Bringing Baby Home Workshop

The Bringing Baby Home Program will give you information and skills to cope with the process of growing your family.

Invest in your relationship.

Watch this video to learn more about how this workshop developed by the Gottman Institute can help your couple relationship thrive during the transition to parenthood.

This evidence-based program teaches new and expecting parents how to:

  • Increase friendship in their relationship

  • Deal effectively with conflict

  • Involve each parent / caregiver in infant / toddler care and parenting

  • Improve the quality of parent-infant interaction

  • Recognize the psychological
    and emotional needs of their child

Researched benefits include...

  • Increased relationship quality.

    Notably in the high risk first year after birth.

  • Improved conflict resolution.

    Decreased hostility during conflict.

  • Reduction of postpartum depression.

    For both mothers and fathers.

  • More responsive to infant's signals.

    Especially true for fathers.

  • Less language delays.

    In 1 year old infants.

  • More smiling and laughter during play.

    For 3 and 12 month old infants.

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FAQs

  • This workshop is for pregnant and newly parenting couples. This program welcomes all family structures and cultural backgrounds and is LGBTQ+ affirming.

  • You may benefit from the preparation this workshop provides at any stage of your pregnancy. If you have an infant or toddler ages 0-3, this workshop may help you form strategies to increase the quality of your couple relationship. Even if you are trying to conceive, this workshop provides helpful strategies to prepare for the transition to parenthood.

  • Yes, the workshop is based on research and shown to improve the quality of the couple relationship across several areas.

  • The fee for this 12 hour workshop is $250 per couple. As this is an informational and educational program and not psychotherapy, this workshop cannot be covered by your health insurance. If you are an Amazon or Microsoft employee, check with your employer about reimbursement for this program.

    See event details above for early bird registration discounts.

    Digital materials need to be purchased directly through the Gottman Institute website for an additional fee of $49. This link will be provided upon registration.

  • Pre-crawling infants and babes in arms are welcome. If your child is crawling and beyond, please arrange for childcare.

  • If you need to reschedule after registering and provide two weeks notice before your original workshop date, I am happy to apply your registration fee to another workshop I provide within one year of your original workshop date plus a $50 administration fee. I do not issue refunds due to the limited number of spaces in the workshops.

  • If you are not available for the dates listed above but are interested in future dates and/or virtual workshops, sign up above to receive news and updates. Or visit the Contact page to reach out.