The Baby Cafe

Over 40 mothers and their babies attended the first birthday celebrations of Singapore's Baby Café on Monday 21st May, some of the babies even celebrating their own first birthday!!

The room buzzed with conversation with babies of all ages attending (12 day old Max being the youngest) Our photographer Phil Date had a field day camera-clicking from all angles - the babies graciously obliged. Our Volunteer Viv was kept very busy making tea and coffee and serving home made cakes provided by Hermei our weekly chef!!

In the past year over 700 mothers have passed through the Baby Café, a fantastic response to this new initiative in Singapore. Mothers have been able to gain expert advice as well as making new friends. For some mothers it has been the difference between continuing to breast feed and giving up. Breast feeding , considered the most natural way to feed your baby, may present with issues and complications for some mothers and with no community service here on the island the café can provide the support needed. This is what the baby cafe aims provide with lactation consultants giving practical advice and mothers getting peer support from new friends.

With numbers in the 20s the weekly meeting gives mothers the opportunity to sit back and discuss various issues.

Why not pop along and join us

each Monday between 2 -4pm.

Mother child centre

03/11 Tanglin Mall, Singapore.

Congratulations!

The Mother and Child Centre are proud to announce that two of our staff have become newly certified Lactation Consultants. Diane Cronly and Julia Briscoe have added to their existing certifications the IBCLC (International Board of Certified Lactation Consultants) certificate. We now have four Lactation Consultants at M&C, with Julia and Di joining Uma and Sue to provide lactation support to our clients.

Well done Di and Julia!

Launch Party

On Monday April 24th, Mother and Child were delighted to open the first Baby Café in Singapore and the region following the successful British baby café concept. Our café was opened by world-renowned, Toronto Paediatrician Jack Newman MD. Dr Newman is a consultant to UNICEF’s Baby Friendly Hospital initiatives and author of “The Ultimate Breast Feeding Book of Answers”. He was in Singapore as part of an Asian tour to lecture health professionals and mothers about breast feeding benefits and myths, and also to remind audiences of the risks to babies who are artificially fed.

In his address he supported wholeheartedly the café concept stating that “getting the RIGHT advice is paramount in making breastfeeding a success”. Following the Baby Café ethos means that mothers can be sure of receiving expert up to date evidence based advice. On opening day, the centre was filled with mothers, babies and staff of Mother and Child. One of our own health visitors, Diane Cronly, set up Café Number 11 in Didcot Oxfordshire and brought the concept to Singapore. She was delighted with the launch.

Our expert staff will operate the clinic every Monday afternoon from 2-4pm, except public holidays. Please note that only breast feeding related questions will be answered. Any other concerns should be brought to the Well Baby Drop-In Clinics.

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