Prepare for Parenthood with Confidence and Connection
Get Ready for Parenthood
Becoming a parent or adding a family member is an exciting time! It also comes with lots of questions and anxiety about what the new baby will bring. Safeguard your relationship and ensure a healthy start for your future family with the Bringing Home Baby Workshop, presented by Jeralyn Stevens, MAC, LPC. The Bringing Home Baby Workshop is an evidence based program developed by The Gottman Institute. Tailored for couples who are expecting a baby or parenting a child under 3, this workshop is designed to help you strengthen your relationship and build, support, sustain, a nurturing environment for your growing family.
Why Invest in the Bringing Home Baby Workshop?
67 to 75% of couples report that the quality of their marriage changes after a new baby arrives.
Safeguard your relationship and the future of your family!
Our comprehensive two-day workshop offers invaluable support and practical tools to navigate the transition to parenthood with ease and confidence. Here's what you can expect to learn:
Protect/Reignite your Connection: Learn simple, yet effective ways to keep your relationship a priority, transforming conflict into opportunities for deeper connection.
Foster a Nurturing Environment: Discover strategies to set up your new for healthy bonding, ensuring that your baby grows up in a safe, nurturing, and positive environment.
Enhance Communication: Develop new methods to communicate with love and respect, even in stressful situations.
Benefit of Attending
For Couples
Strengthen Your Bond: Build a solid foundation of friendship and support, crucial for martial adjustment after the arrival of a new baby
Improve Parenting Skills: Gain practical skills and enhance teamwork and co-parenting abilities; with a focus on increasing father involvement and strengthening father-infant bonds
Boost Relationship Satisfaction: Couples of have attended the workshop report greater relationship satisfaction and increased likelihood of staying together.
For Children
Support Development: Babies who grow up in a supportive, playful environment show stronger language skills, smile and laugh more during family play, and cry less.
Enhance Family Play: Baby will benefit from more engaging and supportive playtime, leading to better developmental outcomes and stronger bonds with caregiver.
The Science Behind the Bringing Home Baby Workshop
The following is a summary of the research on the Gottman Bringing Home Baby Workshop
"John Gottman began his research on couples having children in 1985, following 20 previous years of research on couples and marriage. The Bringing Baby Home Study began in 1999 as a small pilot study designed by John M. Gottman, PhD and Alyson F. Shapiro, PhD. This study later grew into a full-scale research evaluation that was concluded in 2005, when the youngest of the research participants was 2 1/2 to 3-years-old. The Bringing Baby Home program has been evaluated through random clinical trial research involving 159 families. Each family was randomly assigned to one of three groups. One group received both a two-day Bringing Baby Home workshop and subsequently, attended 12 weeks of a support group. A second group only received the two-day Bringing Baby Home workshop that they attended shortly before the birth of their baby. The third group, the control group, did not receive either the Bringing Baby Home workshop or the support groups. The control group was offered the workshop following the completion of the study..."
Parent-Baby Relationships
Parents who participated in the Bringing Baby Home program demonstrated enhanced sensitivity and responsiveness to their infant's cues, with this effect being especially notable among fathers.
These parents also exhibited improved co-parenting skills, collaborating more effectively during family playtime with their 3-month-old babies.
Infants whose parents took part in the Bringing Baby Home program displayed more smiles and laughter during family play, regardless of whether they were 3 or 12 months old.
Additionally, indicators of secure father-infant attachment were rated more favorably in families who participated in the program.
Infant Development & Temperament
One-year-old infants whose parents completed the Bringing Baby Home program showed fewer language delays.
Mothers in the program also reported that their babies exhibited less distress when faced with limitations, such as having a toy out of reach.
One-year-old babies in the program group responded more positively to their fathers' soothing efforts, likely reflecting both the quality of father-infant interactions and infant temperament
Father Involvement
Fathers who took part in the Bringing Baby Home program reported higher levels of involvement in parenting and felt more satisfied and valued for their contributions.
The quality of father-baby interactions was notably better among fathers who participated in the program.
Couple Relationship Quality
Couples who participated in the Bringing Baby Home program experienced high and stable relationship quality. In contrast, those who did not participate showed a decline in relationship quality during the first year after their baby's birth.
Furthermore, couples who took the program expressed less hostility during conflict discussions.
Parent Mental Health
Mothers who participated in the Bringing Baby Home program exhibited fewer symptoms of postpartum depression, the baby blues, and other signs of psychological distress, such as anxiety.
Fathers in the program also showed fewer signs of depression or anxiety.
