Craving Cuddles Resources

What We Offer

Your baby's first day of daycare is coming. Walk in ready — not wrecked.

Cuddles Before Classrooms is written by Jasmine Harvey, owner and lead teacher of Craving Cuddles Infant Academy. Drawing on 25+ years of childcare experience and the daily work of running her own infant-care program, she shares what she wishes every parent knew before that first drop-off.

Inside (21 chapters):

• Choosing a provider — and the exact questions to ask on the tour

• Bottles, naps, and preparing your baby (and yourself)

• What the first week really looks like — tears included

• The sick days nobody warns you about

• The guilt — and how to speak up about your baby's care

• Calm-down checklists for every first

What you get: Instant download. The illustrated PDF (the book's full page design) + an EPUB for your phone. You could be reading it tonight.

This is a digital book — no physical copy ships.

From someone who has helped plenty of parents through exactly this: you don't have to know everything before the first day. You just have to know what matters.

Meet the Author

Hey, I’m Jasmine Harvey—author, founder of Craving Cuddles Infant Academy, and someone who can talk about babies all day!

With more than 25 years of experience specifically in infant childcare, I’ve cared for babies and helped parents through first-day tears, feeding struggles, milestones, and plenty of “Is this normal?” moments.

I created Craving Cuddles to give infants a nurturing place to grow and parents someone they can ask questions without feeling judged. Here, I’m sharing books and infant childcare resources drawn from that experience, including Cuddles Before Classrooms: Because the First Year Matters.

My hope is that something you find here helps you feel more prepared, more informed, and a little less alone.

Because caring for babies means supporting their families, too.