FAQ

Cocoon Baby demystifies parenting. The reality is that parenting can be exhausting, confusing and frustrating.

Cocoon Baby helps you put an end to feelings of inadequacy created by poor and conflicting advice. Instead, we help you experience the ease and joy of parenting your new baby.

Cocoon Baby empowers you to feel confident about making decisions on the care of your baby.

Cocoon baby respects your values. We understand that, when it comes to deciding which approaches to try with your baby, you know best.

Cocoon Baby helps you support your baby’s optimal development with proven strategies for less disrupted sleep. Our range of tools and techniques draw on the most recent neuroscience, infant sleep science and research on psychological attachment.

• Registered Nurse with an intensive care (ICU) background
• Neuroprotective Developmental Care Practitioner
• Lactation/Breastfeeding Counsellor
• Over 25 years of clinical and parental experience with newborns, babies and toddlers

We will travel to consult with you anywhere in the Sydney Metropolitan Area from our base on the Northern Beaches. We also offer full consultations and/or regular check-ins online to clients anywhere in Sydney or Australia-wide.

At Cocoon Baby we offer a gentle approach and do not suggest prescriptive programs. We work with you and your child's unique biology to optimise outcomes over the four domains of Sleeping, Feeding, Settling and Parental Well being. We encourage you to trust your instincts and we support you to make changes that align with your values.

Our approach is evidence-based across the health sciences, drawing on neuroscience and psychological attachment theory.

At Cocoon Baby we encompass a present day approach to parenting, where nurturing attachment, your baby’s health and development, and your wellbeing come first. The holistic approach we use values your parental wisdom, the parent-baby bond, and your responses to your baby’s unique cues.

We share the knowledge and practical skills you need to make empowered choices, to deepen your connection as a family, and to parent your way with confidence and joy. We consider your baby’s nutritional and sensory needs, as well as their circadian rhythms and sleep-wake cycle. We support you to make gentle changes that work to make life more enjoyable and manageable for you and the whole family.

Cocoon Baby offers a range of Support Bundles.

Choose a Bundle that best meets your needs or call us to discuss your needs.

We are lactation counsellors and regularly work with women who are having difficulty establishing breastfeeding. Perhaps your baby is having difficulty latching onto the breast, and/or has been diagnosed with tongue tie. Perhaps your baby is feeding excessively in short bursts or long marathon feeds. Perhaps your baby is experiencing poor weight gain and there’s a perception of low milk supply.

We can solve these problems together in postnatal visits where you learn about all aspects of breastfeeding and/or bottle feeding, whether it be with formula or expressed breast milk.

Regardless of your baby’s unique temperament, there are a number of gentle tools and techniques you can learn that reduce cry/fuss or unsettled behaviour.

Together we will step through your baby’s sleep and nutritional needs and explore ways you can increase your baby’s sensory nourishment. Ultimately, we want to maximise your opportunity to find ease and joy while you adapt to your little one’s needs.

Neuroprotective Developmental Care is a uniquely Australian approach which was developed by Assoc. Prof. Pamela Douglas over the last few decades. Her clinical and experiential research is now recognised internationally for its innovations in pre and post-natal care of babies and children up to 3 years of age.

It is acknowledged as the leading way forward in optimal child and parental development and
wellbeing.