Then Comes Baby: The Catholic Guide to Surviving and Thriving in the First Three Years of Parenthood

Greg and Lisa Popcak—popular Catholic authors, radio hosts, and marriage and family experts—present this unique guide to caring for one’s baby, self, marriage, and spiritual life in the first three years of parenthood.

In Then Comes Baby: The Catholic Guide to Surviving and Thriving in the First Three Years of Parenthood, Greg and Lisa Popcak lend readers the benefit of their twenty-five years’ experience in parenting and marriage and family counseling to help them navigate the earliest years of parenthood. They recommend rituals, routines, and tips on how to manage feeding, fatigue, and finances and how also to prioritize marital bonding and faith life, suggesting that setting the pattern early will pay dividends later. The Popcaks coach Catholic couples as they become first-time parents as they adjust to their new identities and help them face the inevitable challenges of parenthood with ideas for bonding with babies and getting sufficient sleep and nutrition—all while seeing these everyday experiences through the lens of Catholic teaching on the purpose of family life.

Gregory K. Popcak is a psychotherapist, a nationally syndicated radio host, the author of more than twenty books and programs, and the executive director of the Pastoral Solutions Institute. His articles appear in many Catholic magazines, and he serves as adjunct faculty at Franciscan University of Steubenville and Capella University.

Lisa Popcak is the vice president of the Pastoral Solutions Institute, a family-life coach, lactation consultant, and coauthor of several books. Popcak writes for many popular Catholic magazines and is a sought-after speaker on marriage, parenting, and women's spirituality.