Bringing Baby Home

Your relationship deserves just as much attention as your new baby.

Bringing Baby Home helps couples deepen emotional connection, manage conflict with care, and build shared rhythms for new parenthood. You’ll get real tools that support your relationship through the highs and lows of early baby life.

⏺ Designed for couples

⏺ Designed by the Gottman Institute

⏺ Live, Small Groups

⏺ 100% Virtual

*Free access for Black & BIPOC families in selected CA regions

What Is the Bringing Baby Home Program?

Bringing Baby Home is a research-based relationship education program created by The Gottman Institute for expecting couples and parents of young babies. Through six live virtual sessions, couples learn practical ways to communicate, manage conflict, share parenting responsibilities, and stay connected during the transition to parenthood.

Both partners attend together and are guided by a certified Bringing Baby Home instructor.

Why This Matters

Most parenting advice misses the most important relationship in the room.

 Most courses teach you how to care for a baby. This one teaches you how to care for each other while doing it because a connected partnership is the greatest gift your child will ever receive.

Built for couples in real life.

Who Is This For

  • A pregnant woman and a man are standing in a bedroom, smiling and looking at each other, with the man hugging the woman from behind and touching her belly.

    Expecting Couples

    The best time to build your foundation is before the baby arrives.

  • Two women holding a newborn baby on a sofa in a bright living room.

    Parents of Babies Under 3 years old

    Already in it? This course helps you reconnect, reset, and find your rhythm.

  • A family of three enjoying breakfast in a modern, bright kitchen with beige cabinets, a large window, and hanging pendant lights. The mother is sitting at the kitchen island, smiling at the father, who is chopping vegetables. Their young daughter is seated in a high chair, smiling and looking at the camera.

    Couples in an Ongoing Romantic Partnership

    Married or unmarried, LGBTQ+, or long-term partners, parenting together.

  • A couple sitting on a bed, looking at a newborn baby in a bassinet in a cozy, warmly lit bedroom.

    Couples Who Are Struggling

    Feeling disconnected, overwhelmed, or resentful? That is exactly why this exists.

Meet Your Instructor

Bringing Baby Home Instructor

Director of Programs at Black Girls Mental Health
Certified Gottman Institute Bringing Baby Home Instructor

Dená McReynolds

Dená McReynolds develops programs that expand access to culturally responsive mental health education, resources, and support for Black women and families.

With a background in psychology and sociology, specialized training in perinatal mental health, and more than a decade of experience in education and family services, Dená understands the emotional and relationship changes that can come with parenthood.

As your Bringing Baby Home instructor, Dená will guide you and your partner through practical conversations and activities to help you communicate better, manage conflict, stay connected, and prepare for parenthood as a team.

Simple. Flexible.
Designed for real life.

How It Works

  • Black and white logo featuring a video game controller with a smiling ghost face in the middle.

     Strengthen your connection

    You begin by reconnecting as partners. Through guided conversations, you learn what helps each of you feel supported, understood, and emotionally close during stress and change.

  • Black cat silhouette sitting on a branch

    Build skills for life with a baby

    Build shared rhythms, communication tools, and co-parenting strategies that actually work when you're running on no sleep.

  • An illustration of a construction worker with a yellow hard hat, orange safety vest, and holding a sledgehammer, standing next to a brick wall.

    Move forward with confidence

    You leave with shared strategies, a common language, and the confidence to handle the first year of parenthood together, protecting your relationship while caring for your baby.

What Couples Are Saying

Real words from families.

  • ★★★★★

    “This course helped me have hard conversations with my partner in a calm, constructive way. I feel more confident expressing my needs and managing stress during postpartum.”

     - B & D, Parents of a 4-month-old

  • ★★★★★

    “I grew up in a physically violent household, and this program gave me tools I never had. I can now share my hopes and worries with my partner in a healthy, safe way.”

    -M & A, Expecting their first

  • ★★★★★

    “Bringing Baby Home helped us feel like a team again during pregnancy and postpartum.The focus on communication, stress, and support made a real difference for our family.”

    J & S, Parents of a 7-month-old

  • ★★★★★

    “I learned practical ways to cope when I feel overwhelmed and to ask for help when I need it. Knowing I have support and tools has made this transition feel less isolating.”

    -N & D, First-Time Parents

Invest in the foundation that everything else is built on.

parenting support for Black couples navigating transition to parenthood

$400

PER COUPLE 󠁯•󠁏 ONE TIME


Everything you need to stay connected. Six live, interactive sessions over three weeks, plus digital resources and post-course materials to keep the momentum going long after the course ends.

  • 6 Live Zoom Sessions

  • Exclusive Digital Resources

  • Post-Course Support Materials

  • Session Recordings if Missed

6 sessions per cohort  ·  6:00 – 8:00 PM PT  ·  Virtual

Aug
2026
August Cohort Open now 50% off
Aug 11 – Aug 27  ·  Tues & Thurs
Session dates
Aug 11Aug 13Aug 18Aug 20Aug 25Aug 27
Registration is open and half off for this cohort. Spots are limited.
Oct
2026
October Cohort Coming up
Oct 19 – Nov 4  ·  Mon & Wed
Session dates
Oct 19Oct 21Oct 26Oct 28Nov 2Nov 4
Dec
2026
December Cohort Coming up
Dec 1 – Dec 17  ·  Tues & Thurs
Session dates
Dec 1Dec 3Dec 8Dec 10Dec 15Dec 17

Upcoming Sessions

Frequently Asked Questions

Your Bond Is Your Baby’s First Home

The first year only happens once. Most couples say they wish they had built their foundation sooner. Do not be the couple that looks back wishing you had acted earlier. Be the team that says, “We are so glad we did.”