Classes

4 classes on how to take care of yourself during pregnancy

Topics covered include: 

• First Trimester and Hazards (HP#1)
• Second Trimester, Nutrition, and Exercise (HP #2)
• Third Trimester and Pregnancy Emotions (HP #3)
• Labor, Delivery, and Postpartum Care (HP #4)

4 classes for expectant parents on how to take care of your newborn

Topics covered include:

• Newborn Appearance, Bonding, Emotional Demands, and Coping w/ Stress (BB #1)
• Breastfeeding, Bottle Feeding, and Diapering (BB #2)
• Colic, Crying, and Shaken Baby Syndrome (BB #3)
• Newborn care, Health & Safety – Including Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (BB #4)

Be ready for your baby!

8 classes for parents with infants, toddlers, or preschoolers.

Topics covered include:

• Stages of Development, Behavior Problems, and Play (AP #1)
• Preventing Problems, Brain Development, Discipline Techniques, and routines (AP #2)
• Encouraging Positive Behavior, Choices, Consequences, and Encouragement (AP #3)
• Preparing for School success, Encouraging Play, Learning, Reading, and Dealing with Childhood Emotions (AP #4)
• Safety Starts at Home (AP #5)
• Love and Relationships, and Appropriate Physical Touch (AP #6)
• Childhood Nutrition (AP #7)
• Personal Finance and Budgeting (AP #8)

Being a Father gives dads the FREE tools they need to be the best father they can be. The sessions cover topics such as:

• Parenting Style
• Quality Time
• Relationships
• Distractions
• Being a Role Model
• Priorities
• Leadership
• Shared Responsibility
• Consistency

Doctor Dad teaches dads practical skills & medical info to keep their child healthy and safe. The 4 sessions contain topics listed below:

• The Well Child: Understanding your child’s style, why your baby might be crying, how to soothe your crying baby, nutrition, shots
• The Sick Child: Taking your child’s temperature, fever, the common cold, germs, preventing dehydration
• The Injured Child: Burns, sunburns, drowning, cuts & scrapes, head injuries, poisoning, choking
• The Safe Child: Safety in the car, house, and yard; gun safety and parental anger

A one-time course offered by outside teachers or in-house teachers that covers breastfeeding basics, like positions for breastfeeding, caring for your breasts, milk storage, and how to know when your baby is full. 

For women, 8 sessions exploring Jesus’ interaction with women in the Bible.

For men, 8 sessions exploring how men can look at their circumstances as an opportunity for success by looking at examples of men in the Bible.