‘Baby and Me - The Basics’ Class to be offered at Veterans Memorial Hospital - Register now for class being held the evening of January 2

Veterans Memorial Hospital (VMH), together with Helping Services of Northeast Iowa, will be offering the ‘Baby and Me - The Basics’ class Tuesday evening, January 2, from 4-8:30 p.m. in the hospital’s Large Conference Room.

Helping Services’ Certified Child Passenger Safety Technicians Barb Fjelstul and Rachel Weber will teach the basics about how to correctly secure children in their car seat and getting the seat secured in the vehicle. Barb Fjelstul, also a breast-feeding educator, will guide participants through the challenges and rewards of breast-feeding and provide techniques to ensure baby is getting the most benefit from nursing.

Rachel Stone, RN, is a labor and delivery nurse and will give expecting mothers education on breathing techniques and coping with pain during labor. Cheryl Livingston, EMT-Paramedic and SIDS Educator, will provide parents with hands-on infant CPR training. She will also educate parents on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), risk factors associated with SIDS and how to provide a safe sleeping environment for infants.   

The cost of the ‘Baby and Me - The Basics’ class is payable at the hospital the day of the class. Registration is available online at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/baby_and_mebasics.