Post-Birth Baby Support
Available in-home or via Skype for parenting mentoring and guidance
Post-Birth Baby Support
Julie Clarke offers a very special baby care support service, exclusively for couples who have attended both the Mindful Hypnobirth and the Transition into Parenthood courses. Baby Care Support Service provided in your own home or via Skype for convenience and ease…
“Julie brings a smile and her warm gentle calm approach whenever she visits…”
What is Julie's approach?
I provide suggestions, active listening, answers and creative practical ideas that blend easily with the existing family/routine structure and of course gently guiding the mum and dad through new skills while they are “having a go” rather than me “taking over”.
Often I will show how to do it and then stand by to help if required, it’s quite surprising actually just how much can be covered in one or two hours.
I prefer to carefully limit the session to just one or two hours so mum and bub don’t get tired.
Julie tends to follow the “Attachment parenting” approach. In my work I comply with the WHO (World Health Organization) Baby Friendly Initiative and Federal and State Dept of Health recommendations for feeding babies as well as current evidenced-based philosophy of avoiding rigid routines for mother and baby.
What can Julie help with?
For many new families, I have been helping with…
- Sleeping issues
- Coping with heat in summer, cold in winter
- Colic wind bowel pain, reflux and vomiting issues
- Stressed agitated difficult to settle babies
- Breast-feeding, problems such as positioning and attachment, over-supply
- Thrush and mastitis
- “How to” expressing and storing breast-milk
- Relaxation baby bathing technique, baby massage, newborn settling and calming techniques
- 1st 12 months, playing/stimulating development
- Safe swaddling
- Not sleeping enough at night
- Won’t go down to bed early enough, wakes too often through the night
- Wakes too early, won’t sleep at all during the day
- Sleeps really well through the day and then awake all night
- Only wants to have short sleeps (cat naps) both day and night
- Ideas for Ergonomically arranging the baby’s room
- Interaction with baby; playing and having fun
- Enhancing baby’s physical and learning development
- Hints and tips on safety
- “How to” introducing solid foods with maximum nutrition and minimizing risks of allergies or food intolerance’s
- “How to” do cup feeding quickly and easily
- Finding a structure for the routine of the day (just a little)
- Figuring out priorities for your own special routines, and answer all those questions as they’ve come up
How frequently should we book?
Couples who have been through my courses are welcome to book me for just one hour at a time and we can see if we need to extend it or they can book 2 hours, or whatever they feel they need, I respond to their needs at the time.
One or two hours per week or per month or per quarter spread out over the first year is a wonderful help and support to the new mum spread out over the first year is a wonderful help and support to the new mum.
“Everyone learns and grows best when well supported through an experience of learning by doing it themselves without any judgement or criticism, just gentle positive guidance.”
What are the costs?
- Only $100/hour and I have kept the structure fairly loose to accommodate differing needs.
- I’m prepared to cover St George and Sutherland areas only so I don’t need to charge for travelling. However, I have been known to travel and this is negotiable.
- This service is available during the hours I’m not teaching the courses, and limited exclusively for the couples who’ve been through the courses.
A summary of the baby care support service
- Baby Care Support Service – in your own home
- Only $100/hour. Area available: only St George & Sutherland... further distance is negotiable
- No charge at all for emails and phone calls associated with the service – included freely
- Very gentle, supportive, positive and fun
- Limited to the baby’s first 12 months
- Exclusively for couples who have attended the courses
