Oh Baby! Preparing Your Toddler or Preschooler for a New Sibling

On-Demand Class · Parenting

Welcoming a new baby is exciting...and HARD! This 40 minute class will guide you in preparing your toddler or preschooler (up to 6 years) for the new addition to your family.

Class Description

Welcoming a new baby is exciting...and HARD! This 40 minute class will guide you in preparing your toddler or preschooler (up to 6 years) for the new addition to your family. Whether your tiny human is arriving via adoption, surrogacy, foster care, kinship placement, or "the old fashioned way," we've got tips and strategies to help. We'll cover emotional preparation, strategies for fostering independence, and adjustment to routines and logistics that will support a smooth transition for your growing family. We'll also troubleshoot several common regressions that often occur once the baby arrives. This class is short and sweet, just like your new bundle of joy!

Class Materials

A paper and pen to jot down a few brief notes if you feel inspired, your feet up, and the beverage of your choice are all you'll need to enjoy this class!

Your Instructor

Kate Garzón

Kate Garzón, M.Ed., is a “GPS” for the parents of toddlers through teens! A parent educator and parenting coach who helps parents solve frustrating behaviors - and raise great humans- by focusing on relationship-building, understanding development, and skill-building. She helps loving parents who are tired of feeling like their efforts to “do it right” aren’t being reflected in their family lives. She is a firm believer that every parent does their very best - every day - and that sometimes all they need is an experienced, outside observer to help them understand their children’s and teen’s behaviors by making connections between who they are developmentally and how they experience the world. In addition to her 18-year career as a Montessori teacher in both Canada and the US for children aged 2.5-14, she has been a live-in nanny, camp counselor, sports coach, tutor, childcare provider, volunteer with children and teens with special needs, certified children’s yoga instructor, and an outdoor ed. enthusiast working with adolescents. She is a proud auntie to 14 nieces and nephews, an avid traveler, and an enthusiastic consumer of books and ice cream.

Degrees and Certifications

B.A. in Psychology with child development focus, M.Ed. in Global Citizenship Education, AMS Montessori Early Childhood and Elementary I and II Certifications, IB MYP certificates in Humanities, ongoing professional development courses in childhood trauma, anxiety, depression, Autism

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