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Preparing your child for the first day of childcare or school can be a daunting task physically, financially and emotionally.  If you are preparing for school you may possibly need a whole new wardrobe of school clothes, shoes, a hat and school bag which will be filled with pencils, books, a lunch box and drink bottle.   For childcare you will need similar items which of course all need to be labelled including spare cloths, undies or nappies and possibly bedding if your child is sleeping during their stay.  If it is a young baby you will also need a supply of bottles with either expressed milk or formula.  Not only do you have to be prepared with all these requirements but you will also need to prepare yourselves as parents and your child for the emotional changes you will face.
 
Your child needs you to be calm and confident.  To give them the confidence that this is ok and this is a normal part of growing up.  It is better for your child if you do not show any fear or anxiety.  If you are portraying any hesitation about them starting school or being away from you your child will pick these up and also become fearful and anxious.  This is not a good start.   This will also include when you drop your child off.  Be positive.   Walk confidently as you enter the premises.   You may like to stay awhile with your child till he/she finds a friend or carer or introduce them to another child of a similar age so that they can help each other adjust to their new environment.
  
If possible prepare your child in advance by visiting the childcare or school, take a walk around the premises, through the playground and their room, and introduce them to their teacher.   Talk about the things they will be going to do, things they may be learning, and the new friends they will make.  It is often helpful if you already know some of your child’s friends who will be attending the same childcare or school, if not talk about the new friends they will soon be making.
 
A good way to do this is to meet other parents and have them visit your home or join them in a local park for play with their child. Schools are often very happy to help you organise a parents gathering.

If your child is going to school they will need plenty of sleep to be alert in the classroom.  A child should be having 12 hours sleep at night to help their little brains and bodies develop and to assist their immune systems recharge.  Remember they will be very tired after their big day at childcare or school.  They will also have burned up lots of calories and will probably be hungry therefore have healthy snacks and a fresh drink with you when you pick them up after school or have an early dinner and a piece of fruit before an early bed.

It is not always easy to arrange your new schedule.  You may need to be up earlier than usual to prepare the family and get out of the house on time without too much of a rush.    Prepare as much as you can the night before.  Lay out the clothes that need to be worn, put the socks with the shoes.  Shoes should have been worn in before wearing them to childcare or school otherwise your child may have to contend with the discomfort of blisters as well as nerves on his/her first day.
 
Pack the school bag with all items bar the perishables and put the bag on the kitchen counter ready to pack with the lunch and snacks before you leave.  For school goers, it might be wise to pack a spare pare of undies and socks in case of accidents.  Go through the childcare or school check list making sure all items have been put into the bag.   Give your child an early night before childcare or school starts.

Mums, if this is the first time you and your child have had a day apart you may find that you have separation anxiety.  This is quite normal.   If you are a single child family and a stay at home mum you may have to prepare yourself for a quiet home or you may be looking forward to returning to full or part time work this can help you to keep your mind of the fact that your little one is no longer around.   It may help if you talk things over with your partner an understanding friend or family member.
 
For those who have little ones still at home you may need to plan their sleeps around the drop offs and pickups.   Younger siblings often learn to sleep to and from school in the car or pram.   It is not always easy for mums to find someone to babysit sleeping younger siblings but once you get to know other parents whose children attend the same school you may be able to share these trips.
  
With children at childcare or school you will have time to enjoy more one-on-one time with those still at home but remember to give lots of attention to your childcare or school child when they arrive home as they may feel left out and in need of extra reassurance and attention.

Allow time at the end of each day to chat about what happened, you will learn the most on the way home from childcare or school so a chat about the day yours and theirs, in the car or walking should be daily routine. There may be lots of questions that you cannot answer. Don’t be afraid to ask their teacher.  Have a children’s dictionary and atlas close at hand - you will find these a valuable source of information to help answer some of their new questions. Home-work can start early in some schools but if not you should be reading daily to them already.  They can soon start to help read the books you enjoy before bed.  With an older child who may return with home work, try not to do it for them.  Their school work is for them to learn not to show how great an artist their mum is or how wiz bang dad is on computer layouts. They will also be full of new knowledge, be interested and share what you know too.

The first day at childcare or school is an exciting time and a milestone to remember.  Photos are a great way to remember this memorable day.   Your little one is growing up, the apron strings are being stretched.

