Early Parent & Infant Consultants provides a Home Visiting Service across Melbourne for families of infants and children from birth to 3 years. Our philosophy is to better the experience of sleep and settling in infants and children, and empower parents with strategies and knowledge to best suit their individual family. We do not use controlled crying, controlled comforting or any timed, non-response method.
The founder of Early Parent & Infant Consultants, Helen Stevens - a maternal & child health nurse, mother and author of the book Safe Sleep Space - believes that helping families to better understand infant capacity and development makes them more able to assist their infants and children to 'find' sleep.
As of May 2007, over 90% of families who utilise our service report a high level of satisfaction with the outcome. As a result of following our program, their infant or child is able to 'drift' to sleep and remain asleep for longer periods. This is because parents feel comfortable with the strategies recommended for their individual family, their situation and environment.
All our home visitors are experienced, skilled consultants who are required to undertake additional training as a component of their role with Early Parent Infant Consultants.
Our home visiting service is available to families across Melbourne only. Some families from regional areas travel to Melbourne and the home visit is conducted at a friend's home. Follow-up support is offered when the family returns home. Depending on the family's needs, and the availability of the best suited consultant, waiting time is up to 10 days.
We offer a gentle, loving approach to help strengthen the parent-infant relationship and welcome sleep back into the household.
