Book a day / night nanny
Duration: 4 hours
Cost: $300 (day or night)
Our popular nanny service is a way you can get some additional support transitioning to parenthood and, most importantly, catch up sleep during the day or night. We come to your home and can assist with anything you need with your little one.
Our experienced, highly qualified and gentle Midwives or Paediatric Nurses help with settling your baby.
In addition, our staff can provide education and assist with correct attachment, latching and feeding positions if breastfeeding. Often mums struggle with engorgement and our staff can tailor their advice and how best to manage this in the interim to facilitate your feeding journey.
As well as assisting with bottle feeding, pumping, expressing we can provide correct guidance as to the safe storage of expressed breastmilk and/or formula bottles if that is your preferred method of feeding your new baby.
We can advise on damaged nipples, pain with feeding, night feeds, sleep safety, SIDS recommendations, sleep hygiene and rooming-in set-up. We can also assist with any light maternity duties from washing, folding, sterilising etc. In our endeavour to enable your family to thrive not just to survive.
Our staff can come to your home for casual day or night shifts, regular shifts or full-time placements for extended periods, making it an ideal service during a new baby’s first few months.
Please rest assured that our priority is the health and safety of your baby/babies. We follow safe sleeping practices in line with SIDS, American Academy of Paediatrics and World Health Organisation recommendations.
Milk and Mums Co is a Sydney based Day and Night Nanny Agency.
Cost and scheduling
The cost is based on a 4-hour booking for day or night support payable in advance to Milk & Mums Co. Once payment is confirmed, scheduling can be arranged using the Request an Appointment section below or by calling Cathy Shortt.
Antenatal breastfeeding consult
Duration : 1-2 hours.
Costs, payable at time of appointment :
– Face to face $300 per hour
– Online $250 per hour
These consultations are provided in the comfort your home or online by our Lactation Consultants (IBCLC’s).
All too often we hear mums lament that they wish they’d done some breastfeeding education prior to their babies birth. This session is for you.
In your personalised ante-natal consultation, we will identify your goals for feeding and will provide varied and individualised education based on these identified needs. Encouraging questions and allaying concerns allow us to build confidence together before the birth of your new arrival. During your consultation we will need to discuss your ante-natal medical and emotional history to identify any areas of note and provide education accordingly.
We can discuss:
- The importance of the first breastfeed and why this first feed is so important to maintain lactation;
- Early signs the baby is not attached well and how to rectify;
- How to facilitate the first feed by practicing correct positioning and attachment using educational aids;
- Whether antenatal expressing is appropriate and how to perform expressing and safely collect and store breast milk before the baby’s birth;
- Changing breasts;
- What to expect and how to become familiar with your changing breasts;
- The function of your breasts;
- The anatomy that allows for lactation;
- How to effectively maximise and maintain lactation;
- What to expect in those first few weeks, normal feeding patterns and behaviours of the neonate;
- How often your baby may feed in the early postnatal period and what constitutes a successful breastfeed;
- Normal output and how to know my baby is effectively transferring milk from the breast;
- Support services and facilities available to you and the family as a new parent;
- Any other particular concerns or individual needs you may have
Postnatal breastfeeding consult
Costs, payable at time of appointment :
– Face to face $300 per hour
– Online $250 per hour
Gain confidence knowing that your Midwife/Lactation Consultant is on hand to support you during those early days and weeks while you transition into motherhood. You can choose how and when your care takes place.
By receiving early care and advice that is consistent, and non-conflicting, you are best placed to prevent difficulties from arising in the postnatal period. Your Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) from Milk & Mums Co is available for on-line video consult, or if preferred, in the comfort of your own home.
Includes one week’s text support. If further support required, please review other support options available through our shop.
Book your postnatal care visits with your Milk & Mums Co during your pregnancy or contact Milk & Mums Co as soon as your baby arrives.
Please check with your private health fund to see if your policy covers you for Antenatal and/or Postnatal Lactation Consultancy.
Your consult:
- Identify your goals for feeding and parenting;
- Extensive medical history also previous feeding experience;
- Infant feeding support – assessing your baby, your breast and a breastfeed. Suggesting modifications where appropriate.
