A HEALTH NEWS AND EDUCATION RESOURCE GUIDE FOR NEW AND EXPECTING PARENTS May – August 2006 Fatherhood Tips for Tackling Your New Role Pages 4 – 5 Baby Boot Camp PPH Offers Basic Training for New Dads Page 6 Infant Massage Discover the Power of Touch Page 10 Pediatric Services Close to Home North County to Open New Medical Facility for Children Page 11 Childhood Obesity Tips to help your baby sleep Page 12 Class Locations Poway San Marcos Volume 2 – Issue 2 Pomerado Hospital The HealthSource May – August 2006 15615 Pomerado Road 120 Craven Road Poway, CA 92064 Suite 103 Editor-in-Chief 858.613.4000 San Marcos, CA 92069 Janet Gennoe Director of Marketing & The HealthSource Women’s Health Connection Escondido [email protected] Gateway Medical Building Palomar Medical Center 15725 Pomerado Road Content Editors Suite 100 555 East Valley Parkway Poway, CA 92064 Escondido, CA 92025 Mary Coalson 858.613.4894 760.739.3000 Health Education Specialist [email protected] Tammy Chung Assistant to The HealthSource [email protected] Off-site classes are also available for groups, businesses and other organizations Contributors that would like instruction on a particular Gustavo Friederichsen health topic. Call 858.675.5372 for more information. Chief Marketing & Communications Offi cer [email protected] Tami Weigold Marketing Manager [email protected] Numbers to Know Kathy Lunardi, R.N. Community Nurse Educator Keep these important numbers handy for use in the event of an emergency. [email protected] Emergency Crisis Hotlines – 24-Hour Service CeCe Wilkens Wilkens Communications Fire, Police or Emergency 911 Jennifer Decker Arevalo Poison Control 800.222.1222 PSY/MED Media California Missing Children Hotline 800.222.3463 Design/Production California Youth Crisis Hotline 800.843.5200 Chase Design [email protected] Child Abuse Hotline 800.344.6000 Rape/Crisis Hotline 888.272.1767 Trina Hinch Marketing Project Manager Domestic Violence Hotline 888.385.4657 [email protected] Missing, Abused & Exploited Children 888.818.4673 Mark Seal National Runaway Switchboard 800.621.4000 Rush Press Vanished Children’s Alliance (VCA) 800.826.4743 Photography Domestic Violence & Rape Crisis Hotline 760.757.3500 Janet Gennoe Director of Marketing & The HealthSource Youth Crisis Hotline 800.448.4663 Suicide and Crisis Counseling 800.479.3339 San Diego Police Department 619.531.2000 2 MAYMAY – AUGUSTUGUST 20062006 www.pph.orgwww.pph.org Inside this Issue … SPECIAL FEATURES 4 - 5 Fatherhood: Tips for Tackling Your New Role Becoming a new dad can be both exciting and intimidating. Learn what you can do to help prepare for your new bundle of joy. 9 Get Connected to Good Health PPH’s Women’s Health Connection provides the very best products, services and information to every woman embracing the joys of motherhood. 9 Watching Baby Grow: The First Three Months They grow up so fast! Learn more about the developmental milestones to look for during your baby’s fi rst three months of life. 11 Pediatric Care Close to Home Construction is underway on a new two-story, 48,800-square-foot pediatric facility in Escondido. 12 Childhood Obesity: A Growing Epidemic Approximately 16 percent of U.S. children and adolescents are overweight. Discover what local San Diego communities are doing to promote fi tness and nutritional health among their youth. EDUCATION 6 Childbirth Preparation Classes Finding a Physician The birth of a baby will be one of the most important moments in To select a Palomar Pomerado Health physician your family’s life. Palomar Pomerado Health offers a wide variety for your pre-pregnancy and pregnancy care, or to of classes and services to help you and your partner prepare for register for a PPH childbirth class, please call pregnancy and delivery. The HealthSource at 800.628.2880. 6 Basic Training for New Dads Be the best dad you can be! Expectant fathers are invited to join PPH’s baby boot camp. Learn what to expect during the last trimester of pregnancy, birth and the fi rst few weeks at home. Plus, discover practical tips on diapering, feeding and soothing your newborn. 