YAY! BABIES! But what about us?
While welcoming a new baby brings much joy to parents, the addition of a child is also one of the most stressful things that can happen to a relationship.
Research shows that 2/3 of couples report increased conflict and disappointment in their partner relationship within three years after the birth of their baby. Sleep deprivation, depression and anxiety can lead to emotional distance and even hostility among couples. The good news is, the lasting damage this does to a couple’s relationship and their baby’s health and well-being CAN be avoided!
The Bringing Baby Home program is a research-based workshop designed to help new and expectant parents develop skills and techniques that will help ease the transition of bringing baby home.
Designed by Drs John and Julie Gottman of The Gottman Institute, this workshop is proven to help you adjust to parenthood with greater satisfaction.
Learn more about The Gottman Institute.
Research shows that 2/3 of couples report increased conflict and disappointment in their partner relationship within three years after the birth of their baby. Sleep deprivation, depression and anxiety can lead to emotional distance and even hostility among couples. The good news is, the lasting damage this does to a couple’s relationship and their baby’s health and well-being CAN be avoided!
The Bringing Baby Home program is a research-based workshop designed to help new and expectant parents develop skills and techniques that will help ease the transition of bringing baby home.
Designed by Drs John and Julie Gottman of The Gottman Institute, this workshop is proven to help you adjust to parenthood with greater satisfaction.
Learn more about The Gottman Institute.
So how does our relationship effect our baby?
- Stress and anxiety have adverse effects on the fetus and child.
- Satisfying relationships have proven to reduce maternal stress and anxiety and provide an optimal environment for your baby’s mental and physical development.
- Early relationships set the thermostat for your child’s ability to learn healthy responses to stress both internally and externally.
- Brain development depends on both genes and experiences.
- Rapid brain development takes place in the first year of life. Just because a baby cannot understand harsh words does not mean they will not be affected by them.
- Early interactions directly affect the way the brain is wired.
Is there hope for us?
Yes! 67% of couples who attend a Bringing Baby Home workshop report a significant increase in relationship satisfaction!
Workshop Objectives:
At the end of this workshop, you will be able to:
Workshop Goals:
Class outline:
- Understand what to expect during the transition to parenthood
- Describe child development in the first year
- Create strategies to co-parent with your partner
- Learn ways to improve communication
- Demonstrate how to strengthen friendship, intimacy and conflict regulation skills
- Recognize the signs of postpartum mood, anxiety, and adjustment disorders and be aware of support or treatment options
Workshop Goals:
- Learn how to maintain relationship satisfaction after having a baby
- Reduce relationship hostility and increase affection
- Promote positive parent-baby interactions
- Promote quality involvement for both parents
- Reduce the incidence or severity of postpartum mood disorders
Class outline:
- Moving through time together: the transition to parenthood
- Building love maps: knowing each other
- Share fondness and admiration
- Turn towards: build an emotional bank account
- Maintain the positive perspective
- Ritualize the daily stress reducing conversation
- Flooding, self-soothing and taking breaks
- Recognize the four warning signs of relationship meltdown
- Practice the four steps of constructive problem solving
- Honor mothers and fathers
- Recognize the importance of fathers
- Understand the baby blues, postpartum mood disorders, and other mental health issues
- Connect with your children
- Preserve intimacy and romance
- Create shared meaning and values
Upcoming Course Dates:
Saturday, February 3rd and Sunday, February 11th from 1pm - 7pm
Saturday, March 17th and Saturday, March 24th from 10am-5pm
Saturday, April 28th and Sunday, 29th from 1pm -7pm
Saturday, May 5th and Saturday, May 12th from 10am -5pm
Saturday, March 17th and Saturday, March 24th from 10am-5pm
Saturday, April 28th and Sunday, 29th from 1pm -7pm
Saturday, May 5th and Saturday, May 12th from 10am -5pm
Bringing Baby Home is the only scientifically based workshop that has proven success in teaching skills that help couples manage the changes that occur when a child is born.
You will learn how to maintain and build healthy relationships with each other and your children.
FREE for Microsoft Employees – just follow the directions on the registration page.