1) The BabyCalm^® baby calming parenting course.

A unique 4 week (8 hour) course, designed for new mothers and babies, incorporating baby calming and communication skills, interactive class discussion of many topics that new mums commonly face (such as birth debriefing, baby feeding worries, bonding with your baby, baby colic, baby reflux, constipation and wind in babies, lack of sleep and concerns about the health and wellbeing of their new baby) and baby touch therapy - a light baby massage routine developed by BabyCalm^®. The classes will help you to bond with your baby, help him or her to be a calm and happy baby, free of colic, and help you to experience a stress-free relationship of trust, confidence and calm. These classes also provide an invaluable opportunity for you to make new friends with other local mums. If you would like to learn to trust your own maternal instinct rather than follow rules and routines set out by experts such as Gina Ford, Tizzie Hall and Jo Tantum, this is the course for you!

This course is most suited to newborn babies from birth to 20 weeks of age.

Cost: £65 per course. This includes comprehensive course notes and a free bottle of organic baby massage oil, and a BabyCalm^® calming CD.

2) The BabyCalm^® colic and crying workshop

This workshop is intended as an emergency 'one-off' class to help parents whose babies are suffering from prolonged crying and/ or baby colic and fretful sleep. I will firstly help you to understand why your baby is so unsettled and then demonstrate many techniques and tools to help your baby settle, calm colic and sleep better! At BabyCalm^® we are experts at helping parents to understand why your baby is unhappy, and giving you the tools to have a calm and happy baby as well as confidence in your own instincts and abilities. This baby class is often a lightbulb moment for new parents, with many commenting that they wish they had known about this before their baby was born or they had read a stream of baby books all giving different advice! This is such a rewarding class for me to teach, as I literally leave parents with a different calm baby and a smile on their face! I teach this workshop privately in your own home as I understand how difficult it can be to get out with a new baby - and I am very used to seeing new mums in their pyjamas! And please, please don't even think about tidying up for my visit.....

This course is most suited to newborn babies from birth to 10 weeks of age.

Cost: £80, including comprehensive course notes.

3) The BabyCalm^® antenatal workshop

This workshop is designed to introduce new parents to reasons that babies are commonly unsettled, including an explanation of baby colic and common reasons babies cry, helping them to understand their baby before they are even born! You will learn how to be a confident mum or dad able to welcome your baby into a world where they are calmer and more settled and be armed with many techniques to make your babies transition from womb to world as smooth and comfortable as possible, avoid colic and aid sleep for the whole family. You will learn how to calm a crying baby and soothe colic as well as the secrets of how to get more sleep at night and how to get your baby to nap easily during the day. Dads are actively encouraged to attend this workshop, we focus heavily on the importance of fathers and roles that dad may play to support the mother and bond with their baby.

This course is most suited to couples between 30 and 38 weeks of pregnancy.

Cost: £30, including comprehensive course notes.

 Next course dates: Saturday 25th February, 1.30 - 4.30pm

                                              Friday 23rd March, 6.30 - 9.30pm

Both at The Stillpoint Practice

FAQ

1. I really do not like the idea of baby training methods that involve routines and lots of crying, is BabyCalm^® the course for me?

Rest assured that we at BabyCalm^® dislike these methods too! I promise I will never teach you to let your baby 'cry it out' or control their crying in any way. Our ethos is completely different to most other baby experts such as Gina Ford, Tizzie Hall and Jo Tantum, we do not set routines and we do not position ourselves as the expert - instead we raise confidence in parents to trust their own instincts and be their own guru!

2. Can I bring older children to a BabyCalm^® course or workshop?

No. As much as I adore all children, the BabyCalm^® concept aims to provide a calm and peaceful environment and this is not always possible with toddlers and older children present, as I am sure you will understand!

3. Is it possible to hold a private BabyCalm^® course or workshop?

Yes, I am happy to do this for a group of people. If you want to book the BabyCalm^® baby calming parenting course for yourself and a group of friends or NCT antenatal group etc, the group size should be between 3 and 6 mothers. For the antenatal course, the group size needs to be between 5 and 10 couples. Price by negotiation depending on numbers, date and venue.

Many parents find that the full 4 week course is an extremely worthwhile option when taught privately just for the mother/ father and baby in their own home, particularly in the very early days if they are struggling with a crying baby with colic and sleep deprivation! The cost for this would be £160, including course notes, massage oil and CD.

The antenatal class taught privately in your own home costs £80.

4. How do I know it will work?

All BabyCalm^® methods are based on sound scientific evidence and psychological research and tested on over 1000 babies.

5. How do I book and pay for the classes?

For all bookings and enquiries, please phone or email me. Courses should be paid for in full by the beginning of the first class; I accept cheques or bank transfers. 

6. Do you offer refunds if I miss a class?

No, as I am unable to offer your missed class to anyone else; although I am happy to offer you the chance to attend the session you have missed on a subsequent group course free of charge.