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Welcome to the Mama Rissa Exclusive Content and Free Printables page! Here you will find the special offer you entered your email address to receive, as well as other resources to help you with various areas of your mama life.

Take a look at what is currently available and check back often for additions and updates!

Baby

• This is a downloadable, printable, 42-page Baby’s First Year journal. My goal in creating it was to make it as functional as a store-bought journal for recording all of the amazing milestones your baby will go through during that first year of life. It could be laminated, hole-punched and tied together or put into a binder. Or, you could keep it as an electronic journal on your device and fill it out with editing tools (I personally love this idea because you can fill it out while baby is napping in your arms).

• Use this guide on how I prepared my baby’s first foods to help simplify your own journey into starting solids with your little one.

Birth

• If you are planning to hire a doula to help you through your labor, you will want to interview a few before deciding who is the best fit for you. Use this list of questions as a starting point to find out what you need to know about each candidate.

• “Should I consider a natural birth? What does natural birth even mean?” If you are asking yourself these kinds of questions, this worksheet will help you sort through what is really important for you and what resources you have available to you in order to decide if natural birth is something you want to do.

• Fear should not rule your mind as you prepare for birth. Giving birth is a beautiful experience, but many pregnant women are afraid of their upcoming labor. This document contains my best advice that I believe is invaluable for fighting fear when preparing for birth.

Breastfeeding

• Use this breastfeeding preparation checklist to ensure you do, buy and gather everything you need to before the big day in order to start your breastfeeding journey off on the right foot.

• Weaning from breastfeeding can be very difficult physically and emotionally. Try these 10 ideas for making the transition as smooth as possible.

Cardiac Babies

• This emergency hospital bag packing list is the fruit of multiple hospital stays with my cardiac baby. I hope it takes a little of the burden off of your shoulders as you go through this difficult process with your own heart baby.

• Placing a baby NG (nasogastric) tube can feel terrifying. But when you are the mama to a medical needs baby, sometimes it is necessary. You are capable of more than you know. This cheat sheet will help you organize your thoughts and your supplies and it will keep you focused on how to insert an infant NG feeding tube.

Children’s Health

• These easy low-carb, sugar-free snack ideas are part of how I have managed to halt my daughter’s tooth decay. However, they are also great for anyone looking to cut down on the carbs their kids consume.

• These recipes are healthy, gluten-free and added-sugar free snack and breakfast ideas you can make with and for your kids.

• This document contains the EWG safety ratings for roughly 50 ingredients that are in the listed hydroxyapatite toothpastes. I created this document with the goal of drastically reducing your time, effort and overwhelm invested in researching the best and safest toothpaste options for your family.

Crafting

• This document contains two adorable Valentine’s Day pictures for kids to decorate with their footprints. This makes a sweet Valentine’s gift for a loved one or could simply be a keepsake.

Fathers

• Fathers often do not have as much time with their children as they would like to have. I hope that these ideas will help you know just what to do with your child with whatever time you have together.

Infant Acid Reflux

• These 8 tips on handling your child’s acid reflux are some of the fruits of my 23-month long journey with my daughter’s reflux. I hope they help and encourage you!

Infant and Toddler Sleep

• Should you sleep train your child? That is a question only you can answer, but this 15 question printable will help you figure out what works best for your family.

Mama Inspiration

• This goals journal is place to get you thinking about the goals you already have or want to make to help you maintain purpose in your mama life. During the monotonous or tough seasons of motherhood, sometimes we just need a little reminder of the many purposes we have and fulfill in life.

Miscarriage

• This Baby Remembrance Journal is intended to help you process your grief after miscarriage as well as preserve the memory of your child. It is my hope that the prompting statements followed by journaling lines will help make it a little easier for you to put your grief into written words.

Organizing Mama Life

• This flexible daily schedule is the concept I followed as the mama of a needy baby who didn’t allow me to get much done. Instead of being a stringent by-the-clock regimen, it is based off of the time blocks allotted between and during baby’s sleep times. You might be in a stage with your baby where you know that you can only have one small goal for each time block. That is totally okay, Mama!

• Being a mom can get tough sometimes. Use these tips to help you manage and face the daily frustrations of mama life.

Potty Training

• When you are preparing to potty train your toddler, you want a simple plan in place. This guide contains the method I use for potty training as well as the basic supplies you will need on your potty training journey.

Pregnancy

• If you are wondering what you need to have to make your pregnancy more comfortable, start with this list!

• For women who are in the process of trying to conceive, it is important to start preparing for pregnancy now. Start by asking your pregnancy care provider the questions on this list so you can go into pregnancy informed about how to make safe and healthy choices for your baby.

• When choosing a pregnancy care provider, use this list of questions to help you interview as many doctors/midwives as it takes to find the right match for you.

• If you are going through pregnancy after miscarriage, these affirmations from the Bible are for you. We all need a boost in our faith to get through challenging times. These affirmations will provide you with the words of faith you can`t find on your own.

Preschoolers

• This reward chart is fun and colorful to help get kids excited about completing tasks or following directions. Print it off, get some stickers, and let your preschooler put a sticker on for each day/time he or she does well at whatever it is you are working on. Once the chart is filled up, let your child pick from a few options of a special reward (a toy, a fun outing, a treat, etc.). This method has been really helpful with my own daughter and I hope it helps with your child too!

Toddlerhood

• These rules for raising a little lady are simply some basic standards we have in our house to help teach our daughter that her body, as a female, is unique and must be treated special.

Vacation With Kids

• These exclusive insider tips for going on a cruise with kids are some little gold nuggets to enlighten you on some lesser-known aspects of cruising.