by NAFAadmin | May 21, 2014 | Classes
Like many other families, my first experience with Northwest Adoptive Families Association (NAFA) was through the Baby and Toddler Care Class. We had finished with all the paperwork and home study and were waiting for a referral. I had a vast interested in improving my knowledge and learning everything I could. Which is a good thing because after our son was placed with us, I was too busy being a parent to spend much time learning about being one. After completing the class I couldn’t say enough about it. In fact, I went back again several months later (when we still hadn’t placed) to brush up on the knowledge that I had learned at the previous class. Unfortunately my husband was unable to attend the class with me due his work schedule, but I thought the knowledge on baby care I had picked up there was so useful I decided that we should take the classes at the local hospital. They were horrible! Besides focusing a lot of their time on maternity care (hello not pregnant!), much of the information was horribly out dated. In addition, we also got a full dose of the teacher’s opinion on circumcision and co-sleeping just to name a few subjects. Needless to say it wasn’t a good experience, and we didn’t come out of the classes feeling like we had really learned anything new. That is what I liked about the NAFA class. Information was presented without any maternity information. The information on topics, like those above, was presented in as non-biased way possible. These are the reasons to do this or not...
