Bringing Baby Homes is a hands on program aimed at improving the quality of life for babies and children by strengthening their families. This evidence-based program is designed to help parents successfully manage the transition to parenthood by keeping their relationship strong. Evidence shows that while the birth of a new baby is an exciting time, it’s sometimes accompanied with many challenges, including a decline in relationship satisfaction, increased conflict and hostility. Bringing Baby Home focusses on relationship building because the strength of the parents’ relationship directly impacts their emotional and mental state. Happy relationships = Happy Children!
Developed by renowned relationship and parenting experts, Dr’s John and Julie Gottman (link: https://gottman.com), Bringing Baby Home is best for:
- Couples planning to have a baby
- Couples expecting a baby
- Parents already parenting an infant or toddler
Bringing Baby Home is ideally delivered in 12 hours over 12 weeks and is free of charge for families receiving family services support.
Learning objectives:
| Strengthen your friendship | Better understand child development |
| Increase intimacy and affection | Create co-parenting strategies with your partner |
| Work through conflict with greater ease | Improve the way you and your partner communicate, connect and compromise |
| Maintain relationship satisfaction | Recognise signs of postpartum mood disorders and gain awareness of treatment options |
| Reduce hostility | Create positive parent-child relationships |
| Ensure quality involvement for both parents | Reduce the incidence of severity of postpartum mood disorders |
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