Newborn Babywearing Support Training
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When new families bring their carrier questions to you
Doulas, lactation consultants, nurses, OTs, and other perinatal pros see babies in carriers all the time. Families ask what you think, whether or not babywearing is your specialty. This training gives you solid answers.
We don't teach carries here, and this isn't a how-to-teach course. The focus stays on the newborn in front of you.
Already a babywearing educator? You'll see the newborn months through a whole different lens here.
Spot it, fix the basics, know who to call
Look at a newborn in a carrier and tell whether the fit is working
Handle the most common fixes, plus the hurdles that make families give up on babywearing
Know when to refer out, and how to find certified consultants and educators near you
Self-paced, with monthly drop-in office hours on Zoom
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What people ask before they sign up
Who is this for?
Perinatal pros who meet families in the newborn months: doulas, lactation consultants, nurses, OTs, childbirth educators, public health workers, physicians. No babywearing background needed.
Foundations grads and other babywearing educators get a lot out of it too. You'll look at the newborn stage through a different lens than you did in your carry training.
How does it work?
Self-paced video lessons you can fit around your client load, with quizzes and short answers along the way.
Once a month there's an hour of office hours on Zoom. No presentation, just drop in with questions about the material or anything else on your mind. Times are on the course front page, and you'll get an email reminder before each one. They aren't recorded, so come live when you can.
Do I need carriers?
No. We don't teach carries in this training, so you can take it without owning a single one.
Will I get a certificate?
Yes, a certificate of completion in Newborn Babywearing Support when you finish. Looking to become a Certified CBWS Babywearing Consultant? That happens through Foundations.
What we cover
- How babywearing differs from just getting a baby from point A to point B
- The main carrier types, and how fit changes from one caregiver to the next
- Current newborn positioning guidelines
- What the research says about carrying, including crying in the fourth trimester
- The newborn's transition to the world, from the baby's side of it
- Troubleshooting the carriers you'll see most, and the hurdles that make families quit
- When to refer out, and how to find certified consultants and educators near you
Foundations and Newborn go really well together
Newborn started as an add-on to Foundations, and the two still fit hand in hand. Foundations gives you the carries and the skills to teach them. Newborn slows down and looks closely at the first few months, what's happening for the baby and where families get tripped up. Taking both gives you a much fuller picture of how to support new families.
Not planning to teach carries? Newborn works on its own too, and makes you a knowledgeable advocate for babywearing in the work you already do.
The full path runs Foundations, then Newborn, then Progressions.
See Foundations »Not sure which one fits your work? Get in touch and we'll help you figure it out.
In their words
From people who've taken it
It's been almost three years since I had a newborn, and honestly those days are hard to remember. The course was very well framed to support families of newborns and what we need to know to support them.
It was a great experience. I'm glad I did it.
This course had so much amazing information! I felt Joanna did a wonderful job at setting up the class from beginning to end, beautifully tying in emotional support at the end.
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Pay all at once or spread it out
Same training either way. The plans add up to $249, with nothing extra tacked on.
It made me feel more comfortable with carriers I was not familiar with previously.
I just wanted to say thank you for the opportunity to do this! It means so much to get real training and to feel confident in being able to help others.
It got me thinking about why people might want to babywear and their expectations.
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