of every strategy, not an exception to them.
Do I have to co-sleep or bedshare for this to work?
No. This course doesn't prescribe one arrangement. We walk through the full landscape - room-sharing, crib and bassinet setups, and bedsharing - alongside the actual science: AAP guidelines, the Safe Sleep 7, James McKenna's breastsleeping research, and the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine's position. You'll see what the studies say, where they agree, and where they don't - so you can decide what safe sleep looks like for your family.
And a clarification worth making: co-sleeping and bedsharing aren't the same thing. Room-sharing is co-sleeping too - and it's what most families are already doing. That's exactly the kind of confusion this course clears up. Whatever you choose, the safety floor is never softened.
Is this sleep training?
No. There is no sleep training in this course, and no tears-based methods. You can't sleep-train a newborn - and the first four months have a different job entirely: bonding, security, and learning who your baby is. When your baby is developmentally ready, the course shows you how to make gentle changes.
Is this only for first-time parents?
No. First baby, second baby, or "this baby is so different from my first" baby. The biology is the same; every baby is unique.
Can I get 1:1 support?
Yes. Customized 1:1 sleep support starts at $695 and includes this course, a personalized plan for your family, and ongoing support as you implement. Ideal for crisis mode or complex situations (twins, medical needs, extreme deprivation). Email [email protected] to book.
When do I get access?
Right away. The moment you enroll, you get instant access to the full course - all eight modules plus the bonus, every workbook, and every handout. Watch it all before baby arrives, or jump to the module that matches the week you're in.
What if it's not for me?
There's a 30-day money-back guarantee. If the course isn't right for your family, email us and we'll refund you.
You're Allowed to Enjoy This
Your baby isn't broken. The expectations are. The rules were never yours to keep. The first four months only happen once - you deserve to spend them rested, at ease, and building a bond, with healthy sleep foundations taking root underneath it all.
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