Having a baby takes a village! This small interactive class is for the enthusiastic village that surrounds small humans and their new parents!! If you are a soon-to-be or new grandparent, auntie, uncle, or friend who wants to be supportive, this class is for you. This in person class is taught by Julie Ngu, who will walk you through all the information you will need to know to care for a newborn and their parents in the first 8 weeks after birth.
This class can be taken at any time by anyone who is supporting a family with a newborn.
By joining us, you will have a better understanding of the following:
The birthing world in this decade, learn about the stats of how babies are born.
How to be an engaged and supportive person during labour, birth and the first few days after a baby is born.
Feeding positions and how you can be supportive of a breast/chest feeding person.
Pumping basics and how to sterilize lactation equipment.
How to bottle feed and what is PACE feeding?
How to diaper a newborn and manage those poop blowouts!
How to swaddle a newborn.
The basics of how to bathe a newborn.
How to hold a baby to relieve gas and create comfort.
How to put on a baby wrap!
How to support when the newborn has an older sibling.
Saturday, Dec 5, 2026, 1 pm to 3 pm
The Village is an interactive 2 hour in person class that covers how to best support a family with a new baby.
You can take this class if you are waiting for the arrival of a newborn or already have one!
The cost is $50 per person.
Please email Sarah Leslie at SarahLeslieRM@gmail.com or use the contact page on this website. Include the following in your email:
1) The due date of the pregnant person you'll be supporting and any important information we might need to know when signing you up for classes.
2) Where the baby will be born, such as home, the Toronto Birth Centre or the name of the hospital.
3) The date of the class you would like to take.
We will respond to your class request within 5 business days to confirm that your class choice is available and the cost. Once you receive this email, you can send your etransfer to sarahleslierm@gmail.com. A confirmation email will be sent to you once we have received your etransfer and that your registration is complete. A reminder email for each class will be sent on the Wednesday prior to your class(es), including final details such as the location or Zoom link and the agenda. All of the in person classes take place at The Thorncliffe Hub in the East York Town Centre mall.
The Thorncliffe Hub (Midwives’ Clinic of East York-Don Mills hosting)
45 Overlea Blvd, Toronto, Ontario, M4H 1C3
Meeting room 3 and 4 at the top of the escalators and to your left.
The classes take place at East York Town Centre as part of the Thorncliffe Park Community Hub
There is ample free parking
You can find us by entering the mall through entrance No. 6 (beside Once Upon a Child) and heading up the escalator
You will receive a reminder email the week of your class which will have the exact room the class will be held in.
Take the subway to Pape Station on the Bloor-Danforth Subway line.
At Pape Station board the #72 Thorncliffe Park bus.
Ride the bus and get off at 11 Thorncliffe Park Dr and walk east on Overlea Blvd entering in Entrance 6 and go up the escalators.
Take the subway to Broadview Station on the Bloor-Danforth subway line.
At Broadview Station, board the #100 Flemingdon Park bus or the 25b Don Mills North bus.
Ride the bus until the entrance of Costco and the mall and then get off and enter entrance 6 and go up the escalators.
Take the subway to St Clair Station on the Yonge subway line.
At St Clair Station board the #88 South Leaside bus.
Ride the bus until the entrance of Costco and the mall and then get off and enter entrance 6 and go up the escalators.