So, you're gonna be a dad...
Preparing for Fatherhood
We’ve designed this course as an opportunity for you to ask the questions you have, connect with other fathers (to-be), and to learn how best to: support your partner, prepare for fatherhood, practice basic newborn care skills, and stay connected in your relationship.
Preparing for Fatherhood course:
This is a 2-part course.
We meet for about 5 hours (including lunch) on a weekend day, and then the following Friday evening we meet for 3 hours (dinner included). The group goes out for beers together after the last session.
This course is designed for anyone who identifies as a father and that is expecting a baby or is currently in the newborn stage.
Taught @ Geboortecentrum Cursuscentrum in Oud West (unless otherwise indicated).
Taught in English.
cost: 198-euros inc
[email about sliding scale]
Please note: We only offer this course 3x per year and it often fills up.
This course is taught by Atish & Zyanya, married couple, parents to 2 kids. Atish is a software engineer by day, 3D-printing-, football-, music- geek by night. Zyanya is a postpartum educator, babywearing consultant, & biology teacher, with a passion for social justice, sexual health education, and travel.
What's included:
- 2-sessions of learning, hands-on practice, and conversation.
- Catered Lunch and Dinner, snacks, coffee & tea.
- PDF of links to Amsterdam resources to support your family postpartum.
- Private access to ask for guidance from Zyanya via Whatsapp about babywearing or otherwise.
- Opportunity to join AmsterDad whatsapp group and Course whatsapp group to stay in touch and share tips and questions.
TOPICS
UPCOMING COURSES:
Spring 2026
Saturday 30 May
10:00-15:00 (lunch included)
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Friday 5 June
17:30-20:30 (dinner included)
Autumn 2026
Saturday 12 September
10:00-15:00 (lunch included)
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Friday 18 September
17:30-20:30 (dinner included)
Winter 2027
Saturday 23 January
10:00-15:00 (lunch included)
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Friday 29 January
17:30-20:30 (dinner included)
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- Tips for supporting your partner during labor.
- Supporting your partner's healing and recovery postpartum.
- Supporting your own transition into parenthood, finding support from your community, managing family, expectations, work.
[family photos by Lucrecia Carosi]
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- Fatherhood: Examining your own expectations of fatherhood, your goals for yourself. The importance of fathers.
- Equal parenting. How to share the load at home and with baby care in a fair way.
- Baby 101: Bathing, burping, sleeping (patterns and swaddling), babywearing, diapering.
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- Intimacy and sex postpartum. How to remain connected physically and emotionally when sex-drives change.
- Physiology of Fatherhood: Do dads experience hormonal changes?
"Just wanted to say thank you again for yesterday! It was wonderful. My partner and I had a great conversation when I got home. I could also sense the experience meant a lot to the other dads too - amazing work."
course participant
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