Attended our first class today

Jeremy and I attended our first baby class. It was "Baby Care Basics" and we both actually enjoyed it. The class was fairly short - only 2 1/2 hours - so it went by fast. They covered all sort of things related to the time just after delivery and caring for our newborn. One of the most helpful things they covered was a method for comforting our new baby. We watched part of a video of Dr. Harvey Karp which covered his 5 S's for Soothing Your New Baby. They are:
1. Swaddling
2. Side/Stomach
3. Swinging
4. Shhhh
5. Sucking
These are all covered in his book "The Happiest Baby on the Block: The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Baby Sleep Longer," by Harvey Karp, MD (this program won't let me underline, so excuse the quotes around the title)

This method seems like it will really work and it's fairly easy. At the end of the class we got to practice swaddling a doll and Jeremy had the opportunity to put a diaper on the doll - he says this is his first time working with a diaper!