Antenatal Parent Workshops
This is a five week course of 2 hour sessions which will help to prepare you to be parents to your little one or two...! This thorough course focusses on the emotional and practical elements of becoming parents. It doesn't include birth preparation as there are great NHS birth preparation courses available in yout local area. You will have the opportunity to connect with other parents-to-be, build support networks and there will be plenty of opportunities to ask questions in a warm, relaxed setting, with refreshments provided.
If you would prefer an individual course of 5 sessions or a bespoke course then please email me at info@calmparentsandbabies.co.uk
Session 1 Getting to know your baby
- Building relationships with your baby in the womb
- Parental wellbeing & support networks
- Bonding and attachment
- Baby cues
- Skin to skin contact
- Nurturing touch
Session 2 Realistic expectations - the early days
Session 2 Realistic expectations - the early days
- 4th trimester of pregnancy
- Baby brain development
- Sleep
- Feeding
- What's in a nappy?
- Coping with crying
- Colic
- Importance of help
Session 3 Safety
Session 5 Newborn Skincare and Bathing
Session 2 Realistic expectations - the early days
- Lullaby Trust safe sleep advice
- Safer bed sharing
- Car seat safety
- Sling safety
- Home safety
- What equipment to buy and what not to buy
Session 4 Responsive Feeding
Session 5 Newborn Skincare and Bathing
Session 5 Newborn Skincare and Bathing
- The importance of responsive feeding
- The importance of closeness and positioning
- Frequency of feeding and cluster feeding
- How to attach to the breast
- Signs of good attachment breast and bottle
- Safe preparation of formula
- Types of formula
- Feeding out and about
Session 5 Newborn Skincare and Bathing
Session 5 Newborn Skincare and Bathing
Session 5 Newborn Skincare and Bathing
- Face and eye care
- All about nappies
- How to change a nappy
- Nappy rash
- Skincare and emollients
- How to bath a baby