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Newborn Care Class
(Sebastopol)


​Join us and learn how to care for your newborn from those very first moments after birth, so that you can enter this new phase of your life confident and ready to begin!

An experiential class, each member in our intimate group setting will receive personalized instruction and hands-on training in how to care for their new baby. Members will leave feeling more familiar with newborn qualities and behaviors, and ready to tailor their new-found skills to their own newborn's unique needs.

In this thorough 4 hour Newborn Care class participants will learn:
  • Interpreting baby's cues
  • Cord care & newborn health
  • Sleep patterns & what to expect
  • What to expect immediately after the birth
  • Tummy time, baby wearing & kangaroo care
  • Jaundice and other common newborn conditions
  • Choosing a pediatrician & knowing when to call them
  • When to feed the baby & how to know they're getting enough
  • Supplies for bathing, diapering, nail trimming, skin care & more
  • How to bond more deeply, improve your sleep & learn to trust your parenting instincts
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... And will receive hands-on instruction in:
  • Soothing
  • Swaddling
  • Diapering (cloth, compostable & disposable)
  • Holding baby & transferring them person to person
  • Bathing, nail trimming, the Colic Dance & other skills
  • ​Clothing (what to buy, how to wash it and what to bring the baby home in!)

If the birthing parent is partnered, both parents are strongly encouraged to attend.
​


This course is offered as a private class in clients homes, 
and as a group class at various locations around the Bay Area.
For information on upcoming group or private classes, please 
​click here to email me
 or register for a scheduled group class below.


This class has a fee of $125 for a group class, or $200 for a private, in-home class.

{Register for both this class and Breastfeeding on the same weekend,
​and receive 10% off both.}
​
9am-1pm on March 10, 2018 (Sebastopol)

c: 707.893.7877
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  • My Story
    • Biography
    • Why I Do This Work
    • My Journey with Inducing Lactation, Painful Latch, Tongue Tie, Overwhelm & Adoption
    • Why "Hearthstone"?
  • Classes
    • Breastfeeding
    • Newborn Care
    • Breastfeeding & Newborn Care for Solo Parents
    • Childbirth Refresher & Sibling Preparation
    • Fertility >
      • Natural Methods for Increasing Your Fertility (Panel Presentation)
      • Presentation on 'Queer Conception' for the 2018 LGBTQI Family Formation Symposium
    • Breastfeeding for Professionals >
      • Fundamentals of Breastfeeding for Professionals
      • Advanced Breast/Chest-feeding for Professionals
  • Support Groups
    • Online Groups >
      • Prospective Solo Parent Support Group
      • Expecting & Parenting Solo Parents Group
    • Groups in Sonoma County >
      • Single Parents
      • LGBTQI Parents
    • Groups in the East Bay >
      • Solo Parents
      • Queer Parents
  • Fertility Assistance
    • Fertility Consultation
    • At Home Insemination
    • Natural Methods for Increasing Your Fertility (Panel Presentation)
    • Recommended Books & Supplies for Fertility
  • Midwifery Services
    • Individual Consultation
    • Prenatal Midwifery Consultation
    • Postpartum Midwifery Consultation
  • Lactation Consultation
  • Craniosacral Therapy
    • Craniosacral Therapy for Infants (in home)
    • Dual Craniosacral Therapy for Parent & Baby (in office)
  • Resources
    • Supplies for Fertility
    • Supplies for Pregnancy
    • Supplies for Postpartum
    • Supplies for Feeding & Lactation
    • Supplies for Newborn Care
    • Articles
    • Local Family Resource, Education & Birth Centers
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