The Baby's Here, Now What ?
Cost: $275
Location: Cherokee County (will be sent in email)
Duration: 1:00 pm-5:00 pm
Format: In-person
Dates: April 12th, June7th, August 2nd, September 27th, November 22nd
Meet Your Experts
Hannah
Hannah has been serving families as a birth doula for nine years, and has been helping families as a newborn care specialist for six. She has a deep understanding about newborn needs, and has a passion for helping families not only learn about the fourth trimester, but also help families relate to their newborn in a deeper way. She enjoys relating the nuance of the newborn stage to adulthood to help parents have a better understanding, more patience, more confidence.
Newborn Care Specialist
Charity
As a dedicated Pediatric Sleep Coach and Overnight Postpartum Doula, I’m passionate about empowering parents with the knowledge and tools they need to foster healthy sleep habits for their newborns and beyond. I specialize in educating both new and seasoned parents on effective strategies for troubleshooting sleep issues, ensuring that you and your baby can enjoy restful nights, even during the challenging early days. With a wealth of sleep tricks and secrets at my fingertips, I’m here to guide you toward the best sleep solutions, creating a nurturing environment where both you and your little one can thrive. Let’s embark on this journey together and make sleep a blissful reality! Your Coach, Charity
Infant Sleep Consultant
Lactation Counselor Hosanna
Hosanna Knight is a certified birth doula and lactation consultant with nearly four years of experience supporting families through pregnancy, birth, and the early days of feeding. A culturally responsive, evidence-based breastfeeding advocate, Hosanna is passionate about helping families feel informed, confident, and prepared. She believes that while breastfeeding is a natural process, it does not always come naturally—and that families deserve practical education and compassionate support. Her teaching honors and supports all feeding choices, including breastfeeding, pumping, combination feeding, formula feeding, and paced bottle feeding. So families can make informed decisions that work best for them. Through her work, Hosanna empowers both first-time and returning parents with clarity, confidence, and trust in their own instincts.
Class Structure
The four-hour class will divide into three segments taught by local experts. The first two-hour segment covers newborn care with plenty of hands-on learning, such as swaddling and diapering. We will discuss the newborn experience, why crying is difficult for parents, reasons babies cry, how to recognize your baby's cries, how to avoid unnecessary crying, soothing techniques, pediatrician schedules, bathing, baby wearing, and car seat basics.
The next segment, about 45 minutes, covers everything parents need to know about newborn sleep taught by sleep expert Charity Espinosa. She will discuss how much sleep babies need, biologically normal sleep, how to help your baby sleep independently, healthy sleep habits, and safe co-sleeping.
The third part of the class will be led by lactation counselor, Hosanna Knight. This 1-hour segment covers infant feeding with a strong emphasis on breastfeeding, but she will also discuss bottle feeding and pumping. She will offer a deep dive into the anatomy and physiology of breastfeeding, why a good latch is important, how to help your baby latch well, and how to ensure your baby is getting enough. She will also teach paced bottle feeding, discuss pumping, and parents will have the chance to practice hands-on skills before their baby arrives.
We will take breaks between each session for questions and provide light snacks and water for everyone participating.
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“The more knowledge I have, the more confident I feel and I think that’s such a huge part of it - just understanding what’s normal so you don’t have to be afraid of it.”
— Amy P.