Family Centre
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Topic: Family Centre
Posted By: aussiegirl
Subject: Family Centre
Date Posted: 14 August 2008 at 2:19pm
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Hayley and I are off to the Family centre on Monday as we have had quite a few nightmare days with feeding, settling, wind and her generally being a spilly baby!
My plunket nurse said they will watch me feed her etc. I would love to hear of any of your experiences at a family centre and if you thought it was beneficial 
TIA -------------  Mum to Hayley **30.6.08
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Posted By: lilfatty
Date Posted: 14 August 2008 at 2:22pm
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Yep Issy and I went to the family centre (sleeping) .. then when I went back to work and DH took over the stay at home parent role .. he and Issy went into the Family Centre so he could learn to pick up her sleep cues and what to do to settle her etc.
I think its an awesome service. ------------- Mummy to Issy (3) and Elias (18 months) I did it .. 41 kgs gone! From flab to fab in under a year  http://www.femininefitness.co.nz/category/blog - LFs weight blog
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 14 August 2008 at 2:37pm
| We have been a couple of times and they were great help. Even just for a break! |
Posted By: Freesia
Date Posted: 14 August 2008 at 3:35pm
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We went for trouble feeding and sleeping and got a lot of help. We ended up going back a couple times a week (not full day visits though) for about 3 weeks so they could help monitor her weight and make more suggestions on how to get her to feed. The ladies really went out of their way to help out and came up with so many suggestions.
It never hurts to go and hear what they say. It's a really relaxed atmosphere and they give you morning tea and lunch  -------------  
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Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 14 August 2008 at 3:50pm
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We went at 3ish month for sleep problems, was only sleeping on cycle in the day then getting really upset, we stayed from when they first opened till about 1pm in the afternoon but could have stayed longer if I had wanted to. They gave me lots of great advice and more importantly they let me know that I had a lot of things right already, like recognises tired signs from hungry signs etc which was a great confident booster. ------------- 
 
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Posted By: happymumma
Date Posted: 14 August 2008 at 4:06pm
| I found them really useful - partly reassuring and partly teaching me some great tips for settling Ollie. Well worth a visit |
Posted By: Redbedrock
Date Posted: 14 August 2008 at 4:25pm
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My experiences are all good too, firstly with feeding difficulties up to 7 weeks old and then a little later o
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Posted By: kathyandbub
Date Posted: 14 August 2008 at 4:30pm
| hi sorry to high jack your thread but i have never herd of a family center do they have them everywea? |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 14 August 2008 at 7:24pm
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Most areas have them Kathyandbub, your midwife or Plunket nurse should be able to tell you whether there is one local to you.
I had great experiences at Family Centre with Maya and the gremlins, with Maya we went for feeding help as she had poor weight gains and I had nasty mastitis and they were great, I also watched the tired signs and breastfeeding videos. We went twice, once at 2 weeks and once at 4 weeks. With the gremlins I went every week for the first 8-9 weeks, originally for feeding help but even when we realised feeding was never going to work they had me come in for a sleep while they watched the gremlins. They tried settling stuff with them but with their rampant reflux they screamed most of the time we were there which sounds awful but in fact it was a relief to have someone else see how unsettled and grumpy they were and know that it wasn't just me. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: solgirl
Date Posted: 14 August 2008 at 8:36pm
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Have been to the family centre in Hamilton with both my girls...the ladies there are so lovely....and maureen is so on to it....am sure they will be able to help you.
Bes tof luck  ------------- MUMMY TO EMMA (4yrs), PAIGE (2yrs) & http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: FionaS
Date Posted: 14 August 2008 at 8:46pm
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We went every week for the first few months and it was a life saver. Elle was a very very unsettled baby who didn't sleep during the day (even they couldn't get her to sleep past the 10min mark!). They were so wonderful to me and allowed us to go every week so I could have a break and a nap. One of the nurses at our local plunket centre is now our plunket nurse and I adore her. They were fantastic. A lot of people complain about plunket but thankfully for us, I don't have a bad word to say about them as my nurses were amazing. ------------- Mummy to Gabrielle and Ashley |
Posted By: aussiegirl
Date Posted: 15 August 2008 at 10:41am
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Thanks for your input ladies
Fiona S - I have to agree with you about plunket (have only been dealing with then for 2 weeks, but so far - GREAT!!). The nurse visited yesterday and could see it was a bad day, she gave lots of helpful advice and then called me in the evening to make sure everything was ok. I thought that was so kind and considerate of her ------------- Mum to Hayley **30.6.08
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