1. Describe what newborns look like (soft spot, umbilical cord, blue).
2. Demonstrate umbilical cord care.
3. Describe a newborn's behavior in terms of bowel movements, sight, and spitting up.
4. List sounds that comfort a baby (e.g. classical music, white noise).
5. Describe normal weight loss and gain for a newborn.
6. Identify when an infant can see clearly.
7. Describe what babies can do at birth (e.g. hiccup, shake, startle).

Activities:

PAYA    Module 5, Feeding Schedule    Module 5, Appearance and Behavior

Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn    Newborn Appearance

Teenage Pregnancy    C. 13, Hello, Stranger!    C. 13, Hello, Stranger!    Study Guide, C. 13

What to Expect the First Year    C. 3, Your Newborn Baby

Your Pregnancy and Newborn Journey    What Does a New Baby Do?

You and Your New Baby    Class II, The New Baby and New Mother    Meeting Your New Baby

Web Resource    4 Women    Childbirth    The American Academy of Pediatrics    The Parent Center/Baby Center

1. Explain the importance of cuddling and holding a baby.
2. Name at least three reasons why babies cry.
3. Demonstrate at least three ways to comfort a baby (e.g. talk soothingly, cuddle, pacifier, favorite blanket).
4. Describe possible outcomes of shaking or pulling on a baby.
5. Explain three ways to treat colic.

Activities:

Be Prepared    Coping with Crying

PAYA    Module 5, Holding a Baby    Module 5, Colic vs. Crying    Module 5, Stress

Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn    Infant Cues

What to Expect the First Year    Crying

You and Your New Baby    Class V, Sleeping and Crying    Crying

Web Resource    4 Women    Childbirth    Parent’s Magazine    The American Academy of Pediatrics    The Parent Center/Baby Center

1. Describe the pros and cons of breath and/or bottle feeding a baby.
2. Describe the importance of nutrition.
3. Demonstrate how to bottle feed a baby (including formula selection and preparation).
4. Describe how to breast feed a baby.
5. Demonstrate holding baby correctly when bottle or breast feeding.
6. Demonstrate how to burp a baby.
7. Describe how to set up a feeding schedule based on the baby's needs.
8. Tell at what age to introduce solids.

Activities:

Be Prepared    Bottles Up

Breastfeeding: Something Special for Mother and Baby    p.1-23    Guide    Study Questions

PAYA    Module 5, Breastfeeding    Module 5, Feeding Your Baby    Module 5, Nutrition

Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn    Breast Feeding and Formula Feeding

Teenage Pregnancy    C. 13. Hello, Stranger! What are the Baby’s Physical Needs    C. 13. Hello, Stranger!    Study Guide, C. 13

What to Expect the First Year    Bottle Feeding    Breast Feeding    Your Newborn Baby, Feeding Your Baby    Burping

You and Your New Baby    Guide, Class IV, Feeding Your Baby    Breast is Best: Making Formula    Feeding Your Baby

Web Resource    4 Women    Childbirth    Parent’s Magazine    The American Academy of Pediatrics    The Parent Center/Baby Center

1. Purchase necessary layette items (e.g. crib, clothes, diapers).
2. Describe how to deal with newborn concerns and decisions (e.g. circumcision, diaper rash, umbilical cord care).
3. Describe how to help your baby develop a sleeping pattern/schedule.
4. Describe how to obtain the help you need to cope with a baby with special needs (e.g. cleft palette, Down's Syndrome).
5. Demonstrate changing a diaper.
6. Demonstrate dressing a baby.
7. Demonstrate bathing a baby.
8. Demonstrate taking a baby's temperature.
9. Demonstrate giving medicine to a baby.
10. Describe how to play with a baby.

Activities:

Be Prepared    Scrubbing Your Sprout    Sleeping Like a Baby    The Infant Ensemble    Temperature Taking Tacticst    Getting Medicine into a Baby

PAYA    Module 5, Feeding Schedule    Module 5, Physical Care    Module 5, Bathing Your Babyt    Module 5, Caretaking    Module 5, Temperature Taking    Module 5, Fever Thermometer

Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn    Bathing Your Baby    Diapering Your Baby    Your Newborn Senses    Infant Cues    Common Newborn Concerns

Teenage Pregnancy    C. 13, Hello, Stranger!    C. 13, Hello, Stranger!    Study Guide, C. 13

What to Expect the First Year    Diaper Changing    Bathing    Your Newborn Baby, What It’s Important to Know: The Baby Care Primer

Your Pregnancy and Newborn Journey    Your Baby is Born    Babies with Special Needs    Feeding Your Newborn    What Does a New Baby Do?

You and Your New Baby    Guide, Class IV, Feeding Your Baby    Guide, Class V, Sleeping and Crying    Guide, Class VI, Bathing and Diapering    Guide, Breast is Best    Guide, Making Formula    Guide, Bathing Supplies    Guide, Comparing Diapers    Guide, Diaper Costs    C. 5, Sleeping    C. 7, Bathing Your Baby    C. 8, Diapering Your Baby    C. 12, Playing with Your Baby

Web Resource    4 Women    Childbirth    Parent’s Magazine    The American Academy of Pediatrics    The Parent Center/Baby Center

1. Explain the well child check up and immunization schedule.
2. Bring child for the immunizations on schedule.
3. Child sees a doctor or nurse on a regular basis.
4. Describe how to make, cancel, change and reschedule appointments.
5. Select a doctor for the infant.
6. Describe the pros and cons of listening to a friend's advice versus doctor's advice.
7. Maintain baby's medical records in a journal or calendar (e.g. doctor's visits, immunizations, illness).

Activities:

PAYA    Module 2, Health Care    Module 5, Immunizations    Module 5b, Health Care Schedule

Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn    Medical Care

Teenage Pregnancy    Hello, Stranger! Health Care    C. 13. Hello, Stranger!    Study Guide, C. 13

What to Expect the First Year    What It’s Important to Know: Selecting the Right Physician    Immunizations

You and Your New Baby    Class VII, When Your Baby is Ill and How Your Baby Grows    Shot Record

Web Resource    4 Women    Childbirth    Kids Health    The American Academy of Pediatrics