Infant Feeding Support
Here at Growlife Medical, we understand difficulties and concerns with infant feeding. The specialist team want to help to make your infant feeding journey more comfortable and easier, to give your child the best nutritional start to life possible. We support your own individual situation and feeding goals and our aim is to help you feel more informed and empowered to grow in confidence and build your intuition as parents.
Infant feeding services include:
· Baby Clinic (complimentary)
· Lactation Consultation service (private fee)
· Tongue tie assessments and management service (private fee)
· Access to treatment of complex issues including paediatric dysphagia & behavioural feeding difficulties (private fee)
· Shared Medical Appointments (bulk-billed follow up)
· Infant Nutrition
Baby Clinic
Growlife Medical offers mum and baby checks at the clinics with Midwife and Paediatric Nurse Alison. Bulk-billed up until 6 weeks of age, and then a small fee for appointments after 6 weeks. Book online.
Weekly, free drop-in clinics are available with Baby Nurse Kay Whitby at Growlife Sherwood. Call us to book.
Lactation Consultant Service
Lactation Consultants are professionals who provide breastfeeding support to mothers experiencing breastfeeding issues. They will address your feeding challenges including but not limited to low milk production, babies who are having trouble latching onto the nipple, sleepless babies, low weight gain or painful breastfeeding.
Sam Foster is an Endorsed Midwife and Lactation Consultant who provides comprehensive support and assistance in the comfort of your own home, at one of our clinics, or via telehealth. Dr Sonja Morgan is a GP Lactation Consultant who can assist with breastfeeding, perinatal mental health and infant feeding, sleeping and settling concerns at our Highgate Hill practice.
Tongue Tie and Frenotomy
Tongue tie assessment and management service
- Comprehensive assessment with an experienced member of the Lactation Consultant team (all International Board Certified Lactation Consultants IBCLC certified)
- Management and release of tongue tie / frenotomy (after assessment and identification by Lactation Consultant or Speech Pathologist) with GP Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) Dr Sonja Morgan and Sam Foster
Shared Medical Appointments
Once you have had an initial one-on-one consultation with any of your health professionals for assessment and preliminary management, you are eligible to book into as many of our clinic group sessions as you need, with no out-of-pocket expenses if you and baby are registered with Medicare. In the shared medical appointments, you will benefit from the advice of a specialist GP Doctor & Registered Nurse Lactation Consultant.
Infant Nutrition
Experienced Dietitian
Madison Ebert
offers multiple services to ensure your bub is well nourished in their early life. Madison provides individual consultations and follow up, as well as group sessions to provide key information on Introduction to Solids
and
Toddler Nutrition.
Infant Feeding Support Articles
Support and Information
13HEALTH (13 43 25 84) is a phone line that provides health information, referral and services to the Queensland public. For breastfeeding support and child health advice call 13HEALTH and ask for a child health nurse.
Child Health Service for early feeding support (drop-in clinics) and other services within the Greater Brisbane area www.childrens.health.qld.gov.au/community-health/child-health-service/ If outside the Greater Brisbane area, check with your local health facility for local child health services available
Child Health Information Your guide to the first 12 months. A booklet inserted in the cover pocket of your baby’s Personal Health Record
Australian Breastfeeding Association Helpline 1800 mum 2 mum 1800 686 268. Community based self-help group offers information, counselling, and support services, on breastfeeding issues. Website: www.breastfeeding.asn.au/
Pregnancy, Birth & Baby Helpline 1800 882 436 (free call) offers free, confidential, professional information and counselling for women, their partners and families relating to issues of conception, pregnancy, birthing and postnatal care. Website www.health.gov.au/pregnancyhelpline
Raising Children Network Information and links to video