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This chapter describes Unit 4 of the Couple CARE for Parents (CPP) program, which focuses on adjustment of couples to the early stages of parenthood. The unit begins with a debriefing about the birth, then a review of the pre-birth CPP content and self-change plans as a way to focus couples back on working at their relationship and supporting each other in parenting. A major part of the unit is a discussion about baby care and tips for managing stress. The baby care information begins with information about sensitive and responsive parenting, and then moves to sleep, feeding and crying. Couples discuss what is good about parenthood and what they are finding difficult, how they are supporting one another through these big changes, and the self-talk they have been using in the last few weeks as they care for their baby. Activities aim to assist couples in identifying negative parenting self-talk and developing positive parenting self-talk as a replacement.
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Halford, W.K., Petch, J., Creedy, D. (2015). Taking Baby Home. In: Clinical Guide to Helping New Parents. Springer Series on Couples and Health. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1613-9_5
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