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Baby-Care Class

⏰ Length: The class is 2 hours in duration

🙋‍♀️ Introduction: Ten minutes at the beginning of class is set aside to meet the instructor and allow attendees to also introduce themselves through the live chat.

🤓 Q&A: There will be a Q&A period after each few sections

☕ Coffee Break: We will break for a drink and leg stretch around the halfway mark, after 1 hour.

📝 Topics:

• Baby’s first baths
• Skin & nail care
• Cord care and changing nappies
• Q&A
• Tea break
• Dressing baby
• Safe Sleep to prevent SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome)
• Temperature control safety
• Heel Prick Test
• Q&A

Baby-Safety Class

⏰ Length: The class is 1.5 hours in duration

🙋‍♀️ Introduction: Ten minutes at the beginning of class is set aside to meet the instructor and allow attendees to also introduce themselves through the live chat.

🤓 Q&A: There will be a Q&A period after each few sections

☕ Coffee Break: We will break for a drink and leg stretch around the halfway mark, after 45 minutes.

📝 Topics:

• Allergic reactions in babies
• Baby rashes
• Teething
• Baby Ear Infections
• Q&A
• Administering medicine correctly to your baby
• Plus much more!

Breastfeeding Preparation Class

⏰ Length: The class is 1.5 hours in duration

🙋‍♀️ Introduction: Ten minutes at the beginning of class is set aside to meet the instructor and allow attendees to also introduce themselves through the live chat.

🤓 Q&A: There will be a Q&A period after each few sections

☕ Coffee Break: We will break for a drink and leg stretch around the halfway mark, after 45 minutes.

📝 Topics:

• How to tell if your baby is hungry
• Mastering your baby’s latch
• Positions for optimal feeding
• Understanding skin-to-skin
• Antenatal Hand Expressing of milk
• Q&A
• Breastfeeding Myths Debunked
• Plus much more!

Perinatal Mental Health Class

⏰ Length: The class is 2 hours in duration

🙋‍♀️ Introduction: Ten minutes at the beginning of class is set aside to meet the instructor and allow attendees to also introduce themselves through the live chat.

🤓 Q&A: There will be a Q&A period after each few sections

☕ Coffee Break: We will break for a drink and leg stretch around the halfway mark, after 1 hour.

📝 Topics:

• What is Perinatal Mental Health
• Matrescence
• Baby Blues
• Perinatal OCD
• Perinatal Anxiety
• Perinatal Depression
• Q&A
• Less Common Mental Health Illnesses
• Your Support System

First 6 Weeks at Home Class

⏰ Length: The class is 2 hours in duration

🙋‍♀️ Introduction: Ten minutes at the beginning of class is set aside to meet the instructor and allow attendees to also introduce themselves through the live chat.

🤓 Q&A: There will be a Q&A period after each few sections

☕ Coffee Break: We will break for a drink and leg stretch around the halfway mark, after 1 hour.

📝 Topics:

  • Bonding with baby
  • What to expect in the first 6 weeks for Mum and Baby
  • Mum’s energy, what is normal…how can we maximize?
  • Development milestones for your baby
  • How you can help your baby’s development
  • Live Q&A

Hypnobirthing Class

⏰ Length: The class is 3 hours in duration

🙋‍♀️ Introduction: Ten minutes at the beginning of class is set aside to meet the instructor and allow attendees to also introduce themselves through the live chat.

🤓 Q&A: There will be a Q&A period after each few sections

☕ Coffee Break: We will break for a drink and leg stretch around the halfway mark.

📝 Topics:

• What is Hypnobirthing
• The role of Hypnobirthing Tracks
• Hypnobirthing language
• The importance of birthing hormones
• The Physiology of Birthing… and what you can do to
• Anchors
• Hypnobirthing Toolkit
• Pregnancy Yoga
• Breathing Techniques
• TENS
• Heat Therapy
• Massage
• Positions for Birthing
• Aromatherapy
• Positive Affirmations
• Acupressure
• Decision Making with BRAIN

Starting Solids Class

⏰ Length: The class is 2 hours in duration

🙋‍♀️ Introduction: Ten minutes at the beginning of class is set aside to meet the instructor and allow attendees to also introduce themselves through the live chat.

🤓 Q&A: There will be a Q&A period after each few sections

☕ Coffee Break: We will break for a drink and leg stretch around the halfway mark.