This article was written by mothercraft nurse Sally Hall from Cradle 2 Kindy Parenting Solutions.  If you would like more information on similar parenting topics please go to our Articles page.

Parenting Challenges

Emily Perl Kingsley wrote the short article Welcome to Holland in 1987 (www.our-kids.org/Archives/Holland.html).  It describes her experience of having a baby.  The preparation period is compared with years of planning for a wonderful trip to Italy: reading the guide books; learning some of the language; imagining oneself at the sites there. The actual arrival of the baby and the years that follow is then described as landing in Holland.  

It is not that there is anything wrong with Holland.  The point is that it was not what was expected.  There’s a sense of disorientation; a need to get up to speed in a new reality.  And sometimes maybe a yearning for Italy – that image of what one imagined it would be like.

For some, motherhood is everything that one imagined it might be.  But for others, becoming a mother is very different to what they expected.  Emily Perl Kingsley says we get on with things and eventually learn to enjoy the wonderful things that Holland has to offer.  But that process can take time.  

Emily Perl Kingsley was writing about her experience with her son, Jason, born in 1974 with Down Syndrome.  The article has been reproduced countless times and translated into many languages.  Because?  Because it speaks of a reality for many, many mothers, perhaps.  

Whether the baby has a “special needs” label or not, it doesn’t alter the fact that some babies require a greater level of management than others.  A baby might be a fussy eater, temperamental sleeper, hypersensitive to stimuli, reactive to changes in routine and liable to “winge” and cry.  All babies are exhausting at times: such a baby is especially exhausting and requires greater input from Mum and Dad to help him/her negotiate the ordinary dramas of everyday life.

All babies give joy back to their parents.  But the smiley, cuddly, good eater and sleeper’s gifts back to the mother are more readily felt and more immediately nourishing.  The more aloof or fussy baby gives too, but sometimes Mum must learn a different language in order to receive these gifts.

If there is a special-needs label then there maybe support and sympathy directed towards you.  However, if there is no obvious cause to the apparent neediness of the baby, then there may be suspicion and judgment coming your way, shaking an already crumbling confidence.  In response, mothers can start to look for a diagnosis in the misconception that that might release them from blame.

I don’t mean to suggest that having a fussy baby equates to the challenges of a lifetime ahead with a child with a major disability. What I do want to do is to connect to the vein that the piece Welcome to Holland tapped into: in those first few months, or first few years, having a baby that you find extremely challenging (with or without a diagnosable disability) can feel like being in Holland, when your friends are in Italy.

The question: ‘Is there something wrong with my baby?’ is natural and, needs to be explored.  And the path to the answer might take you down many blind alleys.  But there is another important question sometimes forgotten: How do Mum and Dad respond to this demanding situation?  Do the parents have the confidence, support, energy and time to meet this challenge?  More often, Mum, for example, engages in self-criticism and self-doubt and becomes stressed and isolated.  Dad might respond to Mum’s heightened stress by withdrawing into himself, or into work, or shift his attention to the other children.  And so begins the possible reinforcement cycle, where the needy baby creates the stressed and strained parents, which potentially contributes to the baby’s neediness.

A family unit straining under the particular demands of a baby or child for a prolonged period can benefit from external help.  External help might take the form of extended family giving Mum and Dad a break and the opportunity to support each other; or additional domestic services to help in the home; or guidance on establishing routines and managing the baby.  Sometimes such practical support alone is not sufficient.  Sometimes the family, or Mum in particular, needs to be able to talk through the emotions evoked by the struggle, to have a place to discharge these emotions, and to begin to look at herself, her child and the situation in a new way.  Such emotional support can give Mum, and the family, more energy and enthusiasm to meet life’s challenges… and to find more enjoyment in Holland.

Sharon Murphy, Counsellor
mobile: 0425 244 492
Providing the option of consultations in your home
www.counselling-therapy-mediation.com.au

When I reminisce on my introduction to fatherhood, it’s all about the waterworks, the tears I shed. Nothing prepares you properly for fatherhood. It’s an overwhelming and altogether unexpected experience no matter how much research you may do beforehand.
I cried with nervous apprehension when my wife was taken to an operating theatre for an emergency caesarean section, after she had bravely battled in labour for more than half a day. My tears were transformed into rivers of joy when I saw my son for the first time. On reflection, it was surprising that I didn’t shed tears of horror at the sight of that cone-headed alien recently rescued from my wife’s womb.

