Portland and Surrounds Maternal and Child Health Services | Community centre

Portland and Surrounds Maternal and Child Health Services

Phone: +61 3 5521 0504

Address: 90 Julia Street 3305

Website: https://pdh.net.au

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25.01.2022 FIRST TIME PARENTS Our next First time parents group will commence on Monday 16 November 2020, Due to covid-19 restrictions we are currently at capacity but will open a second group if we have more interest. Please RSVP if you are a first time parent and have a child aged between 6 weeks to 6 months old and would like to join.... Group sessions will be held at MCH Centre, 90 Julia Street, Portland. Please call, message or email MCH Administration to secure your spot. 55210504, 0427818624 or [email protected]

23.01.2022 Cluster feeding is a time when your baby wants lots of short feeds over a few hours. Mums often feel exhausted or frustrated during these feed times. We have some breastfeeding tips to make cluster feeding easier. https://bit.ly/3tGvoq0

22.01.2022 Congratulations to Deborah Carrington on becoming an NDC accredited practitioner. Deborah is a general practitioner working in Portland in rural south-west Vict...oria. She graduated with honours from the University of Melbourne in 2008 and is a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. In 2016, Deborah was awarded the Richard Gutch Medal for achieving the highest results in Victoria in the RACGP Fellowship Examinations. She holds a Diploma of Child Health from the University of Sydney and has completed studies with Australasian Lactation Courses. Deborah is an Accredited Practitioner in Neuroprotective Developmental Care with Possums Education. Her areas of special interest are breastfeeding and other infant feeding support, unsettled babies, sleep issues, maternal mental health, tongue tie assessments and release. She is a mum of four children and loves supporting families as they navigate the challenges and joys of parenthood. Deborah works at 148-150 Percy Street, Portland VIC https://possumsonline.com/ndc-practiti/deborahamycarrington

22.01.2022 To register for online playgroup, follow this link! www.playgroup.org.au/playgroup-at-home

20.01.2022 Join us for Playgroup at Home: https://www.playgroup.org.au/playgroup-at-home/

19.01.2022 Our centre was closed yesterday so that our Maternal and Child Health Team could attend the first virtual Maternal and Child Health Conference which saw over 1,300 MCH Nurses participate from across the state.

19.01.2022 This Perinatal Anxiety and Depression Week, Tweddle join PANDA Australia in highlighting how stigma can get in the way of accessing timely support. Research sho...ws that 1 in 5 new mums and 1 in 10 new dads will experience perinatal depression and anxiety. Babies need their parents to reach out for help, the earlier the better. See more

14.01.2022 Teething is different in every child, so don't worry if your baby's teeth appear earlier or later. Use this image as a guide, and follow the link for tips on how to care for baby teeth. http://bit.ly/3cspOiX

12.01.2022 Today marks the start of NAIDOC week. NAIDOC Week celebrates the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. NAIDOC is... celebrated not only in Indigenous communities, but by Australians from all walks of life. #naidocweek #naidoc2020 #alwayswasalwayswillbe #alwayswasalwayswillbeaboriginalland See more

10.01.2022 INFLUENZA VACCINE AVAILABLE It’s that time of the year again! Please let us know if you would like to have your child’s flu vaccine appointment booked or given at their next appointment, for children aged 6 months to less than 5 years old. Please call 55210504, message 0427818624 or email [email protected]... For more information visit https://www.health.gov.au/news/flu-vaccination-in-2021

09.01.2022 A reopening date announcement!

08.01.2022 Have you been wondering what our timetable looks like now the studio is OPEN Bookings for classes is essential as numbers are strictly limited. Priority is... given to membership clients (don’t know what I’m talking about, send me a DM or check the website for membership information). Casual/Trial class bookings can be done via the website. Any questions just ask #kangatraining #kangatrainingkids #kangamix #prekanga #kangatrainingportland #kangatrainingau #kangabythesea #hipwisekangatrainer #mumandbubfitness #postpartumexercise #findyourtribe #thisgirlcanvic #bewithyourbaby #babywearingfitness #babywearingexercise #bonding #strongmum #fitmum #fitfamily #safereturntofitness #mumsofportlandvic #portlandvicmums #pregnancy #newborn #newbornbaby #babyspam #gentleparenting #shopportland

