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Helen Stevens is a registered nurse, midwife and maternal & child health nurse (B Ap Sc., G D Mgt), and Manager of Early Parent and Infant Consultants home visiting service, established in 2004.
Helen is a member of both the World and Australian Association of Infant Mental Health, and author or the book Safe Sleep Space (2006) – endorsed by Dilys Daws and James McKenna. Helen also provides education sessions for parents and professionals throughout Melbourne and across Victoria (Australia). Specialising in baby/child sleep challenges, Helens home visting service helps families acorss Melbourne.
Cindy Davenport (RN, RM, MCHN, Grad Dip Family & Child Health, IBCLC) is a Maternal & Child Health Nurse and has worked in the Early Parenting Field for many years. Cindy is a member of the Lactation Consultants of Australia and New Zealand (LCANZ) and the Australian Breastfeeding Association (ABA) and has also been employed in Maternal & Child Health, Early Parenting and Breastfeeding Centres since 1998
Cindy has a keen interest in the health and wellbeing of families.
Safe Sleep Space Philosophy
- To improve the experience of sleep & settling for babies and children with sleep problems.
- To empower parents with skills and knowledge to best suit their individual family, without the use of Controlled Crying, modified controlled comforting or any timed, non -response method.
- To ensure all information is based on accurate and curent information surrounging baby sleep and baby sleeping problems.
- To respect and value every family member as an individual.
Safe Sleep Space Values
- To provide families and health professionals with accurate, contemporary and appropriate information on the subject of baby sleep and sleep challenges.
- To guide and enhance baby/family relationships and provide an optimal environment in which babies and children can grow and flourish.
Safe Sleep Space Approach
- To provide support and education to enhance the awareness of baby needs; physical and emotional to reach healthy baby sleep habits.
- To assist parents to better attune to their babies through knowledge and understanding and to foster instinctual behaviours that will help baby sleep.
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Hi Interest in our Safe Sleep Space Approach has grown rapidly over the last year. As a responsive settling technique, the DVD & Book assists you as... [Read More...]
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To all the wonderful families who email me with feedback, I sadly cannot answer you all, but I encourage you to blog so other parents can gain from your... [Read More...]
