Nurture and Grow Midwifery Support-Illawarra in Wollongong, New South Wales | Medical centre

Nurture and Grow Midwifery Support-Illawarra

Locality: Wollongong, New South Wales

Phone: +61 413 309 213

Address: 385 Crown st 2500 Wollongong, NSW, Australia

Website: http://nurtureandgrow.com.au

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24.01.2022 Child and Family Health are running some great groups over summer

20.01.2022 This year Nurture and Grow has had the privilege of helping more than 70 families with breastfeeding and early parenting. Wishing everyone a wonderful holiday season. We will be taking a break to be with our families from the 21st December until Monday 4th Jan 2021. Emma and Helen

20.01.2022 We get asked about grunty, groany babies a lot! This is a great explanation. Rather than there being anything wrong with your baby (like wind, colic or reflux), it can be helpful to think of this behaviour as a normal developmental stage that will pass!

14.01.2022 Hello everyone! I’m working alongside world leading birth researchers at the University of Central Lancashire. We’re looking for women and birthing people to... compete this survey, our aim is to improve the care of women and families around the world during birth. I wonder if you’d be kind enough to *share* the video and survey so we can reach out to women and birthing people who have had a baby in the last three years. Here’s a link to the survey: https://www.babiesbornbetter.org/surveyportal/

09.01.2022 Another fabulous resource from the ABA!

08.01.2022 A wonderful, free resource for expectant and new parents in NSW that can offer support 24/7 around perinatal mental health and well-being.

07.01.2022 Beautiful baby led attachment in a laid back position. Have you tried it?

04.01.2022 Sleep trainers and "experts" will tout this as the secret to a good nights sleep. They will tell you this has to be taught. That you're doing your baby a favor!... Sounds amazing right? But, it's crap. Babies are not capable of "self-soothing." Let me explain.... This term was coined in 1970 by Dr. Thomas Anders. Self-soothing, which actually means to to self-regulate your emotions. When you're stressed, you use coping mechanism, things to calm yourself down. Take some deep breaths, get a sip of water, talk to a loved one, get a hug. Babies cannot do this. This ability comes from the most mature part of the brain, which isn't fully matured until were 25. You can't force this part of the brain to mature. It is normal and appropriate for babies to need the help of a parent or caregiver to down regulate from a state of heightened stress. To help them calm down enough to sleep. Most often this is done by sucking (nursing or pacifiers), rocking, shushing, etc. And no, these are not "bad habits" that need to be broken. How do you sleep when you're upset? Can you fall asleep, on cue, when you are stressed out or anxious? Some babies will be fine to be set down when they are in that calm, drowsy state, and drift off to sleep. But this is not the norm, and this is not self-soothing. Leaving babies to cry does not teach them to settle, it teaches them to stop calling out. It shuts down their system to preserve energy. Don't trust anyone who talks about babies "learning" to "self-soothe," this means they have no understanding of the emotional or psychological development of babies and young children. See more