PARENTING YOUR NEWBORN
prenatal infant-care class

- ACQUIRE SKILLS
- ATTAIN KNOWLEDGE
- ACHIEVE CONFIDENCE

2011 Class Schedule

NOV 12
[2012 schedule pending]

1:30 pm -3:30 pm
Saturday

2 hours Class - $50.00
mother or couple

Class Location: MAP
1526 Archery Lane
Garland, TX 75044

REGISTRATION FORM

PRE-BIRTH PREPARATION

*If Day or Time does not fit
your schedule - call Sharon

'DADDY BOOT CAMP'
or Expectant Fathers Only
classes available upon request

See article: 'The Daddy-Baby Connection'

Contact Sharon to set day and time best for you.

After-birth Parenting Classes provided upon request.
However, if mother and baby are having breastfeeding problems,
it would probably be more effective to have a focused one-on one
consultation with a professional. See Lactation Consultation.

• Life with your new baby - a reality check
• States of newborn consciousness - sleep and alertness
• Interpreting your baby's cues
• Activating your baby's 'calming reflex'
• Crying and colic
  
  
• Infant temperament and personality development
• Muscle development
• Beginnings of language and vision
• Hand play and hand-eye co-ordination
  
  
• Social development
• Different parental styles of play - opportunities for play
• How-to: burp, hold, swaddle, bathe and diaper
  
  
• Brain growth - stimulation
• Birth - bonding - attachment
• Communication - behaviors - dance of attunement - speaking
• Health and nutrition
• Discipline - spoiling - limits
• Self - Esteem
• Child Care
• New roles - the marital relationship
• Birth control methods
• Problem solving