What do you think of hospital classes?

Question

My hospital offers a variety of classes to help people prepare for baby and I'm considering signing up for a few... I tend to be both a planner and a worrier though, so I find myself wondering if I'm going overboard. These are the classes I'm considering:

- Keeping Kids Safe - 3 HR course covering infant/child/adult CPR and choking protocol 
- Baby Your Baby - 3 HR course covering feeding, bathing, burping, swaddling, and other newborn care techniques... baby care basics, SIDS, etc...
- Art of Breastfeeding - 3 HR course covering common challenges, feeding cues, milk production etc

Each class is $25/person. The baby care class would be a bit of a refresher for me since I have childcare experience, but would be very beneficial for my husband as he has no experience whatsoever.

Does anyone have experience with classes like this? If so, do you find them helpful?

If you haven't taken classes but have kids... do you think they would be helpful for first time parents?

Answer

I think they could definitely be helpful classes for first time parents! Whether for a certification or not, learning CPR is well worth $25. If you plan to breastfeed, and want to stick with it for long then I think that class is well worth $25, too!

Answer

I'd definitely recommend the cpr, and I'd you don't have much experience with babies, that second one might not be bad. I've been cpr certified multiple times over my life, and my husband is a Military Police Officer so he has to take the class every year. So that's why we didn't take he cpr classes.

But I am doing a hospital tour. See the rooms, learn some of the policies and what not. If that one is avaliable I'd do that one even if you skip the other two

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$25 is a deal. I'm going to one 6 week class that covers birthing, parenting, and breastfeeding (maybe one other thing but I cannot remember) and its $225. As a first time mom with little experience with infants I think it'll be good (especially since I'm a planner/worrier too)

What do you think of hospital classes?

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