Parent Prep Information

Parent Prep was founded in 2012 by Rebecca Stone, in Melbourne. Rebecca is a Registered Nurse, early parenting and Registered Circle of Security Parenting educator and mother of two. Working as an Associate Nurse Unit Manager of a residential early parenting unit, she has seen many families experiencing transition to parenting difficulties and struggling to understand their baby's cues and needs. Having experienced many of these challenges herself as a new parent, she sees that education and gathering skills and knowledge before baby is born, alleviates many if the worries about what is to come and boosts a family's confidence. When planning for the birth of her first child, Rebecca attended all the antenatal classes the hospital offered and also an independent birthing workshop, held over a weekend. During these classes and workshops, she was struck by how little was discussed about after the baby is born. She searched at the time for some sort of education to fill this gap between birth and baby, but was unable to find anything that could prepare her for the realities of life with a newborn. "Attending all the antenatal classes and workshops that I did, I was acutely aware of the gap in the education that was being offered. There was very little mentioned about what came after the birth, what I needed for baby, how I would take care of them, what was normal behaviour and what was not. Without this guidance, I felt worried about what was to come. After my baby did arrive I found myself overwhelmed. My baby was difficult to soothe and I was unsure if her behaviour was typical for a newborn or not. Although I reached out for answers from the professionals around me, appropriate help, support and referrals were difficult to find. There were many long hours spent researching online, late at night and when you have a new baby and are sleep deprived anyway, that is far from ideal." "As my baby got bigger, I started to research whether the gap I had identified was only experienced by me, or whether it was a more ...