SONS to DADS

A Transition Guide just for Dads

Student Comments

The following are comments from participant evaluations pertaining five main areas of the classroom presentation.

    The most important things I learned from this course were:

•       Knowledge on SIDS

•    Kangaroo Care

•    Helping mom out and accident prevention

•    Don’t sleep with baby

•    Safety steps for house.

•    Bottle and neck position with feeding

•    Center of rear seat when in car seat.

•    Babies are actually manageable.

•    Love is the greatest power tool and how to calm baby down.

•    Bathing technique

•    Don’t sleep with the baby!

•    Diaper changing and cleaning.

•    Everything is a team effort (breastfeeding).

•    How to give baby a bath and how to interpret babies cries.

•    Breastfeeding, the 3 amigos, temperature, and baby’s health.

•    Men and women are different in their care.

•    The importance of Kangaroo Care.

•    How to serve the best to my baby.

•    Bathing and burping.

•    Mothers and fathers do things differently.  Not better or worse, just different.

•    Three different types of cries.

•    Baby bath skills.

•    Bathing, preparation, and care for mother.

•    Everything done about taking care of the baby.

•    Bathing the baby.

•    Baby’s bath.

•    Everything.

•    Bathing, SIDS

•    Taking the temp/swaddling.

•    Everything was worth learning.

•    Handling baby.

•    How to change my baby.

•    Bathing, hiccups cure, and feeding.

•    Too many to list!

•    Basic skills in caring for my new baby and taking care of mom and baby.

•    Feeding and bathing.

•    Hat for first 24 hours, regular # of diaper changes per day, normal temperature, and keep mom hydrated and give her breaks after breastfeeding.

•    How to hold a baby, how to bath a baby, especially the small stuff about towels, wash cloths.

•    General awareness of what to expect.

•    Bathing.

•    Everything.  There was an aspect of everything taught that was new to me.

•    Proper care of child.

•    Good room temp. for baby room and types of cries.

•    The after birth of the child and walk thru of what to do.

•    All very informative.

•    Basic care of baby.

•    The importance of being close to the child (Kangaroo Care) and learning to bath the baby.

•    Bathing and changing baby.

•    A lot of safety concerns.

•    Too many things to list.

•    Some new ideas on what to expect.

•    Baby’s volume of elimination, expectations, temperatures, and hiccup cure.

•    The babies steps of caring for a baby and fathers’ way of doing shortcut and being a father.

•    Proper baby handling.

•    Everything.

•    Infant needs.

•    Kangaroo Care (skin to skin).

•    Hands on training.

•    How to hold and feed the baby.

•    Baby health and how to know when baby is sick.

•    How to take care of a baby.

•    Safety and washing the baby.

•    Diaper care.

•    Basic care.

•    In general everything, especially bathing and swaddling.

•    Kangaroo Care

•    Safety tips on sleeping and bathing.

•    Keeping baby from illness.

•    Washing/swaddling the baby.

•    Interacting with my wife.

•    Caring for newborn.

•    Bathing, Kangaroo Care.

•    How to handle my newborn baby!

•    What to expect after birth and how to handle the baby.

•    Kangaroo Care (skin to skin).

•    The basic steps of caring for a baby and father’s way of doing shortcuts and being a father.

•    Proper baby handling.

•    Everything.

•    Baby washing care.

•    It’s hard to single out, because it’s all important.

•    Tips on clothing/diaper changes and ways to take care of mom and help her rest.

•    The Kangaroo Care.

•    Everything, I had no clue about a newborn.

•    I learned that my role of becoming father is to be able to make a team.

•    Care of baby and mother.

•    Kangaroo Care, baby care, and swaddling.

      The part I liked best was:

•          It was new and useful.

•       Role playing, visuals are good.

•       Teacher’s interest in subject and demeanor towards childbirth/children.

•       Teacher was very interesting and very informative.

•       Burping lesson and good tips on hiccups as well.

•       Good instructor – made it interesting and humorous.

•       How to hold and burp the baby, I was scared that I would break the baby.

•       Signs of healthy baby – gives me easy signs to look for.

•       How to feed baby – I knew nothing before today.

•       Being able to see a very good example of bathing your baby.

•       Explanation of the different cries of the baby and how to interpret them.

•       Techniques for bonding with the child.

•       How to clean the baby.

•       The class was a bit basic; I was worried it would focus on how to care for the mother.  I already know this – I needed baby skills

•       All guys.

•       Holding and bathing the baby doll.  Experience.

•       The bathing lesson – many different aspects to learn and a good one step method.

•       Bathing.

•       All was good.

•       All was very informative.

•       Holding the baby.

•       Kangarooing.

•       Learning about the team work I can do with my wife.

•       Bathing and how to help out my wife.

•       All.

•       The class was very nice, very comfortable. The course was very well taught.

•       Everything.

•       How to bath baby and what kind of clothes to get.  (I had never dressed or undressed a baby before.

•       The easy-going nature of the instructor and his ability to be candid about his childrearing experiences.

•       Practical instruction.

•       Breastfeeding facts for helping mom.

•       Bathing, changing diapers and clothes – because I had no clue about that.

•       Bathing of baby.

•       The flow of the course; very conversational.

•       The cleaning and care of baby.

•       Hands on.

•       Helpful hints and remedies, holding, feeding, bathing, dressing, etc…

•       KC – Important to grow as close to my baby as I can is important to me.

•       Support and holding baby.

•       Learning new ideas while enjoying myself.  I enjoyed the instructor’s humor.

•       All.

•       A father giving a new father information.

