? about classes offered by hospitals

[MommytoTwo]

I know I am way ahead of myself here, but I cant help but think ahead!!! I am planning a hba2c but someone mentioned something about sibling classes at hospitals... I remember when DD was born I thought DS was too little for that, but now I think they both could be into it...

Is it possible to sign them up for a class without being registered at the hospital?

[rstump]

Yes....my daughter took the sibling class at APH and we had a homebirth :).

I wouldn't do any other classes at the hospital since they are all about how to "obey" them but the sibling class was nice.

[wondebs]

you should be able to do it but I would check into what they discuss. In my experience (as a nurse) most sibling classes discuss some basic how to treat baby type topics and thing focus on a tour of what they will see at the hospital. You could probably teach them most of what they need to know about how to treat a newborn and save yourself some money.


Beverly

[treemom2]

The one at the hospital in my town when pg with DS was free and open to everyone regardless of where you were going to birth. They also had a lot of books and videos to help the sibling prepare.