NEWBORN CARE
And Feeding Classes
Your fourth trimester, or the few months immediately following birth, is a crucial time for connection and rest as your family navigates new routines, including breastfeeding, caring for your newborn, and healing and thriving postpartum
Nourishing Baby and Yourself - FREE CLASS
Preparing for your breastfeeding journey begins before your baby arrives. In this conversational class, you'll have the invaluable opportunity to meet with a lactation consultant prenatally to address all of your feeding questions and concerns. We believe that confidence, coupled with realistic expectations, paves the way for the most successful feeding outcomes.
We'll delve into tips for a great start, exploring the significance of the golden hour, the natural breast crawl, and your baby's innate feeding reflexes. Understanding newborn behavior and feeding communication is key, so we'll discuss responsive feeding and how to recognize your baby's hunger and fullness cues, and plenty more!
Beyond Birth
Newborn Essentials: Prepare for Parenthood Beyond Birth
This class equips you with essential skills for the postpartum period, covering everything from newborn basics (bathing, diapering, sleep) and babywearing to laying the groundwork for successful co-parenting. We'll also cover basic infant feeding and pumping. Set realistic expectations and gain the knowledge to confidently care for your newborn and navigate early parenthood.
Introducing Solid Foods
Understand food readiness signs and learn ideas for beginning with the exciting first steps of this big sensory experience. Discover safe and nourishing first foods, explore both baby-led weaning and purees, and gain practical tips for babies of all ages. Also covered: choking, allergies, oral care and weaning.
Prepare to feed with love and creativity, armed with the knowledge to support your baby's journey. All family members, including babies, are welcome to attend.
Here We Go Again
Prepare your family to joyfully and peacefully welcome your newest baby in our comprehensive workshop designed to help you thrive during the postpartum period.
We'll cover essential reminders for newborn feeding and strategies for successful breastfeeding, refresh your understanding of newborn behavior, and explore realistic expectations for this special time. For the parents, we'll discuss a "postpartum re-do" to implement new ideas, guidance on preparing for parenting one more, and practical tips for sibling preparation – including prenatal conversations, postpartum responses, managing expectations for older children, and fostering connection.
Learn parenting practices that support a harmonious transition, ensuring your family and heart expand with ease and joy.
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Early Motherhood
Offered Quarterly
Join a closed circle, 4- week series with weekly discussions and opportunities for connection and dialogue, blended with guided exercises and community that make this a one-of-a-kind experience. Mothers with babies in arms (up to 9 months) are welcome. Your baby is welcome and encouraged, but not required, to attend with you.
Topics include: nourishing your body and mind in new motherhood, co-parenting or solo parenting, birth story processing, welcoming baby and building parent community
Breastfeeding, Postpartum and Early Parenting
Katie DaMota, MAS, Lactation Consultant
The founder of The Nest and our newborn and feeding instructor, Katie has built a reputation by consulting with families and working hard to solve the challenges that arise with the complexity of infant feeding, sleep concerns, and early parenting. She holds a master's degree in Maternal and Child Nutrition and Lactation from the University of California, Davis as well as held an international certification in lactation consulting (IBCLC) for 15 years. Her extensive background in the fields of child development and women's health has allowed her to make a career of her passion for guiding parents to make healthy decisions for themselves and their children. BOOK A CONSULT
Upcoming Class Dates
Select the date you would like to book below to register and pay the week before your class.
Some midwives cover the cost of these classes
Beyond Birth: Newborn Essentials
Postpartum planning, newborn care, early parenting and intro to feeding
FREE Nourishing Baby + Yourself
Introduction to lactation with a lactation consultant
Here We Go Again
A Refresher for Newborn Care & Feeding + Sibling Preparation
Scheduled privately and by request for a small group
Contact Katie to schedule
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A practical and experience-based discussions on babies, births, pregnancy, and early parenthood. Listen in each week as Katie DaMota, a parenting mentor and lactation consultant, and David Arrell, Men’s Coach and author of Welcome To Fatherhood, get together and bring real world experience and authentic voices to all things baby.