NEW PARENTS GETAWAY BRINGING BABY HOME
This 2-day workshop will teach you and your partner parenting and relationship skills to help you be the best parenting team possible. Developed by renowned relationship experts, Drs. John and Julie Gottman, and taught by credentialed Master Trainers and Training Specialists, the Bringing Baby Home (BBH) Workshop combines lecture, group discussion and couple’s activities to help couples strengthen their friendship, increase intimacy, improve communication, regulate conflict, and create positive strategies for parenting. This workshop is designed for couples who are pregnant or have infants up to one year of age. Babies up to 3 months old welcome to attend.
Even the strongest relationships are strained during the transition to parenthood. Lack of sleep, never-ending housework and new fiscal concerns can lead to profound stress and a decline in satisfaction — all of which affect baby’s care. Not surprisingly, 69% of new parents experience conflict, disappointment, and hurt feelings.
Our research-based Bringing Baby Home workshops prepare couples for life with baby and helps them be the best parenting team possible. In a relaxed and supportive environment, parents learn to strengthen their relationship and foster baby’s development during this joyful and challenging time. They build on what Dr. Gottman and colleagues found is the best predictor of adjustment after baby arrives: the quality of friendship in the relationship.
This workshop combines scientific research and public education to improve the quality of life for babies and children by strengthening their families. It teaches new parents how to gain relationship satisfaction and create healthy social, emotional, and intellectual development for their children.
BEYOND BRINGING BABY HOME – NEXT STEPS
A Whole Family Learning Opportunity
Babies have a way of changing everything. They can bring tremendous joy and tremendous stress all at the same time. As your family focus is shifted to baby, many parents find themselves desiring more connection as a couple. This Program builds on the concepts and skills introduced in the Bringing Baby Home Workshop. It is open to anyone who has attended a BBH workshop or is familiar with Dr. John Gottman’s concepts. By strengthening your partner-to-partner relationship, you will foster a solid foundation for your child’s social, emotional and cognitive growth.
ADDITIONAL OFFERINGS:
CHILDBIRTH PREPARATION SEMINAR
While no one can tell you what your birth experience will be like, learning about the process can help you feel prepared, confident and ready for the birth of your baby. This 1-day Prepared Childbirth Workshop will provide you with information on the labor process and possible variations, coping skills and postpartum adjustment. Partners will learn ways to support mom during labor.
NEWBORN PREPARATION (Newborn Care & Breastfeeding)
This Newborn Care Class teaches new parents all the basics of newborn growth and development including: methods for dressing, diapering, feeding, bathing and swaddling as well as how to calm a crying baby and important safe sleep practices.
This Breastfeeding Class helps new moms and their partners learn all the basics of breastfeeding. Topics include: the first feeding, signs baby is getting enough, proper positioning and latch, feeding frequency and duration, and how to express and store milk.
