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THANKS! Growing Baby was voted the best new business for 2006 by the Beach/Riverdale Mirror readers.
Growing Baby's prenatal classes prepare expectant parents for what to expect during pregnancy, how to prepare for labour and birth, the transition to parenthood and will help you gain more knowledge about breastfeeding and basic baby care.
We will provide you with information on options that are available to you regarding your pregnancy, labour, birth and your care, so you can make informed decisions.
We offer a number of childbirth preparation classes to meet your needs as expecting parents. We offer prenatal classes, newborn care classes and breastfeeding classes that can be taken in a group setting or taken privately.
Prenatal, breastfeeding, newborn care and infant massage classes are offered at various locations. Private classes are available upon request. To register for a class, please contact Janice Battiste at 416-686-9832 or growingbaby2@yahoo.ca. For registration details, please see our registration and contact page.
* New: Receive 10% off any Growing Baby prenatal classes if you have taken prenatal yoga with Sasmita Yoga and receive 10% off Sasmita prenatal yoga classes if you have taken any of Growing Baby's prenatal classes!
* Mother's day pampering! Growing Baby along with The Russell Hill Chiropractic Clinic will be running an infant massage class for dads while the moms get pampered nearby with pedicures, manicures and massages. Please see our Infant Massage class section for more details!
The benefit of taking prenatal classes & childbirth education:
- Prenatal Classes will give you and your partner the information you need to make decisions that are right for both of you
- Prenatal classes will give you a better understanding of the process of natural childbirth
- Prenatal classes will help you and your partner become familiar with the many options that are available to you
- Prenatal classes help give you confidence in preparing for your birth experience
- Prenatal classes give you a better understanding of alternative pain relief methods that are available
- Prenatal classes help prepare you and your partner for what to expect during labour, birthing, breastfeeding, newborn care and the postpartum period
- Prenatal classes give you a chance to ask questions, to voice concerns and to share experiences
- Prenatal classes will help you to sort through some information that may be inaccurate or out of date
Prenatal classes help you and your partner prepare for the journey of a lifetime!
Did you know...
Students remember 20% of what they hear, 30% of what they see, 50% of what they do and 90% of what they say and do. Growing Baby's prenatal classes use a mixture of differnt learning techniques to help meet the learning needs of everyone, including: lecture, hands on practice, class discussions, demonstrations and visual images such as: Posters, charts, videos and models, which will greatly increase your understanding and how much you remember of what you have learned.
About The Instructor
* Certified Childbirth Educator
* Certified Infant Massage Instructor
* Certified Counselling Hypnotherapist
* Certified Social Service Worker
* Certified Birth Doula
* Certified Lactation Educator
* Pre & postnatal Fitness Intructor Specialist (Can-Fit Pro)
* Experience facilitating postnatal classes
* Experience teaching sibling preparation classes
* Infant and child CPR certified
* Member of The Childbirth and Postpartum Professional Association
Janice Battiste is the instructor for Growing Baby's prenatal and childbirth education classes. She completed her Childbirth Educator's multidiscipline program with honors through Humber College and Women's College Health Sciences Centre in Ontario and completed her Lactation Educator's certification through The Childbirth and Postpartum Professional Association. Janice also loves to teach expecting and new parents the gift of massaging their own baby and the benefits that it comes with.
Janice has been a birth doula for many years and has had the pleasure of attending births throughout the GTA and surrounding areas including, home births, water births, hospital births (medicated and unmedicated) and cesarean births. She is currently re-certifying as a birth doula with The International Childbirth Education Association. She is a certified Social Service Worker and a certified hypnotherapist and likes to incorporate some hypnotherpay techniques into her prenatal classes. Finally, Janice is a pre & postnatal fitness instructor specialist through Can-Fit-Pro and will be running pre and postnatal fitness classes in the new year.
" Birth is the pinnacle where women discover the courage to become mothers".
The Red Tent
Anita Diament
