A new series of First Year of Life Classes are starting June 12th at Women’s Birth & Wellness Center, Suite 304, the “Living Room”. Come join in and find out about the connection between well-being and your child’s self-initiated movement.
Parenting can be overwhelming today. We have access to so much information, much more than parents had even 10 years ago. It is a blessing as human hunger for information and good quality care are expanding. The never ending flow of information and conflicting expert opinions can be a tremendous source of pressure and anxiety for us as well. We all want to do our very best for our babies. The First Year of Life Classes that Kyle Dunlap is offering at Women’s Birth & Wellness Center are an opportunity for parents to come together to create community and support for each other during this first year of our children’s lives. We bring our questions about how we are coming into relationship with the world we live in and to the type of parents we want to become. Kyle is an Early Childhood Educator, specializing in Birth-Three. She is able to offer a human development perspective to where our children are and where they are going developmentally so that we can come into a loving, warm and sustainable relationship of attachment and care-giving with our children.
What do we do in the Class?
Mothers, fathers and care-givers are all welcome during the hour and 20 minute class. During the class you can hold your baby, nurse or feed your baby, and attend to your baby’s bodily care as is needed in the moment. When you feel comfortable putting your baby down on the floor, the babies will have some floor time. This is your child’s opportunity to experience their own freedom of movement as we all learn to observe how their gross motor development is unfolding Parents sit or lie close to their babies on the floor so that your child can have free movement and feel your close loving presence as well. We will have conversations about how to have safe spaces for your child to have floor time at home and what it means to create spaces into which our children can self-initiate through their own movement. We learn to involve our children in their own care-giving so that they feel a part of their self-care right from the start. Touch games and soothing songs are offered during the classes. All of these aspects of the class unfold naturally through the unique questions you bring as you participate.
Our sense of well-being is essential to nourish as parents. We can hardly parent and offer our children our best self if we are always at loose ends and uncertain what to do in our day with our babies. Whether we are working at home with our children or are working outside of the home, the class will address what sustainable rhythms are for yourself and your child. As we become clear about our own needs and our children’s needs as well as their developmental stage, we can begin to form our days out of a clear picture of what we desire to accomplish and how we do this and care for our children. In short we can get to grips with living with a very young child in a satisfying and sustainable way.
A new series is beginning Wednesday June, 12th. The class is for babies who are not mobile yet. To register, email Kyle at: kyle.selfinitatemovement@gmail.com. Classes are $17 each and offered in a 6 week series. If you have a baby who is creeping or crawling and are interested in a class for mobile babies, please email Kyle with your interest.