Mindful Beginnings
Childbirth Preparation, Breastfeeding & Newborn Parenting Classes & Support
Email: info@butterflycenter.org
818-584-6414
WHAT: 3-6 m/o Baby & I Class
10 week series
WHERE: Oak Park Community Center
1000 Kanan Road, Oak Park 91377
WHEN: Wednesdays
Group 1 - 10:00 - 11:00 am
Group 2 - 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Winter 2024 Series
1/17/24 - 3/20/24
Summer 2024 Series
5/8/24 - 7/10/24
Fall 2024 Series
10/9/24 - 12/18/24
(no class on 11/27/24)
TUITION FEE: $195 for the 10 week series
or $25 for a drop in class
3-6 M/O BABY & I CLASS
In this class we welcome new families who are making their first steps on the amazing parenting journey that can best be realized through empowerment, confidence, and connection which we strive to provide using evidence based research along with caring and compassion. Our goal for every family is to be well informed and to feel secure in their intuitive nature to protect, bond and nurture their newborn.
The topics covered in this series include
- temperament and the role it plays in parent/child bond
- physical development and infant movement
- infant language acquisition and language development
- Baby Sign Language
- age appropriate toys and activities
- infant social development
- introduction of solids and ways to feed your baby
- house-proofing for a mobile child
- screen time and exposure to media guidelines for infants
- we will be playing, singing and dancing with our babies, as well as reading to them.
- maternal and parental postpartum health and wellbeing