08.01.2022 So often mums say, my baby wants to breastfeed all evening, I am worried about my milk supply? It’s common for young babies, especially, to ‘cluster feed’, mean...ing they feed very frequently or almost continuously over a period of a few hours.This can happen at any time of the day but it is common in the evening and can mean that as your baby feeds almost constantly, your breasts feel ‘empty’. https://www.boobiebikkies.com.au//Fussy-Baby-Cluster-Feed/?

06.01.2022 Caring for you is important. Complete PANDA's Wellbeing Checklist for new mums.

06.01.2022 Our Maternal Child Health Nurses are committed to providing excellent care to children and families. We need your feedback.. ‘Tell us what we need to know’ 1. Is the Maternal Child Health Service meeting your needs?... 2. What are your greatest concerns in relation to the Maternal Child Health Service? 3. How has COVID 19 affected your family? (connecting with services, relatives, personal effects) 4. What needs to happen to make our service meet all your needs? Thank you in advance for your valuable information this will allow us to continually review and improve our service. If you do not wish to join the Facebook news feed, but wish to discuss concerns, please contact your MCH Nurse.

04.01.2022 Sweet 2020 Baby, I just want to say thank you. Because in many ways, this year has been a mess.... A bit of a disaster, really. But you. You’ve been the light in the darkness. The calm in the chaos. The joy in the midst of a whole lot of hardship and pain and frustration. So I know people will talk about 2020. They’ll talk about the stress and the fear and the sadness. They’ll recount every bit of the hard stuff that’s brought tears to my eyes more times than I can count. But I’m just so glad that, when I think back on this year, I also get to think about you. Because you’re such a gift. The sweetest blessing. And even though things looked a little (okaya lot) different than I’d planned, and it certainly wasn’t always easy or comfortable, your timing couldn’t have been more perfect. So thank you, little one. Thank you for allowing me to be grateful for 2020. Because it gave me you.

01.01.2022 Imagine if you were mothered today. That someone who knew what you needed first thing in the morning opened your door and woke you up gently and lay out your cl...othes and helped you change. Folding and then tucking your pj’s under your pillow for tonight after they bathed you and sang silly songs to distract you while they washed your hair. Your breakfast would be made and eaten while you were asked what you wanted to do today. Did you want to go on the swings? Visit the zoo? Sit in the library and choose books to take home? You choose. Perhaps you will be held up to look over the fence at the large hole the diggers have been making all week and talk to the person holding you about what is inside the earth and how deep does it go and how far to the earthworm’s homes? Maybe you will fall over, and someone will pick you up and check your knees and elbows and declare them clean and make a joke about flesh wounds which you won’t get for years to come but it will become something you will one day say to your own children. Later you will lie on the sofa with your someone and watch a show you both like and you will touch your someone’s face and ask about why there are lines and dark circles and your someone will make a joke about you being up late and you won’t laugh because you know you do wake your someone up sometimes because you want to check on them to make sure they are there. You resolve to not wake them up tonight, which will be forgotten later in the dark. After dinner, which someone insists you should try because it will make you taller and that you eat begrudgingly, you will go to bed, with the promise of a story. That one story will become three stories but your someone is lying next to you and you talk about the pictures in the books and you ask about where ideas come from and you will talk about ideas until your eyelids get heavy and you feel your someone slip out of bed but you don’t mind because you will be awake later to check on them. And that is what we want this Mother’s Day. To be loved and nurtured and fed and our ideas listened to, just for a day. And for many, this will be the first time they are mothered. You are never too old to be nurtured. Be well Mothers of all creatures, human and animal. I see you. You are loved. Artist Bettina Baldassari.