Learn all the basic baby care you need to know before heading home with your newborn. In this hands-on class you will practice diapering, dressing and swaddling baby dolls. Other topics covered will include:

• Basic infant care
• Characteristics of a newborn
• Infant nutrition
• Signs and symptoms of illness
• Crying
• Bathing
• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
• Basic car-seat safety

This class is also available in Spanish. Go to Clase Sobre Cómo Cuidar a un Bebé for dates and times.

This class is free for Sharp Health Plan Insurance members and offered at a discount for Sharp HealthCare employees.

Sharp Mary Birch Expectant Parent Package: Choose from the four-week, weekend or one-day childbirth preparation classes and add a breastfeeding and baby care basics class for an additional $40 (a $20 discount). Discount applicable to new registrations for classes sponsored by Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women & Newborns only. Must purchase all three classes in the same transaction. Classes are nonrefundable.

To take advantage of any of the discounts above, please call us at 1-800-82-SHARP (1-800-827-4277).