aww thanks Kelly
Sleeping Like a Baby should be in all good bookshops - published by
Penguin -or at my website(I have paypal so its very convenient).
If anyone would like a laminated poster or two ( a cover shot), or some
fliers for mums, please contact me offlist.
Pinky
www.pinky-mychild.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kelly Zantey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 8:39 AM
Subject: RE: [ozmidwifery] co-sleeping
If it wasn't for Pinky I wouldn't have co-slept with my two! I was very
much
a mainstream girl, expecting the system to look after me and tell me what
to
do. I met Pinky at a hospital pre-natal class 5 years ago, so it planted
the
seed about instinctive parenting there. After my daughter was born, I had
a
rough time from everyone around me who thought they knew about where a
baby
should be sleeping and for how long etc., and I felt guilty telling even
my
mothers group that I was co-sleeping. They all seemed to have it together,
baking cakes, having showers, hosting dinners etc with sleeping babies.
Yet
I seemed the only person who had a daughter who was inconsolable unless
she
was attached to me 24x7 and sleep was a rare event. One midwife had even
said to me in the hospital, 'I hope you won't be doing that when you get
home.'
Two weeks in sleep school (which was designed to be three days) that
didn't
'work' so we had to leave anyway, a baby that lost weight and threw up
solid
foods every time as a result (even rice cereal) and me PND. So speaking to
Pinky on my return, I was able to surrender and ignore all that rubbish
and
get on with it, which isn't as easy as it sounds for someone who felt
clueless about parenting and no family support. She was a lifesaver. Both
of
my children have been breastfed past two also, it's a chain of events that
happens with this sort of support - of course with a bub losing weight,
what
do you think they all told me I needed to do? :) So I strongly recommend
my
clients (and those on my site) read 'Sleeping Like a Baby', because it is
appealing to a wide, commercial audience and I think that's the key. They
all love it, and they love having certain books suggested to them to read,
because there are so many out there. I have a recommended reading list I
provide. But of course, many don't read these books until they really need
it ;)
I wish for the day where you go to the GP or wherever and get handed
brochures on both homebirth and hospital birth, co-sleeping and cot
sleeping
etc. That would be just great.
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Helen and
Graham
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 7:36 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] co-sleeping
This story reminds me of my time working in Gove in the Northern
Territory.
The aboriginal women on the ward would co-sleep from day 1 and also leave
their babies in their beds when they went outside to escape the
airconditioning. You had to be VERY CAREFUL before you went ripping the
sheets off the bed to make it. I was always afraid a baby would end up in
the linen skip one day!!!!
Helen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lyle Burgoyne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 1:22 AM
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] co-sleeping
Hi Raelene,
We have a policy that allows co-sleeping.We had more concerns about
babies falling out of bed(did actually happen) rather than them being
smothered by mums so our policy just makes sure the bed rail is up on
which ever side of mum the baby is sleeping with a pillow against the
bed rail so bub doesnt slip through.We regularly have bubs in bed with
mums .Works well for both mums and bubs.
All the best with getting a working policy
Lyle
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 22/01/2007 1:54 pm >>>
Hi everyone,
I need some help! I'm trying to formulate a policy regarding
co-sleeping and want to offer alternative sleeping arrangements for
mothers and babies whilst in hospital. Does anyone know of a "special"
cot that has been developed that allows the baby to sleep with mum but
in a separate cot that is attached to the main bed. I've seen pictures
of babies using a biliblanket in a cot attached to the bed in this way,
but can't find any information. Can you help.
Regards
Raelene George
Maternity Ward
Kalgoorlie Hospital
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