Growing Your Family
BOOKS
Second pregnancy?
Or know someone that is going from 1 child to 2?
We've got something you're going to love!
Second Baby Collection
Share precious moments together and so much more
A beautiful bundle to support your growing family as you prepare for baby number two.
This collection includes:
- Words & Space for Your Second Pregnancy – a gentle journal to process emotions and prepare you and your growing family for the transition to life with two.
- Books for Big Brother or Big Sister to "read" to their new baby – sweet fill-in-the-blank bonding books to help your firstborn feel proud, connected, and included.
Together, these books nurture connection, calm, and compassion — for you, your firstborn, and the baby on the way.
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Paperback
For You Big Sister
to "Read" to Your New Baby
(bump or newborn)
A fill-in-the blank activity bonding book to read aloud together
to help big sisters of all ages embrace their new role
and welcome baby to the family
Paperback
For You Big Brother
to "Read" to Your New Baby (bump or newborn)
A fill-in-the blank activity bonding book to read aloud together
to help big brothers of all ages embrace their new role
and welcome baby to the family
Paperback
Words & Space...
for your second pregnancy
An open-any-page
affirmations & reflections guided journal to honour the complex mix of emotions that can come with going from one to two. This time you're not just preparing for a newborn, you're preparing hearts—yours, your eldest’s, your newest little one’s
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sTABILITY
These books help older siblings to feel a part of the process of welcoming baby to their family. They help big brothers and sisters to understand the changes in their family and their role. They help mama with her feelings during this transition, as well as being able to hold space for the feelings of her big kids too.
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development
For baby: high-contrast images encourage early visual focus, attention, and engagement.
For big sibling: reading aloud boosts communication, literacy, and confidence.
For both: sharing these books together nurtures early bonding, emotional connection, and social-emotional growth.
A beautiful way to help siblings connect — and to support learning and love from the very beginning.
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bonding
Taking special moments away from the busyness of life to enjoy each other and experience quality time "reading" about love & life helps to boost bonding and connection between big brothers and sisters and their new little baby. With parent's help "reading" this can be a family bonding experience.
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Calm
Being close together, feeling connected can help calm the whole family's nervous system. Reading these books together is a beautiful daily ritual which can create a calming, consistent habit for you and your family.
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Taking time for you to reflect on your feelings and to journal is a powerful way to boost your emotional wellbeing and sense of calm in amongst the turmoil of change. And your sense of calm creates ripples through your whole family.
A great gift for big sisters!
A great gift for big brothers!
A great gift for the new baby and parents too!
These books create special moments
for the whole family.
TOOLS
Need a Minute Library
Simple audio support
to help you reconnect with yourself
in life’s demanding seasons.
Growing your family brings a different kind of transition.
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Your heart expands quickly —
but so does the number of people needing you.
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Many mothers are surprised by how stretched this season can feel.
Suddenly you’re balancing so many moving parts.
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A baby who needs you constantly.
A child who still needs you deeply.
A home, a partner, a life that doesn’t pause while you adjust.
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It can feel like there’s very little space left for you.
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​Many mothers notice the emotional stretch of growing their family and begin looking for ways to stay steady while adjusting to life with more than one child.
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The Need a Minute Library was created with moments like this in mind.
Short, gentle audios you can listen to anytime in your day. You don't have to change what you're doing, the audios meet you just as you are; while baby feeds and your toddler plays nearby, while folding laundry, standing in the kitchen, or during a quick bathroom break...
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They’re not about adding another task to your list.
Just small pauses that help you:
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• catch your breath for a moment
• settle your nervous system
• navigate the emotional stretch of a growing family
• feel more grounded in the middle of busy days
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Because welcoming another child isn’t just an addition —
it reshapes the rhythm of your whole life.
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You deserve moments of support inside that transition too.
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Start with a single moment for yourself — the Need a Minute Starter Set includes two short audios you can try for free and feel the support a minute can bring, wherever you are in your journey.