WITH AMY MATTHEWS & SARAH BARNABY
PLEASE NOTE:
BABIES PROJECT currently has online sessions available for Babies & caregivers, and for adults.
Thursdays, 2:00-3:00pm
Our Newborn sessions are intended for babies (and their caregivers) from birth to 3 or 4 months old. (If you have any questions, please ask! We’ve had parents come with their babies as young as two weeks old.)
Come learn to observe, appreciate and facilitate your baby’s movement and perceptual development. Our developmental movement sessions are infant-oriented and baby-led. We value process over milestones and respect each child’s timing as their whole self develops.
Through a combination of discussion, observation and practice with the babies, we cover developmentally relevant topics that apply to all age groups as well as topics particular to newborns. These include:
- using “baby ball” as a place to start from (and come back to)
- supporting a baby’s sense of safety, comfort and bonding
- handling, touch and bonding principles and techniques
- noticing your own rhythms and timing in relationship to the baby
- orienting to gravity, including side-lying and tummy time
- experiencing lying on all 4 sides
- finding “midline” and how to support it
- observing preferences and facilitating more choice
- supporting a baby’s crying and processing
- weight-shifting and rolling
- helping a baby roll
- supporting a baby’s ability to self-regulate as it develops in relationship to caregivers’ presence and support
- making mistakes as a caregiver – and “repairing” them
There are a maximum of six babies (and their caregivers) in these sessions. We invite you to come with your newborn as soon as you’re ready.
For more about what you can expect in these sessions, please read about developmental movement here.
PRICES
- Newborn sessions: $20 for BP Sustaining Members, $40 for non-members
We don’t charge extra for twins, and multiple caregivers are welcome in our sessions.
Book single sessions below.
Questions? Email us at babies@babiesproject.org.