Classes

All classes are booked online and reservations are required.

Breastfeeding Basics – 2 hours

Join Nourish Nevada for a unique breastfeeding class experience designed to help families feel prepared and empowered for breastfeeding success.

Topics will include:

  • How our bodies make milk
  • Benefits for mom and baby
  • The magic hour and skin to skin
  • Hand expression and breast massage
  • The secrets to a getting a good latch
  • Day 2 crying and breastfeeding in the early days
  • Ways to maximize sleep in the early weeks
  • Breastfeeding myths
  • The secrets of baby behaviors and infant cues
  • Baby led latching and natural breastfeeding positions
  • Alternative feeding methods
  • Paced bottle feeding
  • AND more!

A super bill is available for select insurances.

This class will be offered in person at our office.

All about Pumping, Bottle Feeding, and Returning to Work – 1.5 hours

In this 1.5 hour class, we will cover the basics of pumping: how pumps work, flange fit, and tools to help make pumping easier. We will also talk about pumping routines, pumping during the work day, and how to best store pumped breast milk. Finally, we will learn about basics of bottle feeding and how to help baby continue to thrive at breast once the bottle is introduced. This class is appropriate for all families who will incorporate pumping and bottle into their routine at any point in time.

This class will be offered in person at our office.

All About Starting Solids – 1.5 hours

Join Nourish Nevada to learn everything you need to know about starting solids with your baby. Learn the what, where, when, and how about starting solids. We will cover both starting with purees and baby-led feeding. Learn the most up-to-date guidelines and information pertaining to food allergies.

This class will be offered on ZOOM and registered families will receive a secure meeting link prior to the class.

All About Baby Wearing – 1.5 hours

This class is ideal for postpartum parents with infants aged newborns to 6 months, with an emphasis on breastfeeding while babywearing. In this class we’ll discuss the benefits of babywearing, safety, positioning, and comfort (for baby and you!). We will use demonstrations and hands-on support of ways to safely nurse in different carriers, information on safety concerns while breastfeeding in carriers, and examples of attire that can make breastfeeding more manageable in a carrier. We’ll demonstrate each of the major types of carriers and discuss pros/cons so that you can choose the best carrier(s) for your needs.

This class will be offered in person at our office.

All About Infant Massage – 1.5 hours

Parents will learn the art of infant massage and be guided through instruction on how to massage their own babies. Please feel free to invite support people to massage or observe the class.

Topics will include:

  • Explanation of benefits
  • Conditioned Relaxation Response (CRR)
  • Group relaxation exercise
  • Infant massage instruciton
  • Q&A

This class will be offered on ZOOM and registered families will receive a secure meeting link prior to the class.

All About Tummy Time – 1.5 hours

Join Nourish Nevada for a fun and interactive class. Tummy Time classes are ideal for babies, newborn to pre-crawlers. This type of physical development is important to ensure that babies strengthen their muscles to prepare to learn to crawl, pull to kneel and stand and eventually walk.
Tummy time class can help provide strategies and tools for babies who are struggling with feeding, belly play, sleep, reflux, gas, constipation, facial asymmetries, head shape or neck preference concerns.

This class is offered in person at our office.