Bringing Baby Home

GOTTMAN WORKSHOP

A workshop for expectant parents or parents of little ones (0-3 year old)

Bringing Baby Home

Bringing Baby Home (BBH) is a psycho-educational and hands on practical program that was created by the Drs. John and Julie Gottman to help prepare couples for the changes and challenges that come with the birth of a child. The program aims to provide couples with the tools needed to be the best parents they can be while maintaining the quality of their relationship and building a strong and healthy family together.

While the birth of a child is a time of hope, anticipation and excitement, research shows that 2/3 of couples experience a significant drop in relationship satisfaction after the birth of a child. The challenges for new parents include a decline in relationship quality, emotional changes such as the experience of postpartum depression, increase in conflict, fathers or co-parents experiencing depression and feelings of displacement.

The transition to parenthood is the time when focusing on the relationship can make the biggest difference for families. The secret to successfully managing the transition is to keep your relationship strong because children thrive in homes where their parents love and care for one another.

Benefits of attending a BBH Workshop

FOR COUPLES

  • Decrease in relationship hostility.

  • Higher level of relationship satisfaction.

  • Ability to show greater responsiveness to their infant’s signals.

  • A decrease in symptoms of postpartum depression and anxiety in both mothers and fathers.

  • Better equipped to co-parent and work together in family play with greater father involvement and more secure father-child attachment.

FOR CHILDREN

  • Greater attachment security with parents

  • Stronger social and cognitive development

  • Stronger language skills

  • Children develop the ability to self soothe and are less distressed

Interested in attending a Bringing Baby Home workshop?

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What you will learn

The Gottman's research showed that the quality of a couple’s relationship is foundational to their child’s development, including their achievement of milestones, social skills, language development and establishing of secure attachment bonds with their parents.

The BBH workshop teaches evidence based tools to:

  • Understand what to expect during the transition to parenthood

  • Describe child development in the first year

  • Create strategies to co-parent with your partner

  • Strengthen your friendship, manage conflict and increase intimacy

  • Recognize signs of postpartum anxiety, depression and be aware of ways to reduce their severity and impact

  • Promote positive parent-baby interactions for both parents

Are you interested in organising a BBH workshop for your community? I can speak to your organisation, parents of your school, faith-based communities and parenting groups.

Please get in touch with me to discuss your needs.

rozanne@rozanneperera.com

04 3359 3382


One of the greatest gifts you can give your children is a strong relationship between you and your partner.

- Dr John M Gottman