Tears of frustration flowed when he cried and I possessed neither the equipment nor the skills to pacify him. More tears followed, this time of exasperation when we brought him home and I thought I knew what I was doing, but nothing I did would quiet my son’s anguished wails. I have never felt so helpless. When one so truly and totally dependent on me as my little boy cried, I was defeated. I had nothing in my armoury save tears of failure.

Even though I didn’t know why he was crying and he most certainly was not even aware of my distress, those tears were also shared: two males of the human species bonding through weeping.

Other tears flowed. The ones of disgust when my little man filled not only his nappy but also the rocker with putrid  dark brown semi-solid waste. My wife and I were eventually able to laugh about that. I reckon I laughed so hard I cried.

There were more tears of laughter when I found him asleep in a corner, sitting bolt upright with his head back, mouth open and hand still gripping a cracker.

And in the fullness of time, I returned to the tears of joy I had shed when he arrived into my world, as I waved him off on his first day at a new world called school. Those tears were a strange cocktail of pride and anxiety. It was the beginning of letting go and I considered that worth a good sob as well.

I’m learning fatherhood as I go. That little screaming creature is now as tall as I am and much better looking than he was then. More challenges await and no doubt more tears, of every variety, will also come. I’m not ready but I’ll be okay as long as I don’t drown in all my tears.

D. A. Cairns is married with two children and lives on the south coast of New South Wales in Australia where he works as an English language teacher and writes stories in his very limited spare time. He has had seven short stories published. Devolution is the name of his recently released first novel.

dac007@netspace.net.au
www.eloquentbooks.com/devolution.html
www.myspace.com/dacairns

Six steps to help you simplify the daunting and sometimes overwhelming tasks involved in being a mother Lisa Walsh, a psychology coach and mother gives us the second 3 steps of 6 steps to help you simplify the daunting and sometimes overwhelming tasks involved in being a mother. 

In our last newsletter Lisa covered the topics:
Simplify the cleaning
Simplify the troops
Simplify the kitchen

Lisa now looks at:

Simplify the Paperwork

Do you have a mountain of paperwork which consists of unopened letters, bills, thank you cards half written, receipts, fliers for events that you know you will never attend, old information about things that no longer even interest you, junk mail?  The list goes on, well mine does anyway.  Set some time aside, whilst the baby is napping or whilst watching telly in the evening and ruthlessly throw out the paperwork you no longer need.  Organise a workspace which can handle incoming mail and paperwork in a no nonsense manner, preferably beside the recycling bin!

Simplify your relationship

Having children is undoubtedly one of the most rewarding experiences we can have, but it can also put a huge strain on relationships.  Your other half may share the burdens that are inevitably involved in parenthood, but all too often women are the primary carers and thus we can be left feeling alone and unappreciated.  Don’t let things fester, if your partner does something that upsets or annoys you, don’t leave it until you are having a row to bring something up that happened weeks ago.  One night a week endeavour to have a date night whether that means getting a takeaway and a DVD or getting a babysitter and going out ensure that you regularly make time to nurture yourselves as a couple.  One night a week turn off the television and play a board game or do a puzzle together.  It may sound nerdy, but give it a go and you may surprise yourself and really enjoy it.

Simplify yourself

All too often women can lose their identity once children are on the scene. Honour yourself and the amazing person you are. Take time out for yourself, whether that means having a luxurious bath, going for a walk or having a coffee with a friend. It is important that you have your own time.  Try and keep active, as we all know the myriad of health benefits associated with an active lifestyle.  Not only can being active help us feel better, it also enables us to keep the blues away.  Moderate and regular exercise has shown to be as effective as antidepressants in helping buffer the effects of mild depression.  If you are feeling low, talk to someone you trust or confide in your doctor.  If you have decided to take a career break then enjoy it and don’t feel guilty or resentful about missed career opportunities.  A great way of staying up to date with advances in your profession is to keep up memberships to professional associations, join a networking group or enrol in a short course to keep your skills honed.

Lisa Walsh lives on the Northern Beaches and is a psychology coach and mother of one, with a second on the way.  She can be contacted on 0405 933328 for coaching appointments.

