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| Whitney | Posted: Apr 17, 2007 01:04:48 PM
Angel, we were at a smaller hospital for the adoption of our daughter, but they let us watch some videos while we were there on bathing, etc. and books do help with the basics. I had some experience with babies, but my husband had none. It was scary the first night, but we had almost 2 weeks to learn and bond with our daughter by ourselves which was nice. I did call my mom and sister many times and we called the ask a nurse for any questions we had. You learn as you go and every baby is different as to how they need to be fed, etc. We also took her for a 1 week checkup while there just to make sure everything was OK.
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| Carol | Posted: Apr 13, 2007 08:08:35 AM
I know it is sometimes scary thinking about being a new mom. I just become one a month ago thanks to the help of American Adoptions. I'm sure you will be fine!! But, while we were at the hospital bonding with our daughter, the hospital staff taught us so much about caring for a newborn. The explained to us how to feed and burp her, bath her, and lots of other do's and don'ts. They also gave us a book called "Caring For Your Baby and Young Child - Birth to Age 5." The book has been extremely helpful. It is broken down into sections like feeding, bathing, weight gain, safety, crying, immunizations, etc. I hate reading myself but have found myself very involved in looking through all the information in this book!! Gook luck!!
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| mary | Posted: Apr 11, 2007 05:56:07 PM
I believe that most hospitals that host prenatal classes will also welcome waiting adoptive parents. Granted, a good deal of the info dealing with the actual birthing process wouldn't be so helpful, but the infant care information would be great. If you get the opportunity to be at the birth, even some of the other info might be neat to have. I have heard of hospitals in larger areas that even have special classes for adopting parents; however, we live in a smaller community, so I've yet to actually know of any specifically.
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| Angel | Posted: Apr 10, 2007 09:05:35 PM
SO my husband and I are going through AA and are almost done with ourhome stuidy . I was just wandering what are some good way to learn basic care and and important need to knows that most new moms get in birth classes and stuff. Im so ecsited and scared at the same time. I wish there was a adoption class for new mom. Im not that great on book learning Im more of a hands on learner. but if you tell a new mom you would like to learn about how to car for a newborn i would guess they would run the other way . :)
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