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 About my book!

My Top 10 answers to your Top 10 questions about my brilliant, beautiful, babycare book.

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Breastfeed and sleep. Yes, you can do both! 

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Spotted in the wild!

​Thank you to my friend, Cheryl, for sending me this photo. She spotted my book on the "Staff Picks" shelf of one of her local Indigo stores. Indigo has been very good to me as a Canadian writer. 

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Welcoming a friend's baby, circa July 2023. 

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Here's me getting my medal in 2022 from my local Alberta MLA, The Honourable Joe Ceci.

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What critics are saying:

 

  • "The Actually Pretty Good Baby is the go-to source for breastfeeding help and sleep-training help."

  • "Whether you're in the third trimester of your pregnancy or your newborn baby has already arrived, I recommend this parent-tested guide. It was essential reading for every mom in my pre-natal group."

  • "Move over, What to Expect When You're Expecting, because there's a new guide in town for the new moms of the 2020s."

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What's this book about?

With this ultimate beginner’s handbook to raising a baby you can breastfeed like any good attachment parent and then ease your baby into sleeping through the night like the best of the “we-still-go-out-for-date-night” parents. Because here’s a little secret: You don’t have to pick one or the other. You can do both! 

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Writer and new-mom coach Susan Vukadinovic has met with hundreds of mommas at pre-natal and new-baby workshops, and she has woven together their collective, common-sense wisdom in this new book for new parents of the 2020s. 

 

Inside you’ll find tips for breastfeeding, sleeping and weaning to solids. And there’s a little bit more but not too much more because—let’s be honest now—you’ve got this. We both know you don’t need a comprehensive book that covers *everything*. This book covers just the big stuff, with parent-tested and parent-approved step-by-step instructions that will take you from pregnancy and the minutes after birth all the way to your baby’s third birthday. 

 

With the right information and support, you can totally nail your new parenting gig. 

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Where can I buy this book?

You can find my book in stock and online at Indigo stores across Canada and Barnes & Noble stores across the U.S.

 

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And you can find my book at maternity stores, independent bookstores, and baby-gift stores across Canada.

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I'm a retailer. How can I order heavily discounted copies for resale?

I'm so glad you asked! If you're interested in a small volume on consignment, you can reach me at susanvukadinovic@gmail.com. I will give you such a good deal, because I love, love, love retailers! 

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If you're looking for a large-volume order with returnable status you also have the option of ordering through your Ingram account.

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Do you do interviews, book signings or speaking engagements?

Yes, absolutely! 

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If any clubs, groups, or new-mom friends would like me to come and introduce myself and new book, please send me an email at susanvukadinovic@gmail.com.

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Do you have a super brief author bio?

Writer and new-mom coach Susan Vukadinovic is an independent expert on the enjoyment of early motherhood by new mothers. Having met with hundreds of mommas at her new-baby workshops, she has woven together their collective, common-sense wisdom in her new book for new parents of the 2020s.

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Do you have a longer author bio?

Susan Vukadinovic is a writer and new-mom coach who has met with hundreds of mommas at pre-natal and new-baby workshops.

 

In 2022 she was a recipient of The Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal (Alberta) in recognition of her outstanding public service and dedication to education, children and community.  â€‹ 

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She currently lives in Calgary, in a tidy, green house, with her four favourite people and one incorrigible dog.

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The Actually Pretty Good Baby is her first book. 

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They gave you a medal? Seriously?

Yes, seriously. A medal. 

 

For all you mommas out there who've ever thought, Someone should really give me a medal, for everything I'm doing around here, this ones for you, ladies! 

 

I did it. I got my medal. And maybe one day, I hope, you will, too.​ 

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What else have you written? 

Click here to find more of my writing.

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How easy was it to write your book?

It has taken nine long years for me to bring my original idea to the printed page.

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I was a neophyte to the book industry when I started, so the challenges have been taxing. I naively assumed that it works like this: an aspiring writer pens a book-length manuscript (the exposition); then submits said manuscript to publisher after publisher (the hero's journey); followed by dozens of rejection letters (the hero's quest hits its nadir); and then finally, perhaps, a book-publishing deal comes through (hallelujah, a happy ending!). 

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I've since learned that book publishing is a closed industry, or at least difficult to break into. Most publishers won’t look at unsolicited manuscripts or work with writers who don’t come with an agent. But agents won't take on new clients who don't come with thousands of social-media followers or a celebrity platform. From the tumultuous pause of the pandemic, to the disheartening difficulty of finding anyone in the industry willing to even glance at what I wrote, to an eye-watering spike in the costs of ink and paper, it's no small feat that The Actually Pretty Good Baby exists at all.  

 

It's been a huge learning curve, but it's turning the corner. Now I have a book! I have a distribution deal. There's hope that there's a path for a small-potatoes, homegrown Canadian writer.

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And while the challenges have been taxing, they've also been exciting.

 

The things is, when you work on a project like this for so long, you have to really like it to keep going. And I do really like my little book! I'm quite pleased with what I've got. 

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I've given it so much of my time and energy because I believe in it.

 

If you get a chance to thumb through it, I hope you like it, too!

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How easy is it to read your book?

It depends who's asking. It's only 300 pages. That's pretty average for a book. Maybe a tad too many pages for @NateBargatze on @NBCSNL. But you can breeze through it, Momma. I know you can!

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