Bump Ahead - Prenatal Childbirth Education Class
Build your confidence and learn about childbirth and the postpartum journey with our team at bb&b...
Option 1: 7 sessions carried out on Monday evenings from 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Option 2: Over a weekend from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Preparing for the arrival of your new baby can bring about both excitement and anxiety. This comprehensive program will prepare you and your partner for the birth of your baby and the transition into early parenthood.
These classes are informative, inclusive and interactive and the program was created by a Registered Dietitian, Registered Nurse/ Lactation Consultant and Clinical Social Worker.
Some of the topics covered include:
- Prenatal Nutrition: essential nutrients, supplementation, navigating common ailments, eating safely and gestational diabetes
- Labour and Delivery: what to expect, interventions and options and how to prepare
- Perinatal mental health: baby blues, postpartum depression, coping strategies
- Postpartum: recovery and care, lactation, feeding your baby, newborn care
- Postpartum Nutrition: maternal diet, Breastmilk alternatives, infant growth monitoring
- Parental Mental health: 'Ugly truths' of parenthood, ways to cope, partner relationships ... and SO much more
Limited spots available.
Price: $385 per couple
*Contact us for single registrants (and if you are an independent parent)
Bump Ahead - Childbirth Education Class
Option 1 : Weekly for 7 Sessions
Weekly starting May 5 - June 23 (no classes on May 19)
Deadline to Register: April 28, 2025
Option 2: Weekend Course
Weekend Course Date: Aug 9 & 10 2025
*register before July 28, 2025
We recommend that you start your class when you are between 26-32 weeks pregnant.
**Click on the Registration button if you would like to register, or if you would like to add your name to the list for future course dates & times**
summer camps - group sessions lead by a SLP
speech & language pathologist - summer camps
Special programming suited to children aged 4-8 years. Summer camp is hosted at 100 Words Playschool in Airdrie, AB.
Program is designed to encourage social communication, speech & language development and skill-building, and uses sensory play-based learning.
Parents will be provided with speech & language handouts throughout the week that outlines strategies for practicing at-home.
AM Sessions run 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
July 21 - July 23 - FULL (waitlist only)
July 28 - July 30
Kindergarten/Grade-school Readiness Program - Group Sessions
led by occupational therapist Erin Valiquette
Providing a developmentally supportive and engaging environment where
children can practice and strengthen essential school readiness skills. Through play-
based and structured activities, the group will focus on areas such as fine motor
development (e.g., cutting, printing, pencil grasp), social skills (e.g., turn-taking,
following group routines), self-regulation, independence, and early classroom routines.
Aug 19-21 10:00 - 12:00 PM
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