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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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 Expert Guide to Parenthood 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.
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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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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Feel like you are doing the job of 10 people? The to-do lists, the constant planning, the emotional stress, the manual labour and all the things that aren’t always visible, but are deeply felt.

This week we’re diving into something that so many parents feel but rarely talk about openly – the mental load of parenting.
We’re joined by our Psychologist Expert Dr Carrie Haywood to unpack what the mental load is, how it affects us, and what we can do about it. We discuss:

• What the mental load is when it comes to parenting

• The emotional toll of constantly being the 'default parent'

• The psychological or cognitive consequences of carrying a high mental load over time

• The common signs a parent is carrying too heavy a mental load

• Dr Carrie’s top tips for talking to your partner about the mental load and ways of sharing it

• Particular parenting styles contributing to a heavier mental load than others

• How letting go of perfectionism and having more self compassion can help to reduce a parent’s stress

• Dr Carrie’s strategies to help parents deal with the mental load and emotional stress of parenting

• Dr Carrie’s advice for parents who feel like they’re constantly dropping balls and failing even though they’re doing so much.

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Does your child have a flat head, or a flat spot on their head?

It is really common and normal for babies to be born with or to develop a flat spot on their heads. This is called Deformational Plagiocephaly or Positional Plagiocephaly.

The good news is that plagiocephaly generally improves over time and does not affect brain development in the future. Treatment is non-invasive and there are many supports available, including the support and skill of qualified orthotists like Luke Stewart, from Orthokids.

This week on The Expert Guide to Parenthood Podcast we welcome Orthotist Luke Stewart to talk about plagiocephaly - including when to worry, what you can do as parents and where to go for help.

We discuss:

- What plagiocephaly is

- What causes plagiocephaly

- Prevention tips for plagiocephaly

- How plagiocephaly is diagnosed

- The treatment options for plagiocephaly

- If the treatment option hurts

- How long the treatment takes

- If parents need to alter their child’s lifestyle if they have plagiocephaly

- When parents should seek help if they suspect their child may have plagiocephaly

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