Description
This online course is designed to prepare you for birth and care for a newborn. This class will focus on caring for your newborn during the first three months of your baby's life.
Whether you are new to parenting, re-entering the world of newborns or beginning this journey in a new country, Overlake is here to help you every step of the way. This class is great for grandparents, too!
Topics include:
- Understanding a newborn body and ways to hold a newborn.
- Benefits of skin-to-skin.
- Newborn characteristics, behaviors and development.
- Diapering, swaddling, bathing.
- Recognizing hunger cues and feeding patterns.
- Understanding newborn cries and responding to their needs.
- Newborn necessities.
- American Academy of Pediatrics' recommendations for baby's health.
We also offer the following online/virtual classes:
Healthy Pregnancy, Healthy Baby
Overlake Childbirth Center Tour
Contact us: classes@overlakehospital.org