BABY AND US (Empowering Parents Empowering Communities)

For parents/carers of babies under 9 months

9 week group programme led by trained parent facilitators

This course is free and runs in term time in Children’s Centres – please check back in September 2024 for details of our next course

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What will I learn? It will help you to:

Understand your baby’s cues

Cope with challenges around feeding, sleep and crying

Interact positively with your baby

Manage parental stress

We encourage co-parents to attend together if possible

What happens in a session?

EPEC courses are highly interactive, offering an engaging and creative blend of small and large group discussion, role play, demonstrations, information sharing and reflection.

Baby and Us covers topics such as:

Following your baby’s cues

How to feel more confident in your role as a parent

Learning to communicate responsively with your baby

Building a good attachment between you and your baby

An opportunity to develop friendships with other parents

Games, singing, physical touch and play to have fun with your baby

Understanding your baby’s temperament

Thinking about your relationships within the family and how these affect you and your baby

Support to understand your baby’s crying/ sleeping/feeding, and the practicalities of your baby’s routine