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25.01.2022 Has Tweddle made a difference to your family? Next Tuesday 1st December is GivingTuesday, an opportunity to give back to the organisations making a difference in people’s lives. Your tax deductible support of The Tweddle Foundation will help Tweddle to continue to help families thrive. Donate here https://bit.ly/2UZzZE2

25.01.2022 Improved support for fathers in the first 1000 days will help transform their experience of fatherhood, and importantly, will improve health outcomes not just for the father but for the child, for the mother, the family, and society. #MensHealthWeek

23.01.2022 This #MensHealthWeek Tweddle is highlighting the importance of Dads' mental health. Conclusive research confirms #dads play a significant role in the social, cognitive, emotional, and physical well-being of their children from infancy with lasting influences on their adult life and relationships. https://bit.ly/2SItPKN

21.01.2022 Today is Giving Tuesday, an annual day to give back to charities & organisations that are changing lives. Mum Laura shares her Giving story about Tweddle Celeste is our first child. The early months were very challenging for us, as we worked through my birth trauma, difficulties with breastfeeding, some personal losses in the family and perinatal mental health challenges. In early 2020 we reached out to Tweddle for support with Celeste’s sleeping. Celeste was taking a l...Continue reading

20.01.2022 Loved, satisfied, confused, secure, detached, sad, angry, joyful, safe, connected. How is your child feeling today?

19.01.2022 This week Tweddle is celebrating the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as part of NAIDOC Week. We are sharing indigenous stories and craft with babies, toddlers and families. Print and colour the Rainbow Serpent poster and learn about it's story and connection to country. https://bit.ly/3pb6YD8

17.01.2022 No one can really prepare new mums and dads for the exhaustion & sleepless nights that descend in those first months & years of parenting. A fee for service telephone consult with a Tweddle nurse can help with sleep & settling reassurance and strategies. https://bit.ly/2Jmc6jB

17.01.2022 NAIDOC Week 2020 invites all Australians to embrace the ancient history of this country, dating back thousands of generations. NAIDOC week is a time for Tweddle staff, families and the community to celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, culture and achievements. https://bit.ly/34VJMRb

17.01.2022 Do you know where your local free toy library is located? Enter your suburb and the Toy Library search tool will locate the one nearest to you. https://bit.ly/2CJBNYF

14.01.2022 A new Telehealth Provisional Psychology program has been developed at Tweddle for families experiencing vulnerability. This program forms part of Emily Kumpis' study pathway to psychology registration. She talks here about her new role. https://bit.ly/3q2t37H

14.01.2022 The transmission of anxiety from parent to child is common but not inevitable. It's important to implement strategies to manage your own stress as effectively as possible, and helping your children to manage theirs. Here are some great approaches to help disrupt parent to child anxiety transmission. https://bit.ly/3nS2ik8

14.01.2022 Are you passionate about the health outcomes of babies, toddlers, their families and communities? Tweddle, one of Victoria’s leading Early Parenting Centres, is recruiting for Board members to join us from 1 July 2021. Make a difference to Victoria’s health system while developing your career by joining the Tweddle Board. Applications to the Victorian Department of Health & Human Services close November 30. https://bit.ly/2HuRvwF

13.01.2022 Deakin University academics Subhadra Evans, Antonina Mikocka-Walus and Elizabeth Westrupp asked over 2,000 Australian parents how pandemic lock-downs impacted their lives. The results of the research includes an evaluation of mental health, demands on parenthood, family relationships, finances and even boredom. https://bit.ly/3q1fdSy

11.01.2022 The Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) has launched its second Families in Australia Survey, Towards COVID Normal. They want to understand how different aspects of family life continue to be affected by COVID-19, including: relationships with other family members; work; education; finances; and mental health and wellbeing. Five randomly selected participants will be offered shopping vouchers valued at $500 each if they opt into the random draw at the conclusion of the survey. https://bit.ly/3kWNsa8

09.01.2022 In this wonderful article by new mum and writer Alice Pung, she reflects upon the arrival of her baby following 112 days of hard lockdown and balancing the risks when you have a baby, a 5 year old and elderly parents. A lovely story about resilience and hope. https://bit.ly/3kdEK76

08.01.2022 Has your little one ever written a letter to Santa? Here’s how to get your letter to the North Pole, 9999, track it and get a letter in return.

08.01.2022 This short video from the Harvard Centre on the Developing Child looks at Serve and Return, one of the most essential experiences in shaping the architecture of the developing brain. This back-and-forth process is fundamental to the wiring of the brain, especially in the earliest years. https://bit.ly/38Wpppy

06.01.2022 Respect is the building block of all healthy relationships. Talk to your children about gender equality. Read books that challenge gender stereotypes, inspire imaginations and expand children's sense of what is possible. Families don't need to follow a formula. Biological families, adoptive families, blended families, chosen families. Respect is celebrating all family units. #16DaysOfActivism

06.01.2022 Gender inequality is one of the biggest drivers of family violence & violence against women. With violence often starting in the perinatal period, it's vital that mums look for red flags as highlighted here by Domestic Violence Resource Centre Victoria. Family violence harms babies & children too. The Strengthening Hospital Responses to Family Violence Resource Centre at the Royal Women’s Hospital outlines that the health sector is a critical entry point for identifying people affected by family violence, providing medical care and a pathway to specialist support and assistance. #16DaysOfActivism https://www.dvrcv.org.au https://www.respectvictoria.vic.gov.au/.../respect-women...

05.01.2022 Tweddle has joined with a network of support services to help raise awareness of perinatal mental health. We invite mums and dads to take a look at the 18 support services listed here and advice around asking for help or recommending support for a loved one. https://bit.ly/2GKlIHO

04.01.2022 The government will spend up to $170 million on providing free kinder to four-year-olds and eligible three-year-olds at sessional kindergartens in 2021. Families enrolled at long day care centres will save about $2000. Fees will also be cut for three-year-olds attending unfunded programs in sessional kinders.

04.01.2022 Tweddle is delighted to partner with the West Wimmera Health Service to launch the Hindmarsh Day Stay Centre. Delivered at the Nhill Early Learning Centre, the program will support #Wimmera families every Friday. We're now helping families across the regional areas of Terang, Bacchus Marsh, Geelong and Nhill. https://bit.ly/35DiY7I

03.01.2022 Tweddle’s experienced team of early parenting clinicians provide caring, specialist residential and Telehealth support to parents of babies and toddlers. Let us know if we can help you or someone you know.