Postnatal Doula Workshops/CPD

Description

Developing Doulas Postnatal Doula CPD bolt ons:

Attachment, Bonding and Fourth Trimester:

*Attachment in the early days and how we might nurture mothers during this time.
* Holding the bonding space, what might it look like?
* How do we offer unconditional and non judgemental support, what might hinder us?
* The concept of the fourth trimester.
* Signposts and book recommendations to strengthen your learning.

Normal infant sleep development:

*How do infant’s sleep?
*Expectations vs reality.*What might the landscape of sleep look like?
*Sleep as a developmental milestone.
*How do we scaffold families during this time?
*What strategies can we share with tired families?
*Signposts and book recommendations to strengthen your learning.

Exploring Weaning to solids –

How do postnatal doulas support families to explore food with their babies?

*The milk diet
*When do babies transition from a milk diet to solid diet?
*Why do babies eat food?
*What readiness signs am I looking for?
*The history of weaning and why advice has changed historically?
*How food and night waking get muddled and why……..

In each of these workshops we will be unpicking the myths, gently navigating the often conflicting and outdated generational advice and sharing the most up to date evidence and research from the perspective of Postnatal Doula support. There will also be opportunities to unpick our own experiences.