The Nappy Diaries

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.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 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 sleepDownload 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...Please SUBSCRIBE and RATE if you like this Podcast.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 sleepDownload 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: @IMWsForTomorrowFollow RLIMCF on Facebook: @IndigenousMidwivesRLIMCFThe 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 sleepDownload 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 306The 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-know1This 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 sleepDownload 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/checklistsThe 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..

Swaddling your baby.We chat to Hana, the founder of Love to Dream and ask her about Swaddling - How to, when to and also touch on the very import topic of safety when swaddling your baby,Hana started Love to Dream 11 yrs ago after experiencing a massive loss of sleep after she had her first child. “I know, I’ve been there. My son did not sleep for 14-months so that’s why I invented Swaddle UP, because I know first hand the total torture of sleeplessness.”I started by asking Hana why we wrap our babies. Take a listen…

In Episode 3 of The Nappy Diaries Sarah chats to Nanna Patti, Nanna Maggie, Poppa Tony and Poppa Pat to find out what they did for play when they were children. This light-hearted interview looks at how getting outdoors for play has changed over the years. Join the conversation HERE and let us know what you used to do for play when you were little. The Nappy Diaries is a partnership between Little Rockers Radio and The Nappy Collective.The Nappy Diaries is proudly supported by Love to Dream. As world leaders in sleep innovation, we understand the importance of sleep for you and your baby or toddler. Our 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. Visit them HERE.

Naomi's Story... Naomi likes to think she has the best job in the world – being the mother to two of the craziest twins around, Alexis and Oliver, who are now nearly 9.No doubt you probably had plans on how you would raise your child. Then you found out that that there was more than one and the panic set in.“I’m not going to lie, being a parent is hard and being a parent to multiples can be doubly or triply hard. But being a multiple birth parent is also truly amazing. I’ve been there, done that and got the t-shirt (or grey hairs!) and the laughter lines to prove it.”This is Naomi’s story…Life’s not simple when you're juggling twins or multiples. The LOVE TO DREAM Swaddle UP is all about Safer Sleep Made Simple and it has restored sanity back into the homes of millions of families, by helping their babies achieve more sleep. Find out more here: https://lovetodream.com.au/more-sleep-from-day-one/This PodCast is created in partnership wth The Nappy Collective. We proudly support The Nappy Collective, supporting Australian families living in nappy stress. Visit them HERE.For more information on Naomi’s support hub, Twinfo visit HERE.

Many Australian families struggle to buy nappies for their babies, and COVID is only making things worse.In our first episode of The Nappy Diaries Sarah sits down with Nataly, CEO of the Nappy Collective to help kick off the new show, find out more about Nappy Stress in Australia, how Australian families are struggling through COVID and how we can help.Nataly is Mum to a 15-month boy and CEO of The Nappy Collective, she shares how she is working through COVID and where her support comes from.The Nappy Diaries is proudly supported by LOVE TO DREAM.Little Rockers, LOVE TO DREAM™ and The Nappy Collective are working together to support vulnerable Aussie families and help parents and their littles get a better (and longer) night’s sleep.

Welcome to The Nappy Diaries PodCast where we chat to people with a story to tell or some wisdom and knowledge to impart. If you’re a new parent, knee deep in nappies, then we’re for you….Episode One dropping very soon…The Nappy Diaries, our brand-new parenting podcast, examines all things new in parenthood. It’s heart felt, funny, informative, supportive and real. And like all things we do, it’s driven by making a difference!There’s no better time to press play for a purpose.