The Newborn Care Class

The Birthsmarter Newborn Care class was developed to help you enter parenthood with confidence and curiosity. This is not your typical Baby 101 course: we’re not going to tell you what to do, or not do, with your baby. Parenting is a personal and a cultural act, informed by what we know about human physiology and shaped by the society we’re living in. There’s simply _no right way_. Like our signature childbirth education classes, the 2.5-Hour Birthsmarter Newborn Care class is meant to offer you a critical framework to give you, not only the practical skills but the permission and the confidence to develop a sense of what might work best for you and your baby.

What’s Covered

• We’ll offer you perspective around the range of normal when it comes to immediate newborn transitions, health, hygiene, sleep, feeding, bathing, diapering, baby wearing, developmental movement, and soothing
• Bonding with baby in the early days
• Why babies cry and how to respond to their needs
• Sleep for the whole family in weeks 0 - 12
• Bottle feeding
• Basic health and hygiene
• What baby gear you actually need and how to set up your home
• Choosing and communicating with your pediatrician
• Newborn appearance, hospital procedures, and cord care
• Stages of development and developmental movement
• Babywearing

What’s Included

• Immediate and lifetime access to an ever-growing library of instructional Newborn Care videos including how to change a baby’s diaper, an intro to cloth diapering, how give a newborn baby a bath, swaddle, and more.
• 📓 Custom 20-page workbook
• 💡Access to Birthsmarter's curated pregnancy and parenting resources page
• 🔑 Exclusive partner perks and discounts
• 💬 Weekly office hours and access to Birthsmarter educators
• 💛 Unbiased, non-judgmental, presentation of options
• 🌈 Inclusive Language