Lisa Walsh, a psychology coach and mother gives us the first 3 of 6 steps to help you simplify the daunting and sometimes overwhelming tasks involved in being a mother

Simplify the cleaning

Housework and mounting washing piles can get to the best of us. If you have the never ending task of keeping on top of the housework, you can try to simplify it by following a timetable.  Each day dedicate a set amount of time to each room in the house and by the end of the week your home will be clean without having to do a big weekly clean which can take up a huge chunk of time.  If washing and ironing gets you down then try to delegate it to your partner or outsource it.  As Jack Canfield says ‘concentrate on what you are good at and pay others to do what they are good at.  If you are not in paid work and are at home with the children don’t feel that you can’t ask your partner for help. He is more than capable of running the vacuum cleaner round or sorting out the recycling.

Simplify the troops

Whether you have one or more children, organising them and their growing number of activities can be overwhelming.  Depending on the age of your child or children it is important to have a routine that works for you and them.  Shared organisation is the key and ensures that you and your partner know what needs to be done when.  Plan a short daily activity that the troops will enjoy; whether that involves going to the park, baking cookies, painting, swimming, reading at the library, the activity itself is not of the utmost importance it is the fact that you are fully engaged with your children at least once a day.

Simplify the kitchen

The kitchen is the hub of most households.  As you wander aimlessly around Coles for the third time in a week consider how your time could be better spent.  Do a weekly menu list together and book groceries online through www.onlyoz.com.au .  You can even get fresh produce delivered from www.farmersdirect.com at a reasonable price.  If you don’t already have one, invest in a slowcooker and throw all the ingredients in before leaving the house in the morning and know that dinner is simmering away whilst you are out and about.  Organise the cupboards and ensure that everything you need is close to hand.

Lisa will have more for you in our July - August 2009 newsletter.

Lisa Walsh lives on the Northern Beaches and is a psychology coach and mother of one, with a second on the way.  She can be contacted on 0405 933 328 for coaching appointments.

When my wife told me she was pregnant I was excited, yet no where the same enthusiasm as provided by my wife.

Why?  Possibly because it was not my body and hormones changing, possibly because I had no inner connection and possibly because I was more involved and connected in my Business/Corporate life.  As I spoke to a lot of my male friends, many never attended the ultrasound sessions or were interested in attending birthing classes; their responses were “that is left for the woman” or “I’m too busy”, and many of those that did attend were rather blasé in the ultrasound and birthing class experience.

So what changed my enthusiasm to become so passionately involved, caring and participating in the whole life experience?

My wife and I had our 12 and 20 week ultrasound (mind you I only went to the 12 week ultrasound), and Kylie; my wife decided she would like to experience a 3D Ultrasound to see who the baby looked most like.  Kylie was at 28 weeks into her pregnancy, within a minute of starting the ultrasound the ultrasound technician found a major heart abnormality.  That afternoon we were provide four options -

1. Terminate now
2. Baby will probably not live to full term
3. If the baby does live, it may probably need ongoing life support
4. Hope

I chose termination, my wife chose hope………..as soon as my wife made that decision of hope; I committed to supporting her 100%.  I became involved, in her and our life.  I no longer became a spectator in life, at 42 years of age I started participating again.  How many of us men are sitting on the sidelines of life.  As a kid we men were “super heroes, we had large visions and dreams, we were invincible”.  How many men have given up hope?

From the ages of 35 to 50 is the highest suicide rate for men in the Western world.  In that age group we actually outperform the death rate of all motor vehicle accident fatalities.

My wife saw far more in me than I had allowed myself to see.  Simply take one step, just as a baby learns to walk it all starts with simple step.  Look at your baby or child – you created that simplicity of beauty, you were a part of a miracle – only a “super hero” has the ability to be a miracle maker.

So today we have a four and half year old son, a miracle – healthy, vibrant, precocious – he gets to call me dad, more importantly I get to call him son.  Take one small step, one small feat to get active in life today.  Be a solution, a foundation for you first and your family will benefit.

Are there days where the world is heavy, yes – yet I continue to participate.  From my wife’s positive action to choose hope – I got to write a book called A Son’s Gift  ; I got to connect with so many inspirational, talented, motivated and passionate people (many of them women) and created One 2 One Conversations – take a step be that super hero – live your life as if every breath is your first and last.

Being involved – some days and moments will feel as though it is your last breath, what slowly occurs is that each breath will start to feel as your first of a whole new adventure in life. 

