Perinatal anxiety and depression is something that impacts so many parents. Babies really do turn our lives upside down and bring about huge emotions and changes.

This week on The Expert Guide to Parenthood Podcast we welcome CEO of PANDA Juile Borninkhof to share her insights and advice about perinatal anxiety and depression and to talk about the incredible organisation PANDA and the support and services they offer.

It is Perinatal Mental Health Week 23-29 November and we really hope that this chat helps to open up the conversation on normalizing PMH and helping to show the supports available so you can find the support which is right for you.

Episode 111: Parents You've Got This - The Expert Guide to Parenthood Podcast

We discuss:

• What perinatal anxiety and depression are

• How perinatal anxiety and depression differ from the baby blues

• How common it is for new mothers and fathers to be diagnosed with anxiety and depression

• The thoughts new parents may have which may indicate that they may need to seek support

• The contributing factors to perinatal anxiety and depression or risk factors that parents need to be aware of

• PANDA and the different services available

• Common questions parents ask when they ring the PANDA helpline

• What a new parent should do if they believe that perhaps they have anxiety or depression

• How you can support a friend or a partner who you may think may have depression

• If you experience anxiety or depression after your first child does it mean you will have it with subsequent babies?

• The one thing Julie wishes people knew about anxiety and depression

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What does it really mean to have a premature baby? What challenges do these little fighters face and how can parents navigate this unexpected journey? This week on Parents You've Got This – The Expert Guide to Parenthood we are talking about premature babies.

November 17 is World Prematurity Day, and we welcome back our Peadiatrician Dr Lexi Frydenberg to share insights into what to expect if you have a premature baby. Christy Hopwood co-host shares a parent’s perspective on what it was like having a premature baby.

Dr Lexi is an experienced General Paediatrician specialising in the care of children (and their families) from birth to eighteen who experience a wide range of acute and chronic medical conditions (or clinical conditions). She is also a passionate educator and mother of 3.

We discuss:

• The different levels of prematurity and what the premature classification means
• The most common reasons a baby may be born premature
• How common it is for a baby to be born prematurely
• What percentage of women give birth to a premature baby
• What happens to a baby in hospital if the baby is born premature including NICU and special care nurseries
• What medical conditions premature babies face
• What it means for a baby’s organs and respiratory system if they are not fully developed when born premature
• What a typical NICU journey looks like for a baby born at 22 weeks, 26 weeks, 32 weeks and 35 weeks premature

• Are there long-term developmental challenges for premature babies
• Are there long term cognitive challenges for premi babies
• What the ‘corrected age’ of a premature baby means when it comes to tracking a baby's development
• How paediatricians and health professionals monitor and support premature babies as they grow
• Where can parents can go for additional support
• Christy explains what it was like having her first baby 'Hope' as a premature baby and shares words of wisdom from her experience.

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Learn more: parentsyouvegotthis.com.au

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Are you feeling burnt out? You're not alone.

Parenting is one of the most rewarding roles we’ll ever have, but let’s be honest: it’s exhausting, overwhelming, and at times, completely depleting. This week on the podcast Podcast, we’re talking about something many parents experience but few speak openly about, we are talking about Parental Burnout.

In this episode we are joined by Dr Carrie Haywood our Clinical Psychologist Expert to help us unpack what burnout looks like in parenting, why it happens, and most importantly, how to navigate it.

Episode 109: Parents You've Got This - The Expert Guide to Parenthood 🎙️Parental Burnout - How to recharge without guilt
We discuss:

• What parental burnout is and how is it different from just regular stress or exhaustion

• What the specific signs or symptoms that indicate a parent is experiencing parental burnout are

• What parental burnout does to a person’s mental health or how does it impact emotionally, cognitively, or even physically

• Dr Carrie’s thoughts on modern parenting and the rise of parental burnout

• What causes burnout

• Personality traits or parenting styles more prone to burnout

• Differences between mothers and fathers when it comes to burnout

• What to do if you realise you have burnout

• Some healthy coping strategies for managing and/or recovering from burnout

• Dr Carrie’s advice for parents who feel like they’re “just surviving” every day

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How do you care for your kids' teeth?

