Our child health specialist, Sharon Armstrong is a: Registered Nurse, Child Health Nurse and Lactation Consultant.

What can a child health specialist help with?

• sleep and settling of your baby or toddler
• feeding: breast, bottle or solids
• child behaviour: toddler tantrums, toilet training
• growth and development screening
• parenting support and education

What is a child health specialist?

Sharon has many years of experience in dealing with small babies through to school‐aged children. Sharon has worked in many areas of child health both here, in the Middle East and the UK. She can give you the information you want ‐ and the confidence to feel that you know what you are doing.

What happens in a consultation?

Consults can take place in home, in hospital or at our beautiful Embrace life centre. The initial consult is one‐hour in length and involves:

• taking a history of the family
• weighing the baby as needed
• observing a feed if necessary

At the end of each consult..
…a plan suited to you and your baby/family will be discussed. Education and support are key factors in each consult. We want parents to feel relaxed and confident in their abilities to care for their family. A follow up appointment may be necessary depending on the issues raised.

Packages
Take up one of Sharon’s packages to get the most from your consultations:

Sleep, feeding, or the child behaviour package.

Just want a quick question answered?

Come to our Child Health Clinic on Monday mornings (9.30‐11.30am, except public holidays) where Sharon will give you 15 minutes of her specialist advice for free. Plus you can have your baby weighed!

After Child Heath Clinic…you can share your experiences with other mums at our Mothers Group (11.30am Mondays, except public holidays).

Are you at North West Private Hospital?
Sharon has visiting privileges to assist mothers on the premises.

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