8 Breastfeeding Classes and Lactation Services 9 Meet the Instructor Registered nurse and certifi ed lactation educator Christine Gleason Stork Club Tours helps new moms with their breastfeeding experience at PPH’s Call for dates, times and locations. Women’s Health Connection Boutique. Tours of the Birth Centers at Palomar Medical Center and Pomerado Hospital are 10 –11 Infant- & Toddler-Care Classes available by appointment only. If you are Take advantage of our special presentation infant- and toddler-care taking a weekend childbirth class at The classes including baby-care basics, baby sign language, infant Women’s Health Connection or Palomar Medical Center, there is no need to take massage, and our newest offering, “A Child’s Response to Love. this tour as well. Tours of the Birth Center 14 Sibling Education, Young Adult, CPR and First Aid Classes at Palomar Medical Center are available in Spanish on the 2nd and last Wednesdays of The HealthSource retains the right to cancel a community education class if minimum each month from 7 to 8:30 p.m. enrollment is not met. If you have a disability, please notify us 72 hours prior to the event so that we may provide reasonable accommodations. FEE: Free For a physician referral, or to register for a class, call The HealthSource at 800.628.2880. 3 Fatherhood: Tips for Tackling Your New Role We’re PREGNPREGNANT!ENT! “One of the biggest changes I’ve seen in expectant couples, is that they no longer say ‘my wife is pregnant’ or ‘I’m pregnant,’ but they both proudly announce ‘we’re pregnant!’” says Terry Scherl, MSN, director of Maternal and Infant Services at Pomerado Hospital. “Pregnancy is no longer just a ‘woman’s thing.’ ” Today’s expectant fathers are increasingly more involved with both childbirth preparation and labor and delivery. “Attending this childbirth class has helped reinforce my excitement about the upcoming birth of my son,” says 30-year old, electrical engineer Michael Rizza after attending the Preparation for Childbirth Weekend class at Pomerado Hospital in March with his wife, Cara. At press time, the Rizzas were anticipating the birth of their fi rst child in mid-April. I’m a “The class helped to fi ll in the gaps as far as what to expect. There seems to be a lot of information available for moms-to-be, but very little for dads, so I learned a lot from this class as well as from friends and familyfamily,, especially my mom who is a lablaboror and Father! delivery nurse,” Michael says. Whether the reality of becoming left out, talk to your wife. She may be reluctant to share parenting a father hits you in the delivery with you, as many women have been raised to believe they should room, the hospital parking lot be the primary caregiver. Let her know that you want to be an (as you struggle to buckle your equal participant and that you are ready and able for the job. newborn into the car seat for the Attend well-baby check-ups. That’s a great time to ask those fi rst time) or at home (as you fall “how-to” questions and get answers from the professionals. back into bed for the third time at 5:30 a.m.), the truth is, your “Many dads who come to the fi rst well-baby check-ups often stop life is forever changed. coming as the ‘newness’ seems to wear off,” says Kuangkai Tai, M.D., a board-certifi ed pediatrician with Valle Verde Pediatrics “Having a newborn is a wonderful experience, but it isn’t always in Poway and the father of two young children and a newborn. easy for new dads, even though men are just as capable as women “Dads who continue to come for these important check-ups of loving and caring for children,” says Terry Scherl, RN, MSN, seem to have more ‘big picture’ questions. They want to know director of maternal infant services at Pomerado Hospital. about the child’s personality, whether or not they can throw the If you’re feeling alone as a new dad, don’t. Researchers fi nd that baby up in the air and catch her safely, or when can they start fi rst-time fathers almost always feel unprepared. So, how do you him in baseball.” get started? Armin A. Brott, author of The New Father: A Dad’s “I encourage dads to be students of their newborn — learn his or Guide to the First Year, has many tips for tackling the role of her routine, habits, fears, likes and dislikes,” says Dr. Tai. “It’s fatherhood, including these key suggestions: not all work; having fun with your baby is easy as you take joy in Learn by doing. By equally sharing responsibilities with your their growth and the development of new skills.” spouse, you’ll quickly master the skills of diapering, bathing and “It’s important for dads to set healthy boundaries, especially in comforting your newborn while scoring big on bonding. If you feel the area of time,” Dr.Tai says. “With kids, time equals love and 4 MAY – AUGUST 2006 www.pph.org Tips for Tackling Your New Role How to be a Better Dad InIn hishis bbook,ook, TheThe ExpectantExpectant FFather:ather: FFacts,acts, TTipsips aandnd AAdvicedvice fforor DDads-ads- Respect your child’schild’s mother – this provides a secure To-Be, author Armin A. Brott also recommends that expectant dads: environment for your children. Be a real participant – attend prenatal visits and childbirth Spend time with your children – how you spend your time preparation classes; be present and engaged during labor tells your children what is most important to you.