Part 1: The Care And Feeding Of Your New Baby

A baby care class designed especially for pre-adoptive parents! You will learn the fundamentals of baby care and won't have to sit through topics that don't necessarily apply to your family (such as post-partum care or healing after the birth). Other topics include how to hold your baby, bathing, feeding (including adoptive breast feeding), clothing, sleeping patterns for the newborn vs. the older infant, health care and safety issues. This class is appropriate for parents-to-be of children up to 2-years-old when they come home. Featured speaker: Molly Brannigan, Infant Care Instructor

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Part 2: Promoting Attachment, Preparing Yourself and Supporting Your Baby through the Transition into Your Family
(Separate Tracks for International/Domestic/FosterCare Placements)

The class will teach you the basics of methods of baby care that promote attachment beginning with understanding what it is (and isn’t) with the understanding that attachment can be taught. Learn how to read your new baby's cues and understand how where your child has come from impacts who they are with you, whether the placement is direct from the hospital or an orphanage or the foster care system. Ask the doctor feature, allows pre-adoptive parents to ask all the questions they have but may have been afraid to ask. Featured Speakers: Beth Hall, Director of Pact and Dr. Laurel Schultz, Pediatrician and adoptive mother.

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