For the mamas who keep their babies close

Keep Your Baby Close. You Were Right All Along.

your intuition has been telling you the same thing since the day your baby was born: stay close, follow their lead, trust what your body already knows. [community name] is a village for mamas who listen to that voice, with the natural, ancestral wisdom and the other side of the story that's so hard to find anywhere else.

Come in, mama $29/month · founding price locked in for life
Mel in a rice field, looking down at her baby in a carrier on her chest
a baby asleep in Mel's arms as she sits cross-legged

You Already Know What Your Baby Needs

you feel it when your baby reaches for you in the dark, when they settle the second they're back on your skin, when every part of you says don't put them down. no one had to teach you that. it's the same intuition mothers have followed for thousands of years, long before anyone wrote a sleep training book.

the people around you might not understand it yet, and that's okay, they did the best they could with the information they had. we just know more now, and your baby is doing exactly what babies are designed to do, staying close to the one who keeps them safe and fed.

here, you'll be surrounded by mamas who feel it too.

What's inside

Inside the Village

01

Weekly Calls With Other Mamas

one live call every week with mamas who parent the way you do, where you can bring your questions about night feeds, cosleeping, starting solids or a tricky conversation with family, and talk it through with women who have been right where you are.

02

Members-Only Group Chat

always there for the 2am moments, when your baby has been nursing for an hour and you just want to hear from someone who's been there that it's completely normal.

03

Monthly Expert Interviews

midwives, lactation consultants and sleep researchers answering the questions your pediatrician won't, with the research behind them whenever you want to go a little deeper.

04

Step-by-Step Tutorials

how to set up your bed for cosleeping, find a deep latch, and wear your baby all day without a sore back, in short videos you can watch while you feed.

05

Crunchy Shopping Guides

the natural, non-toxic things that are actually worth buying for pregnancy, birth and the early months, and the things you can happily skip.

What we cover

The Other Side of the Story

the things you won't hear at your pediatrician's office, from cosleeping and exclusive breastfeeding to natural birth and a non-toxic home, all in one place, with a little research behind it to back up what your body already knows. new guides, interviews and tutorials arrive every month.

Come in, mama $29/month · everything included when the doors open
  • Cosleeping
  • Exclusive breastfeeding
  • Natural birth
  • Non-toxic home
  • Babywearing
  • Vaccine decisions
  • Baby-led weaning
  • Contact naps
  • Night feeds
  • Birth preferences
  • Bedsharing setup
  • Postpartum nutrition
  • Getting your partner on board
  • Boundaries with family
  • Pelvic floor recovery
  • Newborn sleep
  • Sleep regressions
  • Body after birth
  • Tummy time
  • Siblings & family
Mel, pregnant, with ceremonial belly painting

A note from the founder

I'm a Mama Just Like You, Doing This for the First Time and Led by My Intuition.

when my son was born, everyone had advice for me, to put him down, to give him a bottle, to move him into his own bed, and every time, something deep in me quietly said no. so I listened. my son has never once slept without knowing exactly where his mama is, and I moved across the world to Bali, away from my whole family, so I could raise him somewhere this way of mothering is normal.

most mamas don't get to do that. you're doing this with well-meaning family in your ear and a pediatrician telling you to sleep train, searching late at night for someone who understands.

I've walked a little further down this path than you, so I built the place I wish I'd had at the start, with the information that's so hard to find and a village of mamas who keep their babies close too. the experts I bring in are real experts, the mamas in here are real mamas, and I'd love for you to be one of them.

come in, mama.

Mel

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Be One of the First Thirty

the first thirty mamas lock in $29/month for life. join the waitlist and you'll be the first through the door when the village opens, with a spot already saved for you.

$29/month locked in for life
  • weekly live calls with other mamas
  • members-only group chat, always on
  • monthly expert interviews
  • step-by-step tutorials
  • crunchy shopping guides for every stage
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