- Education as to what constitutes a successful breastfeed;
- Parental support whilst transitioning to parenthood;
- Assistance to manage and devise a management strategy for;
- Cracked and damaged nipples
- Tongue and lip ties
- Poor attachment at the breast
- Breast refusal
- Mastitis
- Nipple thrush
- Nipple vasospasm
- Management of insulin resistance/diabetes
- Low supply/oversupply
- Nipple shield- weaning off the shield and shield care.
- Expressing and bottle feeding
- Transition to formula
- Introduction of solids
- Management of feeding returning to work
- Management of previous breast surgery (reduction, augmentation)
- Multiple births
- Settling a baby to sleep, normal baby sleep patterns and sleep and settling education.
- Routine post natal mother and baby checks
- Identify your goals for feeding and parenting;
- Extensive medical history also previous feeding experience;
- Infant feeding support – assessing your baby, your breast and a breastfeed. Suggesting modifications where appropriate.
- Education as to what constitutes a successful breastfeed;
- Parental support whilst transitioning to parenthood;
- Assistance to manage and devise a management strategy for;
- Cracked and damaged nipples
- Tongue and lip ties
- Poor attachment at the breast
- Breast refusal
- Mastitis
- Nipple thrush
- Nipple vasospasm
- Management of insulin resistance/diabetes
- Low supply/oversupply
- Nipple shield- weaning off the shield and shield care.
- Expressing and bottle feeding
- Transition to formula
- Introduction of solids
- Management of feeding returning to work
- Management of previous breast surgery (reduction, augmentation)
- Multiple births
- Settling a baby to sleep, normal baby sleep patterns and sleep and settling education.
- Routine post natal mother and baby checks
Fourth Trimester – Transition to parenthood
Duration : 4 hours face-to-face course, group sessions
Cost : $650 per family.
Understanding newborns, initiation of breastfeeding, day-to-day care of a baby, SIDS and safe sleeping, setting techniques and normal newborn behaviour and sleep in the early weeks, relationship changes and parental adjustment.
Private sessions available on request.
Sleep consult packages
Our sleep consultants can either do online or face to face consults to identify your baby’s sleep needs and curate specific programs to meet your needs. We can identify specific needs and then tailor a plan to suit those needs.
All consults include one sleep plan and one weeks text support.
5 hours day support – $800
1 night – $1,300
2 nights – $2,500
3 nights – $4,000
Phone consult – $120 per 30 minutes, for existing clients only
Your consult:
- Understanding your sleep goals and how your baby sleeps
- Advice on how to encourage your baby to sleep longer at night and facilitate day naps
- Advice and demonstrations on settling techniques to suit your baby and your parenting style
- SIDS recommendations and assessment of your baby’s current sleep environment and recommendations on any changes needed to promote better sleeping
- Sleep education to suit your baby’s personality and support your parenting approach
- Advice on how to link sleep cycles
- How to maintain a routine that provides structure and consistency
- How to help your baby sleep in the pram or car
- Developmental milestones and how they can affect your baby’s sleep
- Answering any questions or concerns you have around the new sleep recommendations
- Provide additional advice such as; daylight savings, travelling with your baby, future regressions and how to keep to the program when your baby is unwell
- Understanding your sleep goals and how your baby sleeps
- Advice on how to encourage your baby to sleep longer at night and facilitate day naps
- Advice and demonstrations on settling techniques to suit your baby and your parenting style
- SIDS recommendations and assessment of your baby’s current sleep environment and recommendations on any changes needed to promote better sleeping
- Sleep education to suit your baby’s personality and support your parenting approach
- Advice on how to link sleep cycles
- How to maintain a routine that provides structure and consistency
- How to help your baby sleep in the pram or car
- Developmental milestones and how they can affect your baby’s sleep
- Answering any questions or concerns you have around the new sleep recommendations
- Provide additional advice such as; daylight savings, travelling with your baby, future regressions and how to keep to the program when your baby is unwell
Text one off quick question
Cost : $25 per question
For any of the Milk & Mums Co families who just have a quick question. This one is for you. Ask your question/concern and have it answered within 24 hours.
Text weekly support
Cost : $200 per week
Follow on support available after your consult if you feel you need/want additional support and guidance from one trusted source qualified source.
All texts will aim to be answered within 24 hours and within business hours of 9 a.m.- 5.00 p.m.
Follow-up phone consults
Cost : $120 per 30minutes
Available for families who have had initial consults and are requiring further support 7 days following their appointment but not needing a face to face assessment. Most suited to those who are looking for additional management with their newborn or growing baby.
