Information For Parents

Recommended Resources – a list of external resources we have been curating for many years

Parent Leaflet for Slow-growing Babies

OBS Leaflet on Increasing Your Milk Supply

OBS Resources on Breastfeeding and Sleep, Including the OBS Leaflet on Normal Newborn Sleep, the OBS Leaflet on Sleep At 4 Months and the OBS Leaflet on How to help your baby’s sleep (6 months and older)

OBS Resources on Breastfeeding and Mental Health,  Including the OBS Leaflet on Breastfeeding Grief and Trauma

A a mother sleeping on a bed next to her newborn in side sleeper cot. Text: See our leaflet on normal newborn sleep
A baby sleeping on its back. Text: Babies often start waking more at night around 4 mos. What's changed? See our leaflet Slelep At 4 Months
A sleeping baby. Text: See our leaflet How to help your baby's sleep. Sleep hygiene is about establishing daily routines & practices that can make sleep more likely to occur
A parent holding their older baby tightly against their shoulder with mountains in the background.Text: Breastfeeding Grief and Trauma. When breastfeeding does not go as we had expected or hoped, it can come as a huge shock and have a profound emotional effect