Parenting ClassesIn Portland, Oregon
We offer in-person parenting classes including Newborn Care and Breastfeeding classes at the Birth First Education Center in SW Portland, just off of the I-5. Check out our class descriptions below!
Newborn Care 101: The First Month
In-Person Parenting Class In Portland
This 3 hour parenting class is taught by an experienced postpartum doula and explains how to care for your newborn baby including diapering, swaddling, soothing, infant bathing, baby wearing, and much more! While there is no official handbook on babies, this parenting class is the cliff notes version – with hands-on practice! Taught by Bridgetown Baby Postpartum Doulas.
*Price includes two people.
*Masks are required during this in-person class.
*Space is limited to 8 couples.
Teacher: Bridgetown Baby Doulas
Fee: $95 for 2 people
Sex After Birth
Online Postpartum Class
This class is appropriate for any pregnant or postpartum body, who has sex in any way. In this class we will cover the changes in your body throughout pregnancy, what to expect postpartum, and safe and fun ways to re-introduce sex into your life after you have birthed a human. We will share our fears, we will laugh, and we will take some of the unknowns out of this next chapter in your sexual journey.
Teacher: Dr. Emily Spaeth
Location: Zoom
Fee: $45
Newborn Care Essentials: Taught By A Pediatrician
In-Person Parenting Class In Portland
This 2 hour class provides an overview of what to expect in the first days and weeks of life with your new little one! You’ll learn the basics of feeding, diapering, sleeping, and development from a board-certified pediatrician, with a special focus on building your village and fostering communication with your partner.
Dr. Iverson is a board-certified pediatrician with a decade of experience in newborn care, with special interests in evidence-based gentle parenting and postpartum mental health care. A full time working mother of two, she is currently employed as a pediatric and newborn hospitalist at Randall Children’s Hospital in Portland, OR.
*Price is for two people.
*Masks are required to attend this in-person class.
*Space is limited to 8 couples.
Teacher: Arija Iverson
Location: 7800 SW Barbur Blvd.#3, Portland Oregon 97219
Fee: $85 for 2 people
CPR First Aid For Infants, Children & Adults
In-Person Parenting Class with Videos & Ebook
This CPR AED First Aid class for infants, children, and adults has a blended format: there are a few hours of online instructional videos that must be completed before attending the in-person skills session that you register for. The 45 minute skills session will be hosted at the Birth First Education Center and will provide you with an opportunity to practice skills on manikins and using CPR equipment. Online instructional videos and an ebook are included in this course, along with the in-person skills session.
*Price is for one person.
*Masks are required during the in-person portion of this class.
*Space is limited to 6 people.
Teacher: Lisa Appel
Location: 7800 SW Barbur Blvd.#3, Portland Oregon 97219
Fee: $110 per person
Breastfeeding & Bottle Feeding Basics
In-Person Parenting Class In Portland
This 3 hour parenting class will prepare you and your partner to feed your baby with confidence! An experienced International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) will cover the basics to get you and your baby off to a great start, including: the biology of making milk, learning your baby’s feeding cues, positions and techniques for feeding at breast/chest and by bottle, introduction to breast pumps, when to get professional support, and all the most frequently asked questions we hear from new parents.
*Price includes two people.
*Masks are required during this in-person class.
*Space is limited to 8 couples.
Teacher: Melissa Curry, Bridgetown Baby IBCLC
Location: 7800 SW Barbur Blvd.#3, Portland Oregon 97219
Fee: $110 for 2 people
Parent & Feeding Support Circle
FREE In-Person Parenting Group In Portland
This free in-person support circle is offered every Tuesday and is a welcoming and non-judgmental place to gather with other parents and infants to share the joys and challenges of this season of life! While this group is not feeding specific, meetings are facilitated by a Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) who will have a hospital grade scale to weigh babies if you are interested. Drop ins are welcome!
*Registration is not required to attend and drop ins are welcome.
*Masks are required during this in-person group.
*Space is limited to 8 families.
Teachers: Ashley Treadwell, Koali Blumer-Buell, and Brianna Grisham from Cascadia Lactation IBCLCs
Location: 7800 SW Barbur Blvd.#3, Portland Oregon 97219
Fee: $20 per family
Nurture & Play: 5 Week Parent-Infant Playgroup
In-Person Parent-Infant Playgroup
Build community with other parents and babies as we delve into the parenting journey and explore infant development in a supported learning environment. Each week, we’ll share what we’re observing about ourselves and our babies, and make connections between our babies’ developmental needs and the ways we parent and play. Designed for infants 0-6 months (or older, if not yet crawling) and their caregivers.
Session 5: Self-Care and Future Connections
Teacher: Brita Johnson
Location: Birth First Education Center
Fee: $250 for parents and infant
Postpartum Self-Care & Baby Development, 6 Week Zoom Series For Babies 0-12 weeks
Online Postpartum & Baby Series Class
Teacher: Dr. Emily Spaeth
Location: Zoom
Fee: $250 for one adult and infant
Baby Developmental Milestones, 0-6 Months
Online Baby Development Class
Join Emily Spaeth, a neonatal physical therapist with a whole lot of other tools in her tool bag as she guides you through the stages of fine motor, gross motor, cognitive, sensory, and feeding milestones for the first 6 months of development! Set your baby up for success in their environment with gentle reminders to do with your baby, rather than doing to when fostering development.
Teacher: Dr. Emily Spaeth
Location: Zoom
Fee: $45
Do I Even Need Lactation Support? Come And Find Out!
FREE Zoom Event
This is a chance for you to meet with Lactation Consultants, Ashley Treadwell & Koali Blumer-Buell, to find out what lactation support is all about, and why you might want to work with a lactation consultant. There will be a slideshow and time for questions. Join us!
*This is a FREE Zoom event that repeats on the first Monday of each month.
*Registration is required to attend.
Ashley Treadwell is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC), blogger on the topic of breast/chestfeeding, and advocate for judgment-free feeding support for all parents. Ashley completed her lactation consultant training and certification at University of California, San Diego, including clinical training at the Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women and Newborns and the outpatient clinic at Kaiser Family Health Services.
Koali Blumer-Buell is an Internationally Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC). She has spent more than 20 years counseling parents and supporting them to build their parenting skills. She has worked with teen parents at Outside In, visited families in their homes with Albina Early Head Start, taught parenting classes and prenatal yoga, and provided support to parents as a birth doula.
Teachers: Ashley Treadwell & Koali Blumer-Buell, Cascadia Lactation IBCLCs
Location: Zoom
Fee: FREE
Sex, Intimacy, and Connection During the 4th Trimester
In-Person Postpartum Class
This workshop has been cultivated from many years of working with postpartum couples and hearing their stories. After we have a baby everything changes, for everyone involved but especially the birthing parent. This workshop aims to identify and honor the changes that are going on in the body and then wok on widening the couple’s understanding of connection and intimacy in relationship to their new reality. We will talk in detail about how to create connection, and intimacy during those hard first months and how to incorporate sex when ready. This workshop will leave couples with knowledge they can use to strengthen and build their relationship, so they can thrive during the 4th Trimester.
THE WHO:
This workshop is for people in a relationship that want to work on keeping their connection and
intimacy alive after the baby is born. They can be pregnant or postpartum. The workshop will be
flexible to where they are in their journey. They can bring infants in arms, no problem.
THE WHAT:
Focus or Objectives:
● Come away with better understanding of intimacy, connection and sex
● How to create a continuum of connection through the whole postpartum period
● Broader sense of connection leading to sustainability in relationship
● Have a tool box and resources to use
Teachers: Krystle Gard
Location: Birth First Education Center
Fee:
