The Baby Nurse

Do you pump more breast milk than you need? If you’re interested in donating your breast milk, it’ll make a big difference to those babies in need of it at Hutt Hospital SCBU and post natal ward 🤱

Scan the QR code to register your interest 💕

Breast milk donors needed in the Hutt 🤱

If you're breastfeeding and have surplus breast milk, did you know that you may be able to donate it to support local Hutt babies? Our Oxytocin Squad can support with pick-up and delivery if needed.

Follow the QR code to register your interest. Please share our post with others that might be interested 💛

Another lovely day to be out and about home visiting today ☀️🤱

Phooey! How are y'all coping with breastfeeding in this hot weather? Reposting these handy hints

Such a beautiful day on the Kāpiti coast today! Just seen my last client for 2023. It’s a busy time of year. Thanks to those of you who were able to delay seeing me until the New Year 🤱💕

It's not just about mouth on b**b, it's a whole body thing

Bassinets and cots needed

Urgent help needed! We are running super low on safe sleeping spaces- both bassinets and cots (in good condition).

You can drop them to one of our amazing volunteers, or they could even pick them up from you. Either way, you will be helping us help those in need.

Free car seat checks!

Our Free Car Seat checks and installs are back and the next event is Friday, 10th November.

Where?

Our event takes place at the Upper Hutt Central Plunket, on the corner of Logan and Kowhai streets. Covered parking is available so we will go ahead rain or shine.

What to expect?

Whether you have a brand new seat to install, or just want your seat checked for peace of mind, everyone is welcome. We will check or install the seat, talk you through any changes and show you what to look for so you can ensure your littlest passengers are travelling safely.

How to book?

Bookings are essential as spaces are limited.
Please contact Caroline Tansell, Road Safety Co-ordinator, at [email protected]. Please let Caroline know how many seats you have, and your cell phone number.

I’ve been a bit rural and a bit coastal this past week as well as seeing some city dwellers. I love that I get to enjoy such beautiful scenery when I’m out home visiting 🚙

Amazing!

A research team at the Yale School of Medicine, found that human milk contains a sugar molecule, called myo-inositol, that was present in every sample of milk they tested. myo-inositol appears to boost neuronal synapse abundance and enhances neuronal connectivity. It is a brain builder. It also appears to be dose-dependant, meaning that the more human milk, the more brain building activity. So keep on keeping on, feed human babies human milk! Check it out here: Paquette, A. F., Carbone, B. E., Vogel, S., Israel, E., Maria, S. D., Patil, N. P., ... & Biederer, T. (2023). The human milk component myo-inositol promotes neuronal connectivity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(30), e2221413120. -parenting

Another busy day on the road but couldn’t resist stopping between clients to enjoy the view on a beautiful winter’s day.

Loving the scenery whilst I’m out and about visiting clients.

“The mother’s body is baby’s natural habitat “ - Nils Bergman. So this story demonstrates and there are many others..

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Clever babies! In my work caring for babies in SCBU I have wondered about how seeing masked parents and staff might impact on their development.

“When babies learned a masked face, and then they saw that face again unmasked, they recognized it,”

Babies Remember Faces Despite Face Masks, UC Davis Study Suggests Babies learn from looking at human faces, leading many parents and childhood experts to worry about possible developmental harm from widespread face-masking during the pandemic. A new study by researchers at the University of California, Davis, allays those concerns, finding that 6- to 9-month-old b...

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“No matter how many baby sleep ‘experts’ make the claim; wanting to be held to sleep, wanting to be worn for naps, wanting to feed to sleep - these aren't behavioural problems.
They aren't ‘habits, be they bad or good.
✨They are the expectations of our species.

🐒We would never say that a monkey has bad habits for staying with his mum night and day, feeding on demand for years.
🦘We would never claim a kangaroo joey needing to exterogestate in their mother's pouch for months after birth was a behavioural problem.
🦍We would never claim that a baby gorilla needs to be separated from its mother for 12 hours a day to learn independence.

Yet when it comes to human babies, we dismiss our species-specific needs and biological expectations, labelling them as simply behaviourally driven faults that must be squashed, and a whole industry has sprung up around convincing vulnerable new parents that doing so is not only possible, but necessary for their child's wellbeing.”
✨Professor James McKenna

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An enormous list of things that are totally okay…

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“It’s so important to recognise that accidental bedsharing is fundamentally different to intentional bedsharing”

Why Telling Breastfeeding Mothers to Never Bedshare is Dangerous - Raised Good All parents must be taught what constitutes safe cosleeping, because the vast majority will bring their babies into their beds at some point.

I’m around over the Christmas and New Year break if you’re needing breastfeeding help 🎄

Haha who can relate?