📝 Topics:

  • The why’s, when’s, what’s and wow’s of starting solids
  • The 3 stages of introducing solid foods
  • How things will change when baby is 12 months+
  • Baby-led feeding
  • Getting a grasp of your baby’s nutritional needs
  • Unsuitable foods for babies
  • Food allergies
  • Gagging reflex versus choking

Baby Sleep Class

⏰ Length: The class is 2 hours in duration

🙋‍♀️ Introduction: Ten minutes at the beginning of class is set aside to meet the instructor and allow attendees to also introduce themselves through the live chat.

🤓 Q&A: There will be a Q&A period after each few sections

☕ Coffee Break: We will break for a drink and leg stretch around the halfway mark, after 1 hour.

📝 Topics:

  • How sleep impacts your baby’s development
  • How much sleep does my baby need
  • Signs that baby is sleepy
  • Daytime nap versus nighttime routine
  • Common sleep challenges (and how to overcome them)
  • The 4 month sleep regression

Ultimate Antenatal Class

⏰ Length: The class is 7 hours in duration

🙋‍♀️ Introduction: Ten minutes at the beginning of class is set aside to meet the instructor and allow attendees to also introduce themselves through the live chat.

🤓 Q&A: There will be a Q&A period after each few sections

☕ Coffee Break: The class is broken into four pillars. Each section will last for about one hour and a half with a break in between.

📝 Topics:

1. Labour  – 1.5 hour
Q&A
Short tea break (10/15 minutes)
2. Birth and Potential Complications – 1.5 hour
Q&A
Lunch break (45 minutes / 1 hour)
3. Your first 100 days as a parent – 1.5 hour
Q&A
Short tea break (10/15 minutes)
4. Baby First Aid – 1.5 hour
Q&A

Ultimate Baby First Aid Class

⏰ Length: The class is 3 hours in duration

🙋‍♀️ Introduction: Ten minutes at the beginning of class is set aside to meet the instructor and allow attendees to also introduce themselves through the live chat.

🤓 Q&A: There will be a Q&A period after each few sections

☕ Coffee Break: We will break for a drink and leg stretch around the halfway mark, after 1.5 hours.

📝 Topics:

• CPR
• Choking
• Q&A
• Burns
• Trauma
• Lacerations
• Skin Issues
• Other Common Baby Issues

Ultimate Breastfeeding Class

⏰ Length: The class is 3.5 hours in duration

🙋‍♀️ Introduction: Ten minutes at the beginning of class is set aside to meet the instructor and allow attendees to also introduce themselves through the live chat.

🤓 Q&A: There will be a Q&A period after each few sections

☕ Coffee Break: We will break for a drink and leg stretch around the halfway mark, after 1.5 hours.

📝 Topics:

1. The key skills to successful breastfeeding – 1 hour
Q&A
Short break (15 minutes)
2. Breastfeeding challenges: How to avoid/resolve these – 1 hour
Q&A
Short break (15 minutes)
3. Pumping, expressing, storage, and transitioning to daily/work life – 1 hour
Q&A

Ultimate Baby Development Class

⏰ Length: The class is 2 hours in duration

🙋‍♀️ Introduction: Ten minutes at the beginning of class is set aside to meet the instructor and allow attendees to also introduce themselves through the live chat.

🤓 Q&A: There will be a Q&A period after each few sections

☕ Coffee Break: We will break for a drink and leg stretch around the halfway mark.

📝 Topics:

  • Baby development issues: How to identify them early
  • How to improve baby’s cognitive skills
  • How to improve your baby’s physical development
  • How to help your baby with key development milestones
  • Live Q&A with our Baby Development Expert

Sue

Chief Education Officer and Co-Founder at The Baby Academy

Sue is co-founder of The Baby Academy, Midwife, Childbirth Instructor and a busy Mom of two. With over 15 years’ experience Sue has worked in all areas of Midwifery such as Birthing Suite, Antenatal wards, Postnatal wards and currently manages The Antenatal Education Department in a large Maternity Hospital.

Jeanne

Perinatal Mental Health Midwife

Jeanne is a midwife with over 17 years of experience working with women and their families. She is also a busy mum to 2 beautiful children. Having worked as a general nurse before moving into midwifery, Jeanne worked in the Delivery Suite and the Assessment and Emergency Unit for over 7 years after qualifying. She has been working in the area of perinatal mental health since 2016 and is very passionate about the absolute need to support maternal mental health in women and their families.

