A Border organisation that helps new mums and dads will celebrate both its history and present work at a special day later this month.
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The Albury Wodonga Health Tresillian Parents and Babies Service will offer keynote speakers, market stalls, face painting, lucky door prizes, dance performances, sausage sizzle and goodies bags at The Cube Wodonga on Tuesday, November 20 between 10am and 2pm.
The day marks three milestones – five years of the service in its present form, 30 years of the former Albury mother and baby unit and 100 years since Tresillian began as mother and child welfare in 1918.
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Nurse unit manager Roslyn Taig encouraged parents to get in touch, with the Border group providing day services for children 0 to 12 months and an extended home visiting program from birth to three years.
“Our core business is basically supporting families in whatever way they need,” she said.
“Our goal is to work in partnership with families and meet their needs at their terms and cater to their level of comfort.”
The service works closely with other agencies like maternal and child health, but also accepted self-referrals.
Mrs Taig said many families attended because of an unsettled baby, but some people might hesitate to make contact because they mistakenly thought the service used controlled crying.
She pointed out research showed a well supported mother with strong networks around her was less likely to develop post-natal depression in the first 12 months.
“The way our culture functions now is that everyone’s working, mothers can be quite isolated and thinking that they have to do it on their own,” she said.
“That’s not a good place to be if your baby’s unsettled or you’re feeling really anxious or depressed.”
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