Length: 5 weeks via Zoom | When: Monday nights at 8:00, July 29 to Aug 26

Getting a baby to sleep through the night is not “rocket science.” To the contrary, it is one of the most natural outcomes associated with a basic feed-wake-sleep routine. The results are consistent. Happy, healthy, contented babies, sleeping through the night on average between seven and nine weeks of age. Learn how.

COURSE DETAILS

Prerequisite: Expecting parents or Parents of a newborn

Required Book: Preparation for Parenting by Gary and Anne Marie Ezzo

Cost: $15.20 (recommend 2 books per couple, but not required) | $2.95 website/video subscription

Online Platform: Zoom

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COURSE OVERVIEW

If you desire to achieve excellence in parenting, you must protect your marriage. A strong marriage acts as the stabilizing factor against the shocks of life. As you maintain your priority relationship as a couple, you are simultaneously hedging against child-centered parenting. From the very beginning, children are to be welcome members of your family but not the center of it.
A parent-directed strategy brings out the best in both parent and baby because it is child-oriented, not child-centered or mother-centered. With this common sense approach, a mother cooperates with her baby’s needs, and her baby in return learns to cooperate with mother’s guidance. The result is true connectedness. With Parent Directed Feeding (PDF), a mother feeds her baby when it is hungry, but takes advantage of the first few weeks to guide the baby’s hunger patterns by a basic routine. A baby settled into this routine will then learn to sleep through the night. So this session we discuss the idea of feeding and sleeping, and how the results of this have their effect on the family.
Cuddles, kisses, and consistency. To baby, these are a few of his favorite things. Add in proper nutrition, & you are on the path to parenting success. Whether the nourishment comes from a bottle or breast, only you can choose. Both are discussed here for your knowledge and heartfelt deliberation.
No matter what your choice, know that successful lactation alone will not deliver perfection in parenting. Milk production, positions for feeding and how to know when your baby is getting enough nourishment for healthy growth are discussed. Feeding your baby is perhaps the most basic task of managing your child.
We also discuss the general care of baby and mum and the issues that can occur after birth.
Infants thrive on routine and predictability. Stable sleep patterns are based on stable feed/wake patterns. At the heart of this plan lie three basic activities: baby is feeding; baby is awake; baby sleeps. We will discuss what these three activities involve and how you can learn to recognize your baby’s different cries, and then confidently respond to your baby.
Most of us have many expectations and beliefs about parenting and how we will parent our child. This session we will discuss how as parents we need to expect the unexpected, yet use wisdom to manage the unexpected. A range of topics will be discussed, ranging from equipment needed, grandparents, premature births to teething.