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Teaching expectant parents how to buy, install, and use their first infant car seat is an important part of prenatal education. Reminding parents how to safely secure their newborn in the seat before discharge can also prepare them for a safe trip home from the hospital.

This comfortable, low-key breastfeeding position is a great option for new parents who may be tired and sore from childbirth, have a tender cesarean or episiotomy incision, or experience shoulder or back pain. Any of these conditions could make sitting straight up and supporting both the breast and the baby during a feeding uncomfortable or even painful. 

At some point, hospitals and birth centers will begin scheduling live classes again. Telemedicine visits will go back to being prenatal office visits. Although we don’t yet know what the post-pandemic “new normal” will actually look like, we do know that online childbirth classes will continue to be a valuable resource for educators, lactation consultants, and other health professionals.

Some grandparents-to-be may have kept up with all the changes and innovations in baby health and safety over the years. Others will need more facts and guidance in order to safely care for their new grandbaby. That’s where you can help.