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Tamika Newman

Locality: Highland Park

Phone: +61 413 513 778

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25.01.2022 Fascinating link ...

23.01.2022 This makes my heart burst

23.01.2022 Sending lots of love and happiness for your Christmas to all the beautiful families I have had the privilege to work with . I hope you have made special memories with your precious babies #christmas #family #newbaby #2020

21.01.2022 Literally had this conversation yesterday during one of my antenatal sessions. Waiting for white, skin to skin and allowing babe to initiate their latch through breast crawl is such an important step in establishing breastfeeding.

20.01.2022 URGENT RECALL

20.01.2022 This - I speak frequently about breastfeed trauma and why I am so very passionate about looking holistically and the whole big picture. One of the biggest factors in birth and breastfeeding trauma is the reluctance for health professionals to really listen and hear the mother’s concerns and try to address them.

20.01.2022 I love sarawickham.com and Professor Amy Brown Unfortunately marketing and praying on vulnerable parents is a strong common theme when it comes to the infant sleep market. It’s so important if you are buying an infant sleep book to have a good look into the qualifications of the author and/or some research into biological normal infant sleep. Many books that have pretty covers and promise the world are actually authored by people with very limited qualifications.... Here is a list of my go to sleep books/websites: Dr Annie Gethin and Beth Macgregor - Helping Your Baby to Sleep: Why Gentle Techniques Work Best Sarah Ockwell-Smith - The Gentle Sleep Book Dr James McKenna- Safe Infant Sleep Dr Helen Ball - https://www.basisonline.org.uk/ Tracy Cassells - http://evolutionaryparenting.com/ Dr James McKenna - https://cosleeping.nd.edu/ Sarah Ockwell-Smith - https://gentlesleeptraining.co.uk/

19.01.2022 "Don't worry about your babies tongue tie - it will stretch once they grow" "Tongue tie's only effect breastfeeding - so switch to formula" "Tongue tie's don't ...effect feeding" "Its just a mild tongue tie" Tongue ties are a ‘fad’ and its fashionable at the moment . Who has been told this by a health professional? You are not alone. Last week during a consult for a new baby and their mum one of their families members happened to be there. On mentioning my assessment of the new baby - the family member said "oh I have one of those" and proceeded to show me and tell me the story. Despite the tongue restriction being diagnosed by the GP and dentist they were told that "You cant do anything to fix the tie now". Here are some symptoms that the family member shared with me and are consistently seen with oral restriction: Mother was unable to breastfeed longer then 2 weeks . Needed tonsils and adenoids removed due to chronic mouth breathing Constant head/neck jaw pain - especially while eating Poor sleep due to mouth breathing Struggles to bite/chew swallow and drink water without spilling . Jaw fatigue Required orthodontic braces for overjet (overbite), crooked teeth which are likely to not be retained due to the tongue not being able to sit in the correct positioning on the roof of the mouth Very high arched palate Wide spread awareness of oral restrictions and their impacts throughout both the medical and dental professions is unfortunately not standard knowledge. I was able to provide this family with some contacts to receive a second opinion and management plan and the family member was so relieved to know that it was something that could be treated. *Photos and story shared with permission #ibclc #listen #tonguetie #infantfeeding

18.01.2022 Wow ... thank goodness breast pumps today are a tad more advanced

18.01.2022 How are due dates calculated? We use an archaic study from 1744 that included only 100 women (seriously) whereby you add 7 days to the LAST day of your period... then add 9 months . From the 1900’s, US texts adopted a slightly modified version where you had 7 days to the FIRST date of you period then add 9 months. (Thereby giving everyone a week less) . Despite there being more recent studies involving THOUSANDS of women showing a more accurate EDD for first time mums of 40+5 (and 40+3 if you’ve had a baby before), we still use this old, outdated theory . Half of first time mums will have their baby by 40+5. If you’ve had a baby before, half of all women will have gone into labour at 40+3 . Does it really matter what that ‘due date’ is then? A lot of women in many other countries are told their due date is 41 weeks or they’re told a ‘due month’. Why do we here in Australia put such a BIG focus on our 40 week date? It opens us up to feeling like our body has failed us when we surpass that date. We are also more likely to accept intervention if we think we are ‘overdue’. In Australia, full term is defined as 37-42 weeks. Yes! 42 weeks. That is normal for some women. So technically you’re not ‘overdue’ until 42+1. . I STRONGLY encourage all of my clients to add 7 days onto their current EDD. This will help your mindset SO much in those last few weeks. . Don’t countdown your pregnancy. What will you do when you’ve counted down to zero? ‘2 weeks to go, 1 week to go’ How will that affect your mindset? Will you still be pumped to be pregnant? Probably not. . Plan something fun to do on your 40 week EDD. Book a staycation, take a road trip, go to the beach, book that fancy restaurant for dinner. Look forward to something else! . Don’t tell people your 40 week EDD. Do you want to have 20 text messages at 40 weeks asking if you’ve had your baby yet? Again, how will your mindset, which you’ve kept so positive up until now, feel when you’re bombarded with well-intentioned texts. Instead, just give people a window of time. ‘I’m due late December’ or ‘baby will be here mid-Summer’. . Did you go over 40 weeks? How did it affect your mindset? Tell me See more

