Our Services

  • Our qualified MCHN would love to be a  partner in your journey as a parent , being able to access the same nurse providing consistent evidence based care can make all the difference. We can provide appointments to meet your needs at the stages you really need support, sleep transitions, starting solids, toilet training , discussion of milestones and growth checks.

  • Is your little one struggling with their sleep? As an experienced sleep and settling practitioner I can guide you and your little one to develop their sleeping skills and get you on track.

  • Whether you are breastfeeding, bottle feeding, formula feeding, transitioning to solids or struggling with food aversions I can support you through your feeding journey.

  • Knowing what to expect from your child’s development can be overwhelming. I can assess your child and educate you on what their development should look like for them.

  • Connection is at the heart of all things parenting. I am passionate about the use of the Solihull approach to teach parents and caregivers on how to foster their connection with their child and to deeply understand their baby.

  • Parents holding their baby and smiling

    Home visit package - $475

    Includes:
    Initial phone consultation
    1 x 2-3 hour home visit
    Email communication and support for 3-4 weeks after initial visit

    Additional home visits can be arranged for a fee

    *Please note, there is a travel fee of $50 for travel times over 30 minutes from Emerald, Melbourne or Heathmont, Melbourne.

  • Grandma playing with her toddler

    Telehealth Consultation - $150

    Includes:
    Comprehensive phone consultation

    Discussion of your goals, concerns, family dynamics. Education and collaboration between you and myself on how we can best achieve your parenting goals.

    Time for questions and clarification wherever needed.
    Email communication and support two-three weeks after initial call.

  • Parents snuggling with their baby

    Solihull Parent Group - $450

    This group is suitable for all parents/carers of babies from birth to 9mths of age. Our relaxed and welcoming group will include interesting video content, group activities and time to learn about topics that parents/carers of young babies tell us are important to them.
    Over the 8 weeks of the program we will explore:

    - The latest information about your baby’s brain development & emotional development
    - Explore what your baby is feeling and communicating and learn about how to best support your baby
    - Think about your developing relationship with your baby
    - Explore and increase your understanding of your baby’s feeding, sleep, play development and much more
    - Think about what separating from your baby when returning to work or study and how to best support your baby and your family

    The group will run over 8 weeks and each session is 2hrs and will be offered online or in person, please reach out to discuss.

    $450pp
    $225pp for Healthcare Card Holders

    Find our upcoming group dates here: https://www.nurturedparenting.com.au/events

    * * admission to these sessions are capped to a maximum number of participants to ensure the optimum experience for all so don’t hesitate to get in touch with us to discuss your participation

Consultations:

Sleeping toddler

Home Visits:

Dad reading to his baby

FAQs

  • Telephone/Zoom consultations take an hour and follow up calls if needed up to 30 mins.
    Initial Home visit consultation can take 2-3hrs subsequent visits will vary in length depending on the individual situation and will be billed in 1hr blocks.

  • Consultations are available between 9am and 4pm weekdays, after hours telephone/zoom consultations can be arranged on weekdays.
    After hours consultations will attract an additional fee.

  • An intake form will be emailed to you prior to our appointment, it would be really helpful if you can complete this and return it to me 24hrs before the appointment.
    The purpose of this is to give me some background but to also ensure that I am meeting your needs and not my agenda.

  • Ideally, this is a family consultation as parenting is rarely a one person task. So I am very happy to have parents, grandparents, extended family who support you with raising your children and even the nanny if you employ one.
    Of course we understand that life gets in the way of making this possible so there will be an email summary forwarded to you after the session so that you can share the information with all those involved.

  • Zoom consultations are every bit as effective as home visit consultations. I have many years experience working with families in an online and telehealth capacity and can say with confidence that they deliver the same effective outcome for families.
    Whether we are working around your child’s sleep, feeding or behaviour it is important to know that. This will be a relaxed non-threatening experience that you are in control of! At no point will you be expected to undertake anything that doesn’t align with your parenting values.

    We will explore your parenting style and values, we will listen to you and be guided by the knowledge you have of your situation.
    We will ensure that you outline what changes it is you would like to make, we can set some really achievable goals and importantly work together to create a parenting plan that will be manageable and aligns with your child’s development and ability .

  • You can expect to feel confident and have a manageable plan to begin making change. This will be emailed to you within 24hrs of the consultation.
    Before completing the consultation we will arrange any follow up appointments you may wish to make and know that as a bare minimum there is email support for up to 2-3 weeks following the consultation.

  • We can help support you with a range of parenting topics including but not limited to:

    • Breast feeding

    • Sleep and settling

    • Behaviour

    • Transitioning to solids

    • Normal child development

    • Parent’s mental health

    • Parenting style

    • Emotional regulation

    • Life transitions

  • We will travel within the Dandenong Ranges, suburbs in the foothills of the Dandenong Ranges and Eastern Suburbs of Melbourne. If travel exceeds 30 mins from Emerald Victoria there will be a $50.00 additional fee on top of the consultation fee

  • Whether we are working around your child’s sleep, feeding or behaviour it is important to know that this will be a relaxed non-threatening experience that you are in control of! At no point will you be expected to undertake anything that doesn’t align with your parenting values.
    We will take a little time to get to know each other, explore your parenting values, share information with each other and I will also offer education around child development, sleep development and supporting the family’s emotional health while making changes with your child’s behaviour.
    We will ensure that you outline what changes it is you would like to make, we can set some really achievable goals and importantly work together to create a parenting plan that will be manageable and aligns with your child’s development and ability .
    If it is sleep we are working with, We will have the opportunity to look at your child’s sleep environment, read their tired cues, support the child in a practice of the “new way” of settling for sleep, learn how your child responds to the support being offered so that we are not expecting your child to do anything they are not capable of doing in a supported way, this will ensure that the behaviour changes that you and your child make are effective and lasting.

  • When we book your appointment we will try and align with you child’s routine give or take half an hour but we know that children are not robots and they will do what they need to do around sleep and feeding. So if we are out of sync we can communicate via text on the day and see if there is room to adjust the appointment. However it is my experience that as the appointments are 2-3hrs in duration at some point in this time frame your child will be tired/hungry and we will have the chance to practice what we have discussed.