This week's episode of The Expert Guide to Parenthood Podcast is all about kids' teeth, how they come up/down, how they lose their teeth and how to care for their baby and adult teeth. We welcome Dentist Alex Zelmanovich to talk about when to schedule your little one’s first dental visit, what really causes cavities, how to make brushing less of a battle.

We discuss:

- When babies and children start to get their first teeth

- What order teeth come in

- If teething really does hurt and tips for parents

- When children start to lose their teeth

- What age children usually have all of their adult teeth

- How to clean baby teeth

- At what age you let your children clean their own teeth

- How to teach children to clean their own teeth

- Teeth flossing and kids

- When parents should start to take their baby/children to the dentist and how frequently

- Cavities, causes and what parents should be aware of

- Tooth injuries, what to do when accidents happen!

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Do you know how to look after your child’s feet?

This week's episode of The Expert Guide to Parenthood Podcast is all about feet! We talk with Podiatrist Julie Rovas about how children’s feet grow, how we should care for our children’s feet and when we may need to be concerned.

We discuss:

• How children's feet develop during the growing years

• The common foot issues parents should be aware of with their kids

• Recommendations on how parents should care for children's feet

• Tip toe walking and if you need to be concerned

• Flat feet with kids and when they are an issue

• The importance of bare foot time for your kids

• Signs a child might be having foot pain, even if they can’t express it

• When a parent should bring their child to see a Podiatrist

• If foot issues in childhood always require treatment, or if kids grow out of them

• The age when children’s feet stop growing

• What a typical podiatry check-up for a child looks like

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Why is play so vital in your child’s development?

Play is a vital ingredient to help your child learn about themselves and the world. Children are full of energy but as parents it can be hard to think of different activities for little ones to keep them entertained.

This week on the Podcast we welcome back our Emotion Coach Expert Dr Christiane Kehoe to help us understand the importance of play time for children.

Episode 106: Parents You've Got This -The Role of Play in our Children's Development

We ask:

• Why play is important for our children

• The age when children understand that something is imaginary

• How many hours a parent should be playing with their child

• Self-play and why it is so important

• How we can encourage our children to play

• As a parent we often hear our children say, ‘I’m bored’. Is a little boredom good for our children?

• We ask Dr Christiane if we should be providing activities for our children

• In today’s modern life children are very scheduled and have lots of after school activities. How much is too much?

• Dr Christiane’s top play ideas or ways children like to play at the following key ages: babies, toddler, preschooler, school age child and teenagers

• How important the ‘play environment’ is for our children i.e.. inside or out, structured and non structured and how to ensure we are providing this for our children.

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Do you want to deliver your own baby?

This week on The Expert Guide to Parenthood podcast we are talking about a birth option which has been growing in popularity, we are talking about a MAC or the Maternal Assisted Caesarean.

We will discuss what a MAC is and why this option might be the right birth choice for you. We have Dr Peter Jurecvic, our OB Expert and one of the Australian Pioneers of the MAC in the podcast studio.

We discuss:

• What a MAC is and what is involved

• The differences between a MAC and a traditional Caesarean

• The benefits of having a MAC opposed to a traditional Caesarean

• What risks/potential complications are involved when choosing to have a MAC

• If all hospitals provide the options of having a MAC

• Factors which would make someone a good candidate for a MAC

• Additional training or staff needed to perform a MAC

• Common concerns and questions answered

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Is your child not sleeping? Help is here.

Whether you're dealing with bedtime battles, early risers, night terrors, or the mysterious art of getting your child to sleep in their own bed, this week's episode of The Expert Guide to Parenthood Podcast is for you.

We're tackling one of the most common and exhausting parenting concerns out there with our sleep expert Dr Laura Conway from Infant Sleep Australia who will share their solutions on how we can all get a little more sleep.

We discuss:

- What healthy sleep looks like for young school age children

- How teenage sleep is different to younger children's sleep

- The common reasons younger children wake up

- Cosleeping and help to transition your little one into their own bed

- How can parents manage night terrors and nightmares

- How to help children who are waking frequently in the night

- How to set healthy sleep boundaries without creating conflict

- How screen time impacts children's sleep

- How bed wetting can affect sleep in young children and Dr Laura’s top tips

- Tips for early waking and how to keep your child in their own bed

- Tips for children who just can't fall asleep at night

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