Breastfeeding Consultation (initial 2 hour appointment, then as required)
- Are you determined to breastfeed but finding the whole business a nightmare? Are you sick of being given conflicting advice?
- Initial emergency visit (observing a feed; helping to attach a baby; how to express) followed by daily visits until problems are resolved
Birth Stories/Experiences (2 hour appointment)
- Did you have a traumatic birth experience? Would it help to talk it with an outsider (of course confidentially)?
- Do you think you might have post-natal depression (one in three women suffers some form of 'blue' period); initial assessment/discussion to help recognise signs and symptoms; coping strategies and other avenues of help explored.
Happy Baby Routine (2 hour appointment)
- Sleep training (have you been told about controlled crying but are unsure how to go about it? Are you up several times in the night?)
- Weaning (when to introduce solids; food preparation, menus etc)
- Getting babies into a flexible routine