New Parent Classes

" Here you wanna do everything we can't prepare for your new role in life and that might include heading back to class and takes -- some courses and tell you what you need to know before hand. Solid today that a parent. No matter how great a parent you are everywhere can use a little help. This is. A marvelous job to be apparent but it -- cliches here it is the heart to stop on the ground and no matter how much you know about parenting. You still hear the one doing -- and say you're still going through it yeah. -- to be sharing your experience with people who are going through the same thing sounds like mom Rachel go over heads to class of the 92 street Y New York City we go do a week to be. Pairings that group -- And -- as a great opportunity to -- On -- a great classical rock general meeting today Rachel and her baby Derek are breaking a sweat in a class called -- up the baby. Shape up with the baby is one of many classes -- offers for parents. Just ask the director of the 92 street -- parenting center Sally Canon."

" We offer a life. Things for parents to be thinking about them. Before they have their -- beef from. Breastfeeding workshop caring for a new born a class called a Trimmer for parents to be which -- taught by psychologists we also have. Prenatal exercise prenatal yoga and then as soon as the baby is born. We offer many other options new parent get togethers and it's a drop it every week there's a different topic. We also offer class cold new. Mother's new baby which is sent us a smaller version Sally tells parents she has two holes in them every week one is to pick up some helpful information. And to to make -- friend. Because those are two very important things so I think it's. Helping support mother's trust their instincts and that they know a lot more than they think they do. At their baby's car how how they can help support their babies to be healthy and happy and and also acknowledged their own feelings about it being a hard time."

" Even classes that focus more on activity rather than straight information or instruction. Benefit parents and babies by giving them a chance to meet and interact. I think it's so helpful I think it -- contest you. Just to share it with -- public sentiment here. You know beating other parents for the support -- just for the -- face and neck yeah I -- agree. I think it's great you know -- examining every -- is -- at a different time but -- Because it is they feel ready to do it's it's a very good morning it's. Finding a class could be as simple as keeping our eyes and ears open. Going to your local community center looking bulletin boards talking to other moms and -- might mean in the playground. What's out there what have you heard about what he liked and then checking in yourself. I'm talking to the director asking questions thinking in the community says a lot more local resources and probably people realize you know and if they go to the air. That why -- their church or temple or their library isn't -- they're so many free programs that. And oftentimes are low cost or no cost and we probably could find a lot more than you might -- and for more parenting advice including information on swimming lessons for your kid's got parent TV on -- stuff. We'll be right."