RE: [ozmidwifery] Re: [hbo] Check out Hudson Valley Lactivism

[Julie Clarke]

Hi I also brought my baby to work… as a childbirth and parenting educator.. it was wonderful for everyone in the group too. Ryan was only about 6 weeks old when I commenced teaching again after having him, so I would put him in his little frazer chair and he would sit and look at everyone and the couples would sit and watch him too, it was such a lovely experience for them all – I was able to teach them lots about breastfeeding and how to read babies signals – I am sure they learn’t a lot about babies in the most effective way. It was so funny to see their faces when he would do noisy poos – we had such a lot of laughs and then of course when we’d laugh he’d startle so we had to quieten down – it was all wonderful for their learning experience. When he needed a nappy change I would call Geoff and he would come and collect him and change him and then deliver him back again for another feed – great for the Dad’s to see Geoff’s involvement role modeled for them -  I should not have stopped having babies J Warm hug Julie   Julie Clarke Independent Childbirth and Parenting Educator HypnoBirthing (R) Practitioner ACE Grad Dip Supervisor NACE Advanced Educator and Trainer NACE National Journal Editor Transition into Parenthood Sessions 9 Withybrook Place Sylvania NSW 2224 Telephone  9544 6441 Mobile: 0401 2655 30 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] visit Julie's website: www.transitionintoparenthood.com.au   From: owner-ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au [mailto:owner-ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au] On Behalf Of Sue Cookson Sent: Thursday, 10 November 2005 1:47 PM To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Re: [hbo] Check out Hudson Valley Lactivism   Hi , I took each of my 4 children to births with me over many years. they obviously didn't need to come once they were weaned but if i thought i might be away for a fair while then the toddlers came too. i had some problems with one of mine, my only boy, who seemed to not be able to hang in so well, so he stopped coming along at about 8 months which did add to my partner's workload (had to bring him to me a number of times at long labours). i have very distinct memories of my babies sitting watching, or sleeping, or once i had to leave my 12 month old at the door as the house was a 'no food inside' place and she was chewing on a biscuit. i used to work alone, so for some of the longer drives etc i would take my sister or an older child as my support person. none of the families ever complained or asked me not to bring my children ... tessa went to many births in this capacity em!! sue hi everyone anyone know of any similar groups in australia? i liked their idea of handing out information at public places re breastfeeding laws and rights to increase awareness and acceptance. going in to workplaces to educate workers about rights for breastfeeding/expressing breaks and providing legal support for discrimination sounds great too.. how many australian employers would hire someone known to be breastfeeding who needed breaks every few hours? probably few and i think people would be too scared to ask . ideally i think we need to move towards more baby friendly workplaces where bubs go along with mum to work, like in most places in the world. but it sounds too extreme to even bring up in our current cultural climate of children and work life being so separate do many of you have experience of working with a baby in tow? do the hb mw's take their babies to births at all? love emily