Philippa endeavours to reach all parents of multiples by offering group seminars throughout New Zealand for organisations such as NZMBA. As a follow on from these seminars we offer individual consultations and massage classes for families of multiples within the area, whether you attend the seminar or not.

If you are unsure which service would suit you best, please contact us, and we can talk through your needs and come up with the best solution to suit.

Services

Seminar Outline

  • Welcome & Agenda
  • Introduction
  • Where It's At!
    • Roll up the sleeves and share. This will bring your most problematic situations to the fore so we can then contrast these with solutions that last.
  • Talkable Topics
    • Antenatal Preparation
      • Help your sibling's adjust to their changing home life before their brothers or sisters arrive
      • Putting routines in place
    • Breast-feeding
      • Techniques so you can breastfeed on your own with confidence
    • Bottle-feeding
      • Correct ways to bottle-feed to reduce wind and gain more developmental sleep for your babies
    • Routines vs Demand
      • Advantages & disadvantages
      • Sleeping patterns and more...
  • Questions & Answers
  • Refreshments
  • Talkable Topics
    • Calming Methods
      • Ways to calm yourself and your multiples
      • Correct use of pacifiers
      • Accumulation cycle
      • Ever found 6pm to 11pm a struggle. I explain why and look at the bigger picture
    • Signs of Communication
      • Understanding what your multiples are communicating so you know what they need from you
      • No more questions like, are they hungry, tired, what's wrong?
    • Weaning
      • If feeding on a set routine, how to wean your babies of the breast/bottle to benefit them and your own body, mums
    • Behaviour Management
      • We delve into some of the common behaviour problems that can occur from age one to five years.
    • and more...
  • Questions & Answers

Outline to Seminar May Vary Slightly And Will Run For Two Hours

COST - $80.00 Per Couple or Single Parent

(To be paid, by cheque, in advance of seminar date to: 20 Tiny Toes Ltd)

Donation to Organisation - 15%

(If organisations are prepared to forgo the donation seminar price for parents can be lowered)

Minimum Attendance - 20 couples/parents

Pricing
Take the opportunity to benefit from Philippa's focused advice that she gained throughout her career. Philippa has adapted to many situations, cultures and families and knows she can provide you with proven, one on one techniques that work. Her expertise covers...
  • Antenatal preparation
  • Breast-feeding
  • Bottle-feeding
  • Release of Wind
  • Positions to enable the release of wind
  • Routines that enable the flow of the seven listed above
  • How to combat sleep deprivation
  • Patterns specific to multiples
  • Calming techniques for parents & babies
  • Achieving sleep filled nights
  • Changing the accumulation cycle of 6pm-11pm
  • Weaning from breast or bottle onto solids
  • Recipes available on request
  • Postnatal Depression and more...
  • Massaging two at once
  • Providing methods for a calm bath time for all involved
Should you need a more in-depth outline for any of the above topics or would like an individual consultation for a subject we have not mentioned then please contact us.

First Half Hour Free

Thereafter - NZ$35.00 an hour

(To be paid on completion of consult)

Parents will need to provide a diary of their baby's days for at least a week.

This will enable Philippa to provide a complete service.

This should include feeding (posits or throwing up), awake times (mood), sleeping (resting or soundly) and any abnormal behavior that may occur.

Requirements
Individual Consultations, in person with Philippa, are offered after seminars held in your area. If you are not having a seminar in your area then please contact us. Dependent on your location, we may still be able to provide a consult.

'TO TOUCH IS ALSO TO BE TOUCHED' - Peter Walker

To me this quote really combines the physical and emotional aspects of massaging your babies and how beneficial it is to both of you. Massage offers a whole new dimension to your relationship, combining bonding, communication, trust and confidence in one foul swoop.

Physically, babies will learn to unravel themselves from their foetal position while massage also stimulates skin cells, encourages muscular co-ordination, eases wind while aiding digestion, strengthens muscles and educates them on the movability of their body.

I can guarantee, you will never regret spending the time or money to learn massage. Once your twins are used to these particular massage movements they will dribble throughout and sleep soundly afterwards.

Philippa decided to immerse herself in an extensive training course to gain her Diploma in Baby Massage. This was at a time when Baby Massage was the new craze in London. Teachers were rare. Soon she had many bookings and held classes with up to eight babies throughout the UK and once in Switzerland with non-English speaking clients. This class proved to her that the sense of touch is communication enough.

CLASS INCLUDES

  • Simple techniques for two
  • Effleurage
  • Petrissage
  • Friction
  • Dotting
  • Motor reflex stimulation
  • Massage techniques to ease wind
  • Reflexology
  • Understanding what your twins are communicating
  • Beneficial timing
  • Equipment
Services
PRICING & REQUIREMENTS

COST - NZ$35.00

(To be paid on completion of class by cheque to 20 Tiny Toes Ltd)

EQUIPMENT NEEDED

  • Two fluffy towels
  • Nappy changing paraphernalia
  • Four muslins
  • Cushion
  • Oil will be supplied

Massage classes are offered to parents after seminars that are held in your area. Class limit is four couples or eight babies at a time in a class. If you are not having a seminar in your area then please contact us. Dependent on your location, we may still be able to provide a class.

 
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