The Baby Champion
Hazel Champion has had a love of babies that dates back to her childhood. She used to sneak home from school at lunchtime to help her mother look after a visiting niece. The headmaster confronted Hazel about this and she explained she went home to look after the family baby. This confused the headmaster considering Hazel's father had been away fighting in the war for the past year! Her love of babies has since set her on a career path that has gone from strength to strength.
Hazel started as a Paediatric Nurse where she completed her training and gained qualifications as a Registered Sick Children's Nurse. With her love of babies ever present, Hazel took up Midwifery training where upon qualifying she became a Labour Ward Superintendent. Upon gaining her Midwife Teachers Diploma, Hazel began to share her knowledge and teach student nurses.
Between 1969 and 1982 Hazel was Head of the Maternity and Gynaecology departments of St Bartholomew's Hospital in The City of London. In 1982, Hazel left London to live in Gloucester to return to teaching where she became a Senior Midwife teacher.
Wanting to make an impact on a one on one basis, Hazel became a much sort after private Maternity nurse. Her method is to move in with new parents from the moment the mother and baby return home for the first six to eight weeks to offer intensive assistance to help them settle in at home.
The Baby Champion was brought to life because of the passion Hazel has for babies. Her practical and no nonsense style along with her wisdom and experience has established her as a leader in her field.
The DVD offers new parents extensive information that most are desperate to know about particularly in the early stages of their baby's life. The DVD has 64 chapters including information on swaddling, Early emotions, Breast Feeding, Sleeping and Calming techniques as well as many other issues.
Over 60 valuable topics and tips on caring for your baby including:
The Baby Champion's Top 5 Tips in getting New Dads involved when bringing baby home...
According to vastly experienced and passionate baby expert, pediatric nurse and top midwife Hazel Champion, there are surefire techniques to get new Dads involved early in useful ways. Champion, who has earned an enviable reputation in Australia and the UK, in assisting new parents by living in whilst teaching, believes that there are no excuses for new dads to stand back and not 'just do it!'Hazel Champions Top 5 Tips for new Dads are:
1. Do as Much as you Can!
It may sound obvious, but often new Dads see the incredible bond that Mum and baby have and balk at attempting to become a part of this during the early days. Love the baby together, solve problems together, try and learn and understand together. It's very important that new Dads understand the only way to learn is to "do".
2. Take Paternity leave
If at all available to you, take advantage of paternity leave. The more time you are able to spend with your baby the quicker you will bond with them and the quicker you will feel comfortable and less anxious in caring for your new baby. This early stage is very important in establishing connection so take time out!
3 Try New Things: Babies are very Forgiving.
So what if you don't get the nappy technique first try? And you need ten attempts at swaddling before your baby doesn't look like a reject from The Mummy? This is completely OK! Can't settle the baby straight away? Why not try singing, swaying or massage? All are valid solutions yet only you can tell which will work on your unique child by trying them.
4 Organise Yourself:
When the new Mum comes home from hospital she is not only tired from birthing the baby but exhausted by the huge physical changes that have and are occurring in her body. Yes, it is correct that Dads can't breastfeed, but instead they can be very organized in sharing the load. For example, whilst Mum is feeding, Dads can do the cooking for the adults. The secret is to divide the sleeplessness, divide the caring, divide the pressure and you divide the anxiety.
5. Reject the Super Mum and Super Dad idea.
In today's world it is particular tempting to think that you have to be good at everything straight away. Balancing the demands of a new member of the family, finances, hormones and new family roles is a hard job for any new Mum, so Dads can be supportive by seeing the experience of bringing a baby home as one of learning rather than pressure.
"Baby Champion is designed to take the anxiety away for new parents by putting the DVD on anytime even during the 3am crisis sessions and getting relevant advice through visual demonstrations straight away" says Hazel Champion.
The Baby Champion was produced after research was undertaken through interviewing Australian Mothers, Doctors, Obstetricians and Pediatricians. The DVD which runs for 185 minutes consists of 64 chapters and showcases young Australian families answering their many questions whilst demonstrating the solutions.
RRP$49.95.
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