In this Episode of The Nappy Diaries we caught up with Annie to ask her about her third baby, who was born in the middle of a worldwide Pandemic!

We spoke about her home birth, midwives missing the birth, visits from midwives at the front door, PPE and moving to a new home!

Annie’s story is interesting and we go on many tangents! Take a listen and let us now what you think!

The Nappy Diaries is partnered with The Nappy Collective and proudly supported by Love to Dream. Little Rockers Radio, Love to Dream and The Nappy Collective are working together to support vulnerable Australian families and help Australian families get better, longer sleep.

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Love To Dream™ knows how important sleep is – for your baby, for you and the whole family.

So they've teamed up with expert sleep consultants to create the Essential Guide to Healthy Sleep Foundations.

It's filled with information and tips to help you establish a rhythm to your baby's day and lay the foundations for longer, better & safer sleep

Download your free brochure HERE!

Baby Sleep: Setting up healthy sleep foundations.

If you're a new mum, you know how exhausting a lack of sleep can be! It is totally a form of torture!

We caught up with Genevieve from Sleep Angel to ask her how we can get out bubs to sleep and is it possible to sleep train with no crying?

I started by asking her how common it is that we can struggle to get our bubs to sleep well or into a good sleep routine. Take a listen...

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You can find out more about Genevieve from Sleep Angel HERE.

The Nappy Diaries is partnered with The Nappy Collective and proudly supported by Love to Dream. Little Rockers Radio, Love to Dream and The Nappy Collective are working together to support vulnerable Australian families and help Australian families get better, longer sleep.

Download your FREE SLEEP GIFT from Love To Dream™:

Love To Dream™ knows how important sleep is – for your baby, for you and the whole family.

So they've teamed up with expert sleep consultants to create the Essential Guide to Healthy Sleep Foundations.

It's filled with information and tips to help you establish a rhythm to your baby's day and lay the foundations for longer, better & safer sleep

Download your free brochure HERE!

In this episode of The Nappy Diaries I caught up with Cherisse Buzzacott, the chair of the Rhodanthe Lipsett Indigenous Midwifery Fund, to find out more about Indigenous Midwives in Australia, what it means for indigenous women to have indigenous midwives and the importance of birthing on country.

This is a beautiful interview that taught me so much more about birthing on country and what we can learn from a spiritual and physical perspective.

Take a listen and please SUBSCRIBE and RATE if you like it!

The audio in this interview changes slightly throughout. Cherisse is based in Alice Springs and her bub woke up throughout the interview in need of a feed, because #mumlife!

Cherisse Buzzacott is a midwife and Chair of the Rhodanthe Lipsett Indigenous Midwifery Charitable Fund (RLIMCT).

You can find out more here:

Rhodanthe Lipsett Indigenous Midwifery Charitable Fund | http://indigenousmidwives.org.au/

Follow RLIMCF on Twitter: @IMWsForTomorrow

Follow RLIMCF on Facebook: @IndigenousMidwivesRLIMCF

The Nappy Diaries is created in partnership with The Nappy Collective and is proudly supported by Love to Dream.

As world leaders in sleep innovation, Love to Dream understands the importance of sleep for you and your baby or toddler. Their award-winning range of sleep solutions, from birth to 4 years old, were designed to help your little one achieve safer, better, longer sleep, FROM DAY ONE™. Helping the whole family achieve more sleep. https://lovetodream.com.au/more-sleep-from-day-one/

Download your FREE GIFT from Love To Dream™:

Love To Dream™ knows how important sleep is – for your baby, for you and the whole family.

So they've team up with expert sleep consultants to create the Essential Guide to Healthy Sleep Foundations.

It's filled with information and tips to help you establish a rhythm to your baby's day and lay the foundations for longer, better& safer sleep

Download your free brochure HERE!

The birth of a baby brings about many changes to Mum and Dads lives, their relationships, their personal feelings on themselves and the world, their new normal and what it looks like.

In this interview we talk to Dr Renee Miller to explore how Grandparents, who are also adjusting to the new arrival, fit in and their role when a new baby arrives. We’re also living in socially isolating times so we explored how these relationships change and connections can remain through COVID?

Dr Renee Miller is a Clinical Psychologist who has worked for over twenty years exclusively with women and couples facing difficulties with respect to conception, pregnancy, birth, postnatal adjustment, and reproductive loss. She is a clinical advisor (psychology) to the Centre for Perinatal Excellence (COPE).