•       The instructor’s personality – very personable, credible, wise and well prepared.

•       The enjoyment of him going over every step of caring for your kid.  He seems like he’s enjoying teaching.

•       Handling the dolls and learning how to care for the infant. 

•       The instructor was extremely knowledgeable and I enjoyed the class.

•       Changing and feeding the baby.

•       Bath and dressing.

•       Hands on training.

•       Hick-up cure, because it was another way of doing things.

•       All information was useful.

•       Baby bath – very detailed, breast feeding – very informative.

•       Giving a baby bath.

•       Having a baby to practice on so it would be hands on.

•       Bathing.

•       It was all very good.

•       Hands on with doll, changing and bathing.

•       Signs to notice for feeding other times they’re just uncomfortable.

•       Changing clothes, holding baby, bathing the baby, and Kangaroo Care.

•       Washing demonstration/Kangaroo Care.

•       Interacting with instructor.

•       The whole session.

•       Kangaroo because I have never heard of this and the importance.

•       All information and hands on experiences.

•       Hands on demonstrations.

•       Hand-on examples that helped get our feet wet in baby care.

•       The whole class was very interesting and I really enjoyed the class, it was very helpful.

•       Feeding and bathing.

•       Bathing the child.

•       Bonding – I wanted to know how to make a closer connection.

•       Kangaroo Care, something I had never heard of, looking forward to it.

3.    The part I liked least was:

•             There is a lot of work ahead.

•       Bath time – not as interesting.

•       Every part of this course was very helpful.  Coming in, I had no clue about anything having to do with babies.

•       So much too learn – so little time.

•       No information for cats, when you bring the baby home.

•       Breastfeeding – we chose not to breastfeed.

•       Everything was of good use to me.  All information was taken down by notes.

•       None really.

•       None.

•       Nothing.

•       None.

•       Nothing.

•       None

•       There was not any part of the class I did not like.  This was the most helpful class I have taken for me to understand the part I can play in my baby’s life.

•       A little quick on the dressing part.

•       Honestly, every part of the class had value for a novice dad.  But if I have to choose, the swaddling demonstration, because I had already learned it in Lamaze class.

•       Nothing – no, really.

•       Breastfeeding (covered in baby care class).

•       There was nothing said that I did not like.

•       None.

•       I liked it all.

•       Need earlier break.

•       I couldn’t fine a water fountain by the classroom.

•       None.

•       Would not change a thing.

•       Nothing, it was super

•       Nothing, because I enjoyed the instructor.

•       Very rapid transition from topic to topic.

•       I liked everything.

•       The course was all really useful and interesting.

•       None. All was information was good.

•       A long time to sit because there was not a break.

•       No break.

•       Nothing.

•       Confusion over classroom.

•       None.

•       None.

•       Nothing.

•       None.

•       I don’t think there was anything that I didn’t like.

•       None.

•       There really wasn’t enough time to cover the material we went over.

•       Nothing.

         What would have made the course more useful and interesting to you?

•       More question, answer.

•       Part 2 and additional material.

•       Having a new dad come in.

•       Someone bringing in a real baby.

•       Nothing that I can think of, I really enjoyed the class.

•       A tour of the hospital or how to check-in where to arrive.

•       Everything was fine.

•       This information should be given to the mothers too, just like it was given to us.  Mothers should know we are different too.

•       A live baby.

•       Nothing.

•       If a new father and baby would have shown up.

•       Returning fathers with kids.

•       None.  I think it was great.

•       More time.

•       Baby sitting.

•       Nothing.

•       Course done well.

•       3 more days.  I think the instructor could have given as much knowledge as we could handle.

•       More practice dressing/undressing.

•       Real babies used in demonstrations.

•       Longer class – seemed rushed.

•       Diagrams in the handbook could be helpful in areas.

•       Covered all questions needed.

•       A reference page with good books and internet sites.

•       The car seat

•       The course was just right.

•       Maybe a video . . . course was great.

•       Maybe a little more Q & A.

•       This was the most informative class I have taken.  It was perfect.

•       I liked it all.

•       Nothing more.

•       More topics and longer coverage would be nice.

•       It was very interesting for me.

•       The course was all ready useful and interesting.

•       All was excellent.

•       None.

•       Maybe a live baby.

•       Overall was fine.

•       Nothing.

•       A real baby (newborn)

•       Longer course.

•       None.

•       Create an outline at the start of the packet to see all the areas to be covered.

•       Could be even longer.

•       Wife to come also.

•       It was insightful; maybe a little something on sick baby and care.

5.        I wish more time had been spent on

•       safety

•       what to expect during delivery

•       the deliver room and the day of delivery’s events

•       changing and swaddling

•       what types of illness can be expected and their symptoms

•       educing and baby’s burping, how much, or how long

•       advice and practice

•       how to take care your baby

•       bathing and feeding

•       SIDS

•       colic control and remedy

•       health care

•       dressing and undressing

•       describing a typical day in a newborn’s life

•       nothing – it was very well paced

•       baby care

•       car seat

•       everything was discussed, so nothing

•       diaper changing and dressing the baby

•       Nothing

•       hands on

•       Q & A

•       the whole course

•       dressing

•       probably the baby cord/diaper changing

                       and less time on

•       bath time.

•       dogs and cats – but that is because it doesn’t apply to me!!

•       N/A

•       N/A

•       nothing

•       breast feeding.

•       feedings.

•       nothing.

•       I think time was equally spent.

•       nothing.

•       child birth.

•       traditional roles.

•       baby home safety tips.