Mothers' Group in Perth SOR??

[Bumperstump Cummerbund]

Hi everyone!

I was wondering how to find a mothers group or baby clinic for my sister who lives in Perth SOR. Jack was 3 weeks old last Thursday, and Kristy's not doing so well, feeling depressed and bored and frustrated

I don't think she has PND, but I would like to help her make friends with other mums - any suggestions more than helpful!

[Laranna]

Try checking out the Health Dept website here. They list all the metro child health centres and your local one should be able to put you in touch with a local mothers group.

[Bumperstump Cummerbund]

Thanks HEAPS for that Laranna - I've written down a list of 5 CHC's within 10 minutes of her house!

[~Debbie~]

also, if you go onto the playgroup website, it will give you the list of the playgroups in the area.
If you wanted, you could give her the link to this site to, and she could meet up with some of us.

[Bumperstump Cummerbund]

The playgroup website? Sorry, don't know the address, could you PM me Debbie?

Thanks

[StrawberryMumma]

Hi S_G

Did your sister have a homevisit from a CHN after bubby was born? (at around 2 weeks or so?). Often at that visit, the local CHN will speak briefly about mum's groups, which are started by the centre. They organise it and it usually runs for a few weeks then after that, it's up to the mums to follow up with each other and keep it going. All the bubs are usually born very close together (like a month or so) so it's a great way to help each other out. I think ours began when my DD was about 8 weeks old.

Hope she can find some good support from somewhere, really can make big difference sometimes.

[Bumperstump Cummerbund]

Yeah, she had a CHN come around who told her she was overfeeding him, and he obviously was autistic because he focusses on people when they're talking - I think after that Kristy tuned her out TBH

Thanks for all your help ladies - I think its gonna make the world of difference for her, she seems a bit stuck at the moment and I just don't have the experience to help her!

[*Ali*]

I would also suggest playgroup- it sometimes takes a couple of visits to a few different ones to ind one that you like. I love my playgroup, as well as my lovely friends that I met through this wonderful site. I hope your sis finds some other yummy mummies to hang out with.