Take a listen and please SUBSCRIBE & RATE if you like it!

The PANDA helpline is: 1300 726 306

The article I refer to in this interview can be found here: https://www.antenatalandpostnatalpsychology.com.au/information-posts/what-new-mums-and-grandparents-want-each-other-to-know1

This interview is created in partnership with our charity partner, The Nappy Collective and is proudly supported by Love to Dream.

As world leaders in sleep innovation, Love to Dream understands the importance of sleep for you and your baby or toddler. Their award-winning range of sleep solutions, from birth to 4 years old, were designed to help your little one achieve safer, better, longer sleep, FROM DAY ONE™. Helping the whole family achieve more sleep. https://lovetodream.com.au/more-sleep-from-day-one/

Do babies dream?

When we kiss our babies good night do they drift off into a beautiful dream filled slumber? Or not?

In this Episode of The Nappy Diaries we ask Genevieve from Sleep Angel if babies dream, and how would we even know when babies obviously can’t tell us!

Take a listen…

You can find out more about Genevieve from Sleep Angel HERE.

The Nappy Diaries is partnered with The Nappy Collective and proudly supported by Love to Dream. Little Rockers Radio, Love to Dream and The Nappy Collective are working together to support vulnerable Australian families and help Australian families get better, longer sleep.

Download your FREE GIFT from Love To Dream™:

Love To Dream™ knows how important sleep is – for your baby, for you and the whole family.

So they've team up with expert sleep consultants to create the Essential Guide to Healthy Sleep Foundations.

It's filled with information and tips to help you establish a rhythm to your baby's day and lay the foundations for longer, better& safer sleep

Download your free brochure HERE!

Having a baby is supposed to be the happiest of experiences. The love, the expectation, the excitement... But what if it's not?

If 250,000 families in Australia are suffering from Nappy Stress, then how many are also struggling to buy other essential items for their babies - cots, prams, clothes and more.

St Kilda Mums CEO, Jessica McPherson talks to Sarah about poverty in Australia and how they're making a difference.

You can find out more at https://www.stkildamums.org/

The Nappy Diaries is partnered with The Nappy Collective and proudly supported by Love to Dream. Little Rockers Radio, Love to Dream and The Nappy Collective are working together to support vulnerable Australian families and help Australian families get better, longer sleep.

Does maternal instinct actually exist?

Does finding 'my maternal instinct' put added pressure on new and expecting Mums?

Sarah caught up with Julie Borninkhof, the CEO of PANDA to get her view on Maternal Instinct and the added pressure it brings to some.

For anyone listening who needs help, or would like to reach out to PANDA, visit panda.org.au or call their helpline on 1300 726 306.

You can find the mental health checklists that Julie refers to in the interview here: https://www.panda.org.au/info-support/checklists

The Nappy Diaries is created in partnership with The Nappy Collective, delivery unused nappies to families in need. The Nappy Diaries is proudly supported by Love to Dream, helping the entire family achieve better longer sleep.

“We stopped swaddling and we recommend that everybody stops swaddling when they first see their bubs first signs of rolling and that can be from tummy to back, or back to tummy, rolling is rolling. It’s really important that parents transition their bubs when they first see these signs, it can be as early as 8-weeks or as late as 6-months, every baby is different.”

Sarah caught up with Hana from Love to Dream to find out when to stop swaddling our baby, how we transition our bubs safely and how to not lose sleep.

Hana is the founder of Love to Dream and is passionate about helping families achieve better longer sleep. Her swaddling and transitioning story comes from not sleeping for 14-months when her first bub was born.

This is Part 2 of a 2-part interview. Part 1: Swaddling can be found HERE.

Take a listen to Transitioning below.

The Nappy Diaries is created in conjunction with our charity partner, The Nappy Collective and proudly sponsored by Love to Dream.

The LOVE TO DREAM™ 3 Stage Sleep System™ can support your baby’s sleep through their magical milestones, including transitioning: https://lovetodream.com.au/more-sleep-from-day-one/

For more information about the Love To Dream™ Transition Suit and Transition Bag HERE.

Do you have a Hippy Baby? Find out more about the Love To Dream™ Hip Harness range HERE.

Find out more about Safe Sleep at Red Nose Australia..