To Train Up a Child: A Godly Mother’s Guide for Infants—Toddler Years By Nina Helterbrand

The first three years shape a child more than almost any others. A mother's daily acts of love are seeds with eternal impact.

To Train Up a Child: A Godly Mother's Guide for the Infant–Toddler Years by Nina Helterbrand blends biblical wisdom with practical guidance for raising little ones.

How This Book Helps

New mothers are flooded with advice, much of it contradictory, and little of it rooted in Scripture. It's easy to feel overwhelmed and to lose sight of motherhood as ministry.

Drawing on Scripture, her experience as a teacher, and her own years of parenting, Nina Helterbrand helps mothers build homes grounded in faith, gentleness, and grace. From Jochebed and baby Moses to daily feeding, bonding, and teaching, she shows how to cultivate patience and peace, balance nurture with structure, and prepare a child spiritually, emotionally, and socially.

Format & Features

Nine chapters in a paperback of about 90 pages, with practical routines and hands-on activities for each stage from birth to age three. It's also available as a PDF eBook for individual or class use.

Who It's For

Christian mothers and grandmothers, parenting and women's Bible classes, and church libraries. It also makes a meaningful baby shower or new-mom gift.

Common Questions

Can a women's class use it?
Yes. Order a copy for each woman, or choose the class-use PDF.

What ages does it cover?
Birth through age three.

About the Author

Nina Helterbrand is a retired teacher and active Bible class teacher who lives in the countryside near St. James, Missouri. She and her husband of forty years worship with the Oak Grove Church of Christ, where they enjoy hosting studies and singings in their home. They raised three children and have four grandchildren.

She also wrote Where the Soul Meets the Sole.

Product Details

• Author: Nina Helterbrand
• Publisher: Spiritbuilding Publishers
• Chapters: 9
• Pages: About 90
• Format: Paperback; PDF eBook (individual or class use)
• ISBN: 9781964805580