If you would like to buy Peter’s book A Son’s Gift follow this link.

Safety Around Water

It is not just swimming pools and dams that children drown in.  A child can drown in 5 cm of water.  This means anything that may hold water that a child can get their head into such as bathtubs, toilets, hot tubs, spars, pools and ponds, sinks, washing machines, buckets, eskies or pets drinking water. 

NEVER leave a child unattended around water this includes a child on bath support or with inflatable vests or ‘floaties’.  When a child is near or in water watch with attention, a child can down in the sight of an adult whose attention has been distracted or in the time it takes to step out of the bathroom to answer the phone or get a towel.  When bathing your child use a non-slip bath mat and hold your baby or young child with a firm grip rather than using a bath support where a possible distraction for a short time could lead to a potential accident. 

Keep doors closed and children out of potential dangerous areas where there may be water including bathrooms, toilets and laundries.  Close toilet lids and fasten with clip to stop young children from opening the lid. 

Pool and pond areas should be behind child proof gates and barriers to prevent children accessing these areas unattended. 

Take a course in CPR.
Teach your child to swim.

Safety From Falling

Never leave a child unattended on a raised surface no matter how low it may be or how young or immobile you may think your child is.  It is advisable to start good habits right from the start when it comes to children and heights. 

When putting a baby into a cot raise the side.  Drop the height of the cot base once a baby begins to roll.  Never sleep a baby on a bed as babies have rolled off the bed or suffocated in the pillows or bedding.  If you are away from home and baby needs a sleep it is safer to strap baby into the pram where you know he/she will be safe and secure.  Use a bed rail when moving a child from cot to bed.  Show your child how to climb safely in and out of the bed and discontinue using a sleeping bag as these can cause the baby to trip and fall off the bed. 

Remove baby from the change table if you need to move away to collect something or to wash your hands.  It is safer to put baby on the floor for a few minutes.  Have all your nappy changing items on or beside the change table and always have a hand on baby when you don’t have your eyes on baby.  Make sure all small or dangerous objects including lotions are our of baby’s reach.  Buying a change table with raised sides to prevent roll-off may also help. If you have a collapsible table, make sure the locks are secure before placing baby on the table.  

Don’t prop baby between pillows or cushions on the lounge baby should spend play time on a mat on the floor to encourage tummy play.

Where there are straps or a safety harness to secure you child, use them.  This will help prevent problems and tantrums that may occur later.  For example when a child first sits in a highchair they are not very mobile so straps are not often used but when a child becoming more active they may attempt to climb out and when you try to strap them in they may protest and struggle against you.  The same may occur with the pram.  Strapping a child in from the beginning will help them to become accustomed to it and learn to expect using straps.  It becomes lifestyle.  Highchair should have shoulder, waist, and a crotch strap.  Make sure a child can’t push the chair over while sitting in the chair.
When using a seats that attach to the table make sure the table is able to support the seat without tipping over.  Never allow a child to climb on or stand in a highchair.

Again never leave a child unattended in a highchair.

It would be wise that all parents and child careres keep up to date with First Aid including CPR.
St John Ambulance Aust has a 'Caring for Kids' programme, as well as CPR and first aid programme.  www.stjohn.org.au

Defining Fatherhood

There was a time – oh how all men miss those good old days! – when men were men, women were women and babies were - well, men were blissfully unaware what babies were. Not so anymore. We are expected to take on roles evolution has equipped us very poorly to deal with. Even the very definition of fatherhood is a moving target, frustrating everyone involved – apart from sociologists of course who are wetting their pants in anticipation of all the inane studies they can make.

It became obvious to me as I took part in what has become the activity of choice for all us struggling dads - the baby swimming class. Freya was about 18 months when I attended the first session.
 
Around me stood ten other dads and one lonesome mother in waist deep water, singing ‘Cuddly koala, cuddly koala, possums too, possums too…’ and I was struck with how stupid we must look. Next to me was a guy with tattoos that to my untrained eye made him member of a satanic cult, two rival motorcycle gangs and a torture appreciation society. He too was singing along: ‘wallaby and wombat, wallaby and wombat, kangaroo, kangaroo.’ We are so confused about our roles as fathers that even this guy, who probably spent his weekends smashing other people’s heads together for fun, desperately trying to work it out by attending these non swimming sessions. He looked like an absolute dork, not that I’d tell him to his face. We just have no role models. Who should we turn to? Our own dads with their no nonsense view on fatherhood? Or a celebrity father? Perhaps Tom Cruise could teach us a thing or two about fatherhood? He seems to know about most other things after all.

