MMC Childbirth Education

A recorded version of this class is now offered free with your registration of Maine Health's Newborn Sleep class.  If you cannot afford the registration fee due to financial hardship, please contact childbirth education at childbirtheducation@mainehealth.org.

This 3-12 month infant sleep class is designed for parents who are struggling with getting through the 4-month sleep regression, which is a time of permanent change to baby's brain and sleep patterns and for parents who are still struggling with short naps and/or frequent night wakings. Topics discussed will include age appropriate, step-by-step sleep improvement methods for both naps and nighttime, how and when to drop night feeds to get longer stretches of sleep while maintaining breastmilk supply, step-by step strategies to implement independent sleep skills, and how to work through the 4 to 3 nap transition, how and when to drop down to two naps per day, as well as a phased approach to dropping down to one nap at 12+ months.   We will also discuss planning for going back to work and transitioning to daycare.

If you have any questions, please contact Jenna Marion directly at jenna.marion@mainehealth.org.