Workshops

Breastfeeding We’ve heard it, research supports it, and many women are convinced that breastfeeding is best. So why the need for lactation consultants, classes, books, and support groups? Women once relied on the wisdom and experience of their own mothers, grandmothers, aunts, and sisters to help them establish a successful breastfeeding relationship with their new baby. Women today are often geographically separated from extended family, or find that supportive family members lack the correct information or personal experience a new mother finds most helpful. In this session, we’ll discuss: getting off to a great start. surviving nighttime feedings. finding nursing clothes that work for you. pumping and storing milk. key points for talking with your employer. local community resources. Register	Baby Wearing What is a sling? How do I know which style is right for me? Why is a sling better than a front carrier? Versatile, practical, and essential, a sling is a cloth carrier that enables you to keep your baby or young child content while you perform daily activities. Slings are designed with both your needs and your baby’s needs in mind. Baby enjoys snuggling close, seeing a familiar face, and feeling soothed by the rhythm of movement and your heartbeat. You will enjoy carrying your baby without neck, back, or arm strain and the freedom of having both hands free. In this session, you’ll learn: How to compare different styles and designs of slings to find the one that fits you best. How to wear a sling and master different positions for carrying your baby. How a sling may actually increase your baby’s intelligence! Opportunities to try on slings are included in this session. Register	Healthy Home, Happy Baby! How do new mothers find and receive what they need to stay happy and whole in the first few days, weeks, and months of baby’s life? An open and candid discussion about the needs of new moms, how to meet those needs, and how to enrich the quality of life of a new baby. In this session you’ll learn: Partner support: what a partner can do to support a new mother, how mothers can best communicate with partners, and how partners can be essential in the early days of baby care. Stimulating your newborn: learning to maximize your baby’s potential for interacting, learning, and growing. Meeting baby’s needs while keeping mother whole: tips and strategies for mothers to help them find time to rest, renew, and reenergize. Reading and media resources for parenting your baby—and beyond. Register
Pricing
One Workshop: $20/person or $25/couple. Workshop Series (all three): $50/person or $65/couple. Pre-register for all workshops at least one week in advance. Space is limited.

Breastfeeding

We’ve heard it, research supports it, and many women are convinced that breastfeeding is best. So why the need for lactation consultants, classes, books, and support groups? Women once relied on the wisdom and experience of their own mothers, grandmothers, aunts, and sisters to help them establish a successful breastfeeding relationship with their new baby. Women today are often geographically separated from extended family, or find that supportive family members lack the correct information or personal experience a new mother finds most helpful.

In this session, we’ll discuss:

getting off to a great start.
surviving nighttime feedings.
finding nursing clothes that work for you.
pumping and storing milk.
key points for talking with your employer.
local community resources.

Baby Wearing

What is a sling? How do I know which style is right for me? Why is a sling better than a front carrier? Versatile, practical, and essential, a sling is a cloth carrier that enables you to keep your baby or young child content while you perform daily activities. Slings are designed with both your needs and your baby’s needs in mind. Baby enjoys snuggling close, seeing a familiar face, and feeling soothed by the rhythm of movement and your heartbeat. You will enjoy carrying your baby without neck, back, or arm strain and the freedom of having both hands free.

In this session, you’ll learn:

How to compare different styles and designs of slings to find the one that fits you best.
How to wear a sling and master different positions for carrying your baby.
How a sling may actually increase your baby’s intelligence!

Opportunities to try on slings are included in this session.

Healthy Home, Happy Baby!

How do new mothers find and receive what they need to stay happy and whole in the first few days, weeks, and months of baby’s life? An open and candid discussion about the needs of new moms, how to meet those needs, and how to enrich the quality of life of a new baby.

In this session you’ll learn:

Partner support: what a partner can do to support a new mother, how mothers can best communicate with partners, and how partners can be essential in the early days of baby care.
Stimulating your newborn: learning to maximize your baby’s potential for interacting, learning, and growing.
Meeting baby’s needs while keeping mother whole: tips and strategies for mothers to help them find time to rest, renew, and reenergize.
Reading and media resources for parenting your baby—and beyond.

Pricing

One Workshop: $20/person or $25/couple.
Workshop Series (all three): $50/person or $65/couple.
Pre-register for all workshops at least one week in advance. Space is limited.

sarah@ohbabyworks.com

phone: 508.439.2896