Resources for you
At Mater Mothers’ Hospitals, the caring continues with expert baby care advice for all our new mums. There’s so much to discover about caring for your new baby, it can be a little daunting. Here, we aim to ease any concerns you may have, help you cope with the changes in your body and prepare you for your exciting new role as a parent.
Mater Mothers' Parenting Support Centre offers early parenting support and guidance for parents up to six months after the birth of their baby.
Support can be provided to help address issues including:
- breastfeeding and feeding
- sleep and settling
- emotional wellbeing
- infant interactions
- adjusting to your new role as a parent/caregiver.
Patient information
Antibiotics for newborn babies
Antidepressant medication during pregnancy and breastfeeding
Babies requiring blood transfusion
Baby and infant reflux
Bathing your baby
Breastfeeding and your new baby
Breastfeeding essentials
Breastfeeding—how to know if your baby is getting enough breast milk
Breastfeeding—how to know when your baby is ready to feed
Breastfeeding—managing biting
Breastfeeding—managing breast refusal
Car safety
Changing your baby's nappy
Chronic Neonatal Lung Disease
Cord care for your new baby
Cord prolapse—your questions answered
Expressing your breast milk
Head ultrasound scans on babies in the Neonatal Critical Care Unit
Helping your toddler adjust to your new baby
How to wrap your baby
Hypoglycaemia in newborn babies
Jaundice and phototherapy
Kidney pelvis dilatation
Monitoring your preterm baby's growth
Newborn test and screening
Paced Bottle Feeding
Pulse oximetry screening of newborn babies
Recommended medicines for your baby
Reducing your baby’s pain during invasive tests or procedures
Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP)
Safety and security for your new baby
Shoulder dystocia in babies
Skin-to-skin care for babies
Sleeping babies safely
Tongue-tie
Antibiotics for newborn babies
Antidepressant medication during pregnancy and breastfeeding
Babies requiring blood transfusion
Baby and infant reflux
Bathing your baby
Breastfeeding and your new baby
Breastfeeding essentials
Breastfeeding—how to know if your baby is getting enough breast milk
Breastfeeding—how to know when your baby is ready to feed
Breastfeeding—managing biting
Breastfeeding—managing breast refusal
Car safety
Changing your baby's nappy
Chronic Neonatal Lung Disease
Cord care for your new baby
Cord prolapse—your questions answered
Expressing your breast milk
Head ultrasound scans on babies in the Neonatal Critical Care Unit
Helping your toddler adjust to your new baby
How to wrap your baby
Hypoglycaemia in newborn babies
Jaundice and phototherapy
Kidney pelvis dilatation
Monitoring your preterm baby's growth
Newborn test and screening
Paced Bottle Feeding
Pulse oximetry screening of newborn babies
Recommended medicines for your baby
Reducing your baby’s pain during invasive tests or procedures
Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP)
Safety and security for your new baby
Shoulder dystocia in babies
Skin-to-skin care for babies
Sleeping babies safely
Tongue-tie
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