14.01.2022 Happy Sunday! I’ve have a little influx of new people come to my page recently so thought I should do a little ‘introduction’ post about who I am and what my core beliefs are surrounding my practice! Remember - my inbox is ALWAYS open to any questions big or small

13.01.2022 We are mammals and our baby’s needs lots of contact and connection. It’s never a bad habit to respond to your infant ...

12.01.2022 Great article - I love that research is beginning to focus on finding the root cause of the problem and not just the bandaid approach. Why am I interested in jaw growth for an older child even though I am focused on breastfeeding? The best way to provide optimal jaw growth is from optimally functional breastfeeding which is something that I am passionate about.

11.01.2022 I am currently taking a small break over the school holidays. Will be back from the 6 th of Oct

11.01.2022 I love waking up to messages like this! It makes my heart so happy to know that I can be part of the team that make differences to families when they are most vulnerable #breastfeedingsupport #teamapproach #tonguetie #babies #parenting #onlineconsult

10.01.2022 Too often families expect that by 1 year, children will magically sleep better. They don't. In fact, in some studies, there are fewer 12 month olds "sleeping th...rough" than 6 month olds. And when we think about all that's going on, it shouldn't be too surprising. Being 1 is HARD. Physically, cognitively, socially, and emotionally there is a shit ton going on. And hopefully if you can remember that, it will make being there for those wakings a little easier. #evolutionaryparenting #respectfulparenting #responsiveparenting #nighttimeparenting #gentlesleep #nightwaking #nosleeptraining #biology #biologicalsleep #toddlersleep #gentleparenting #infantsleepeducation #infantsleep #parentingscience #parentingtips

10.01.2022 This is the best! All I can say is exactly Milky Business- Kate Visser IBCLC The Warrior Within Birth Services

08.01.2022 Keep on boobing your bubs Do you have a toddler/older child who isn’t feeding? Give them some expressed milk if you’re feeding a new squish for an immune boost.

07.01.2022 Vagal nerve stimulation is so important as seen below. This is why optimal tongue posture is important and something I focus on when working with my families. This function is achieved when the tongue rests up with full contact with the palate and turns the vagal nerve ‘on’. ... #informedisbest #holisticlactation #nosebreathing #myofunctionalawareness #tonguetoningposture #ibclc #tonguetie

05.01.2022 Breastmilk is teeming with bacteria. During the first weeks to months of a child’s life a mother is delivering precious microbial messages that will direct the ... Today we are learning how incredibly powerful nature is in developing strong, immune, resilient children. The role of breastfeeding to develop the jaw and straight teeth is one aspect of how important it is. Primarily teaches a child nasal breathing. Kids who struggle to breathe through their nose often have small, underdeveloped jaws. They present with long faces, crooked teeth, and poor breathing. Secondly if proper tongue posture and feeding habits are established, the tongue creates a seal to push the nipple to the roof of the child’s mouth. This helps to develop the child’s palate, and is designed by nature to set correct growth trajectory of the jaws and upper airways. (As an aside I do see many kids who breastfeed today without proper connection between the tongue and the palate). However for the immune system the breastmilk microbiome is transferred via specialized immune cells from the mothers gut. Evidence now shows that human breastmilk can have a life long impact on a child’s health. Oral flora delivered during breastfeeding may protect a child from allergies and asthma. They also strengthen their immune system. Breastfeeding may protect against respiratory infections autoimmunity, and inflammatory bowel disease. Later in life, it may also protect against heart disease, obesity, and type-II diabetes. These conditions are now understood to be largely influenced by gut microbiota. The reason is that a newborn immune system is naïve to the outside world and depends on maternal ‘gifting’ of immune agents and probiotic bacteria. One huge factor I think we’re missing today is the maternal gut microbiome. Prenatal maternal health as well as proper pregnancy diets are incredibly powerful for shaping these microbial messages to our next generation. Which is why I’m so passionate about getting this information out, so that we can help frame this information for all the new parents out there. Many parents are struggling with breastfeeding today, how was your experience with breastfeeding? Ref: https://www.researchgate.net//233999262_Human_milk_A_sourc