Elaine

Advanced Nurse Practitioner in Children’s Emergency

Elaine is an Advanced Nurse Practitioner who has specialized in Children’s Emergency Care and works in Ireland’s busiest Children’s Emergency Department. She is a mum of two beautiful children and is also a certified ACLS instructor who provides Paediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) training internationally to healthcare professionals involved in the provision of care to acutely ill infants and children. Elaine has a huge passion in the area of children’s health promotion and accident prevention.

Shauna

Paediatric Dietititan

Shauna is a CORU registered dietitian who specialises in the area of paediatrics. With over 8 years of experience working in the clinical setting in Ireland and the U.K, Shauna currently works in Ireland’s largest children’s hospital group. Shauna is hugely passionate about nutrition and has completed postgraduate studies in the areas of paediatric dietetics and allergy.

Aoife

Public Health Nurse & International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC)

Aoife is a Public Health Nurse and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant and is dedicated to supporting Mums and their babies on their parenthood journey. She began her career as a general nurse in a busy Irish hospital and then travelled to Australia to continue her nursing career. After returning to Ireland, she qualified as a Public Health Nurse looking after Mums, babies and older people. Aoife has set up breastfeeding groups in the communities where she works and is the Mum of 2 gorgeous children who keep her on her toes.

Seona

International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC)

Seona is a midwife with over 10 years experience working in all areas of midwifery. She is hugely passionate about breastfeeding and formalised this passion by becoming an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant. She works on a busy postnatal ward helping and educating new parents on their exciting journey to parenthood. She also helps facilitate a postnatal breastfeeding clinic for mothers and babies.

Sinéad

International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC)

Sinéad is a qualified Lactation Consultant and very passionate about supporting families throughout their breastfeeding journey.
She qualified as a Midwife in 2009 and went on to work in the labour ward of one of Ireland’s busiest maternity hospitals.
Wanting to pursue a community based approach to family nursing, Sinéad began working as a Public Health Nurse, where she spent five amazing years as an antenatal co-ordinator providing breastfeeding support along with other services.
She is the mother of 2 beautiful boys.

Elaine

Midwife and Antenatal Instructor

Elaine began her midwifery training in 2007, after working as an Emergency Nurse in both Ireland and Australia. She has worked in all areas of midwifery, including midwifery education. She has an MSc in Women’s Health and Midwifery and worked for 5 years in the area of women’s health and gynaecology.
In 2021, Elaine decided to pursue a nursing role in the Community, caring for Mums and their baby’s and supporting them in their parenting journey.
She is a Mum of two beautiful boys.

Sonia

Midwife and Antenatal Instructor

Sonia began her midwifery training in 2009 after working as a nurse in a busy Irish Hospital. She has worked in all areas of midwifery and also in public health in a General Practitioners. She is passionate about all areas of antenatal care, and is currently doing a PhD in Antenatal Education. She is a mum of 3 lively boys, and a menagerie of animals.

Louise

Midwife and Antenatal Instructor

Louise began her midwifery career in 2007 after initially training as a Nurse and brings her extensive experience to The Baby Academy having worked in antenatal, delivery and postnatal care, both in the hospital and as a Community Midwife. Louise is hugely passionate about parent education and women’s health and is a Mum to two children.

Jean

Midwife and Antenatal Instructor

Jean is a Midwife with over 15 year’s experience and also a Mum of two. She has been providing antenatal education for 7 years and is hugely passionate about helping expectant parents prepare for the wonderful journey ahead. She has worked in all areas of midwifery in both a hospital and community setting.

Jubi

Midwife, Antenatal and Hypnobirthing Instructor

Jubi is a compassionate midwife with over 5 years of hands-on experience. Over this period, she has developed a deep understanding of a woman’s physical and emotional needs on their journey to motherhood. Beyond Jubi’s clinical expertise, she is also committed to educating and empowering women to make informed decisions about their health and pregnancy.

As well as this, Jubi is passionate about raising awareness for equality in maternity healthcare settings. She does this by sharing empowering information on how women from black and brown communities can advocate for themselves during pregnancy and birth.