No, we are alone, desperately making it up as we go along. And this is where it all falters. How can you be good or bad at anything if the goal or the road there isn’t defined? Is it only with 20/20 hindsight and a grown child’s opinion we can find out for sure whether we were any good as fathers? Or is the constant feel of inadequateness enough as a pointer to how you are performing?

I love being a father, but sometimes I wish it came with an instruction manual from this century.

Mikael Svanström, author of "Getting pregnant the Hard way" - buy the book from http://www.mikaelsvanstrom.com or your local bookstore

Every child is different when it comes to introducing a new baby, some children find the adjustment very difficult and may regress, others adapt quickly.  Often the older the child the easier the transition.  If your child is under two they may still be needing the attention a baby needs and may resent having to share his parents love with another baby.  An older child tends to be more independent and less needing to be babied hence more likely to adjust quicker.  All children have a desire to help which can be used in their favour and to your advantage when the baby arrives.  Getting your older child  involved will help them not only to feel needed but help them see their place in the family unit as being important.  First children who have been doted upon since an early age find it difficult to share their parents attention with anyone.

There are some things that can  ensure a smoother transition such as making changes two or three months before the baby arrives.  This may include changing bedrooms or moving from a cot to a bed.  Enrolling your toddler into activities away from mum, where they can mix with their peers and learn to be less dependant on mummy.  This will also give mum time alone with baby.  Don’t leave making these arrangements to the last minute as you may find you run out of time if baby arrives early. Talk about the new baby and where he/she will be sleeping etcetera. 

Let your toddler know when you are going to hospital and have a gift from the baby to give to their older sibling.

When baby has arrived the less changes your toddler goes through the smoother his transition.  Be prepared with activities to entertain him/her when you are feeding the baby.  Spend quality time with your toddler when baby is sleeping.  Reassure him/her with lots of cuddles and hugs during this time.  

Out side help is best utilised to enable you to spend more time with your older sibling.

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Over the years of helping parents many of my clients have not know what a mothercraft nurse is.  Infact when the business was called Mothercraft Home Service many were unaware that mothercraft was a profession. 

What is a Mothercraft Nurse?

These days to become a mothercraft nurse you must have completed your basic or general nursing training before you can sit for the mothercraft certificate.  In the past it was a eighteen month intensive live in course.  During this time we were trained to care for children from birth to five years old.  The topics covered included developmental milestones, breast and bottle feeding, sleep and settling, toddler management and childhood diseases.

A part of our training was to work in the maternity ward and experience labour and observe a caesarean birth.  We also worked in child care which included planning and organising activities for children up to an including kindergarden and pre school. 

Where do Mothercraft Nurses work today?

Today you are most likely to find mothercraft nurses employed by private hospitals to help mothers in the nursery, teach bathing and take settling classes, they may also help the midwives and assists with mothers with breastfeeding.

Mothercraft nurses also work at the mothercraft centres such as Karitane, Tresillian in Sydney, Tweedle in Melbourne, Ngala in Perth.

Cradle 2 Kindy also has mothercraft nurses working as parenting coaches to assist you at home.

How do they differ to Midwives?

Some of my clients have asked this question and my simplest answer is that a midwife assists you in hospital with all your concerns there and a mothercraft takes over where they leave off and teaches you how to avoid or over come problems that may effect you and your family once you are at home. 

Midwives are trained to look after you pre and postnataly up to the age of 6 weeks old.  Mothercraft help you with concerns from birth to five years old.  We have seen and experienced all the problems that may occur due to inexperience or misinformation and can teach you how to prevent them from happening. 

If you would like more information on this and other similar topics our E-books are packed full of practical parenting tips.  Down load an E-Book specifically related to your child's age group through Publications at Our Shop. 

How Cradle 2 Kindy Can Help

Cradle 2 Kindy parenting coaches can equip you for the future challenges that you will more than likely experience.  Prevention is better than cure.  Get in early and prevent the heartache that some problems can cause. 

Call Cradle 2 Kindy now and make a booking on 1300 786 101

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