05.01.2022 Who has heard the advice, Stop holding the #baby so much you’re going to spoil them. And did it make you hesitate to do what your instincts directed, to cal...m your crying baby? There are no reasons to think twice when cuddling with your upset infant, no matter what well-meaning advice you receive. It’s impossible to spoil them. J. Kevin Nugent, director of the Brazelton Institute at #Children’s Hospital in Boston and a child psychologist, says that a newborn baby learns from their interactions with their parents that the world is reliable, and can trust that their needs will be met. Responding to baby’s cries isn’t a matter of spoiling, he said. It’s a matter of meeting the child’s needs. Babies are #neurobiologically wired to stop crying when they are being carried. This is a part of our evolutionary biology that helps our species survive. Studies published in the Current Biology journal, the first of which was by Esposito et al., show that the infant calming response to carrying is a coordinated set of central, motor, and cardiac regulations that is an evolutionarily preserved aspect of caregiver-infant interactions. These studies also help to have a scientific explanation for the frustration many new parents struggle with... that a calm and relaxed infant will often begin crying immediately when he or she is put down. Scientists have known for years that the cerebellum is directly linked to a feedback loop with the #vagus nerve which keeps heart rate slow and gives you resilience under pressure. The cerebellum only accounts for about 10% of the size of a baby’s brain but it contains over 50% of its neurons. As adults, we can calm ourselves by practicing mindfulness, which puts the cerebellum at peace and creates a parasympathetic response of well being. This appears to be the same response that occurs in infants when they are being carried. Notre Dame psychologist Darcia Narvaez led a research team that found children become healthier and happier adults when they have parents who treated them with #affection, #sensitivity, and #playfulness since birth. By surveying over 600 adults about affectionate touch, free #play and positive family time in their childhoods, it was found that adults with less anxiety and overall better mental wellbeing had positive childhoods. Professor Narvaez encourages parents to respond to their baby’s cries, whether it means holding them, touching them, or rocking them; it’s all optimal. What parents do in those early months and years are really affecting the way the #brain is going to grow the rest of their lives, explains Narvaez, so lots of holding, touching and rocking, that is what babies expect. They grow better that way. And keep them calm, because all sorts of systems are establishing the way they are going to work. If you let them cry a lot, those systems are going to be easily triggered into #stress. We can see that in adulthood that people that are not cared for well, tend to be more stress reactive and they have a hard time self-calming. The researchers found that free play is vital for child development, as well as growing up in a positive, warm home environment. Narvaez believed that humans need these important things from the time they are born. Therefore, she recommends parents follow their instincts. Although it places a large responsibility on parents to be responsive to their baby’s cries, she adds that we really didn’t evolve to parent alone. Our history is to have a #community of caregivers to help, such as grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends in the baby’s life. Professor Narvaez says, We need to, as a community, support families so they can give children what they need. https://theheartysoul.com/holding-your-crying-baby-isnt-sp/ https://www.psychologytoday.com//the-neuroscience-calming- https://www.researchgate.net//236251169_Infant_Calming_Res #neurochild #childdevelopment #familygoals #dyads

03.01.2022 What a great post to follow on from my previous one ..... Not a single one of these doctors had any evidence if it was safe or healthy for infants to sleep alone. Not a single one of them considered the experience of being a birthing person or primary caregiver driven to be attuned and connected to a baby at night both physically and emotionally. The birthing person or primary caregiver’s brain is massively transformed as they become a parent to connect and attune them with their baby. Their brain focuses them on feeding, nurturing and emotionally attuning to babies. Separation at night severs these ties.

02.01.2022 For over 11 years now, I have been expanding my knowledge and research biological normal behaviour of human infants in relation to breastfeeding and parenting techniques. It saddens me that so many families doubt what comes instinctive in caring/nurturing their infants because we live in a society that tells you these very normal behaviours are wrong. One part my role as an IBCLC is reassuring and providing awareness of biological normal behaviours of infants and tod...dlers. I have so many conversations with families about biological norms and the relief on their faces when they hear that they ‘aren’t creating a rod for their own back’ is so palpable. I love being able to empower families to remain connected for healthy emotional development. #infantfeeding #holistic #baby #support #growth