WORKSHOPS
Parenting More Than One
Parenting Guru and Mommy Gretchen Goddard teaches this fun, insightful and practical workshop. She uses mindfulness and discussion to bring voice to the concerns and questions that arise as you expand your family, learn how to navigate new parenting pathways, and support each sibling relationship as it unfolds.
Some themes for discussion will be:
- How do I support the big feelings of my older child now that the baby is here?
- Strategies and advice for managing more than one child
- Building a healthy foundation for the sibling relationship
- Effective & Respectful Limit Setting
- Coping with BIG feeling and young rivals
- How to encourage good feelings between siblings
- Is my Love enough?
- Sibling Rivalry
Space is Limited so sign up now to reserve your space.
Babes-in-Arms Welcome!
Expanding Families
Join Parenting Guru Gretchen Goddard, CIMI, CCBE, AHPE as she teaches this fun, insightful and practical workshop. She uses mindfulness and discussion to bring voice to the concerns and questions about welcoming a new child into your family.
Some themes for discussion will be:
- How will the demands of mothering intensify before and after the birth of a new child?
- Practical ways to prepare our older child/children for the new arrival and include them in the planning
- Who will support my child during my labor and delivery?
- How will adding a child affect my partnership and relationship with my older child/children?
- How will I love a new child as much as I love my first?
- How do I support the big feelings of my older child after the baby is here?
- Strategies and "wise woman" advice for managing these big transitions for our little ones and ourselves
- How to engage the support of others
Space is Limited so sign up now to reserve your space.
Babes-in-Arms Welcome!
Infant Massage
Infant Massage constitutes a continuation of the caressing received in the womb. Come learn how to enhance all aspects of your infant's well being by continuing this loving touch through infant massage. You will learn to give your baby a full body massage as well as special techniques for relief of gas, colic and calming fussy babies. Positive physical contact makes babies feel loved and valued, thereby allowing self-esteem and confidence to develop. Research shows that babies that are massaged regularly are healthier, cry less often and sleep more sound.
Benefits of Infant Massage for Baby:
- Offers a foundation for loving and intimate communication between parent & baby
- Enhances the immune system and helps to strengthen and regulate the baby’s primary systems (i.e. respiratory, circulatory, nervous, musculature and gastrointestinal)
- Reduces gas and colic and allows baby to sleep better
- Helps the baby relax and release the tensions of daily stimuli
- Emotionally nourishes the baby
Benefits of Infant Massage for Parents:
- Increases confidence in their handling skills
- Better understanding of their infant's cues
- Helps the parents relax and listen to their baby
- Fosters intimate parent baby attachment & bonding
- Enhances communication and emotional ties
- Provides a means for quality interaction time
Childbirth Refresher
Join Gretchen Goddard, CIMI, CCBE, AHPE for this unique and focused childbirth refresher for families that have experienced childbirth previously. This 3hr workshop intensive offers a comprehensive overview of “what to expect” during labor, delivery and immediate postpartum. This class is designed especially for those wanting a natural birth whether the plan is to birth at home, in hospital or at a birthing center.
Topics include:
- Understanding the signs and stages of labor
- Pain coping strategies and techniques
- Partner support in labor
- Optimal fetal positioning to improve labor progress
- Anatomy and physiology of pregnancy
- Finding your tribe and creating community
- Managing pregnancy discomforts
-Complications/cesarean birth for home birth families
- Having a healthy postpartum period/breastfeeding information
Positive Discipline
It's never too early or too late to learn how to foster deep listening, respect, and empathy for our babies.... and to ensure that our partner is on the same page with this philosophy.
A few things parents will learn in this class...
- How to discipline children without yelling, spanking, or using coercion
- What to do when feeling triggered and how not to "Lose It" with your child
- To build a framework for reasonable expectations based on the developmental stages of children
- How to handle distress tantrums
- How to handle Sibling Rivalry
- How to stay positive and flexible rather than reactive in interactions with your child
- Respectful Limit Setting
- How to break patterns of thinking and move beyond power struggles to cooperation and trust
Space is Limited so sign up now to reserve your space.
Babes-in-Arms Welcome!
I am truly inspired to be offering this enlightening and empowering workshop for parents.
Picture by Melanie Alice Photography