Episode 1: Trial by baby
Robin looks at the information deluge, changing ideas and beliefs, preparing for life with a baby and how friends and family can best help.
Baby Matters
Robin Barker
Baby care is full of fads and fashions and conflicting advice.
In this weekly series, Baby Matters draws on the wisdom and knowledge of one of Australia’s most respected and well loved writers on babies. It covers everything from preparing for life with a new baby, to breastfeeding, sleep and toilet training.
Robin Barker is a registered nurse, midwife and early childhood nurse with over twenty-five years’ experience with families and babies.
You’ll appreciate her expert advice mixed with humour and sheer commonsense.
Series begins Monday 18th August 2008.
Episode 2: Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding is something that many women approach with great optimism, but might find daunting in the face of a lot of conflicting advice and emotional and physical ups and downs.
Episode 3: Breastfeeding grief and infant formula
What happens when you can't breastfeed despite your best efforts and you're faced with the bewildering array of infant formulas on sale these days.
Episode 5: Sleep
In this "Baby Matters", Robin discusses how much sleep babies need and why getting them off into 'the land of nod', can be challenging!
Episode 6: Childcare
Robin discusses the pros and cons and some of the controversial debates about childcare and paid maternity leave.
