Speech Guidelines – Years 0-5

In November 2011 we were very lucky to have Speech-Language Pathologist, Maree Metcalf give us an overview of speech in a child’s early years.

Consulting Rooms:

99 Wattletree Road

Armadale

Victoria 3143

Ph: 9500 2844

Email: mareem@speech-lang.com

Life's Little Treasures Foundation

1 day ago

How are you doing? We know that navigating information regarding Covid-19 can be overwhelming for families, especially those families who have had a sick or preterm child. Thankfully researchers from the CRE in Newborn Medicine at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute have compiled a list of links to evidence-based resources for families who are understandably worried and seeking credible information. We hope that this helps make things clearer for you.

Read the list here: bit.ly/2JGZiVE ... See MoreSee Less

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Life's Little Treasures Foundation

2 days ago

The faces behind the foundation:
Meet Emma, Office Manager at LLTF.

Emma's an organisational whizz and has been sorting us out and keeping us in line for 3 years. She shares her story of being a prem mum herself and why the foundation is so important to her and her family.

"From about 28 weeks, my blood pressure shot up and was being monitored and hospitalised on and off and given medication to reduce my bp. At 31 weeks, I was experiencing a lot of pain and cramping in my uterus and lower back. I wasn’t bleeding so thought it must be ok and I waiting to see if the pain went, but a couple of hours later and the pain was getting worse so I went into my maternity ward and was examined. All of a sudden, I was told I would need to have an emergency c-section under a general anaesthetic and was been prepped by so many medical staff. I was experiencing a concealed placental abruption and was bleeding internally. I was so scared and couldn’t stop crying and I will never forget being whisked away quickly down the elevators to theatre and seeing these huge lights above me and so many people getting ready to take my baby out of me. All very surreal and having to kiss my husband goodbye was awful, he looked so worried and scared and had to wait outside. It was incredibly difficult for him feeling so helpless in this situation. My son, Noah was born not long after going into theatre. He was very sick and resuscitated heavily. He had a bleed to the brain (grade 2) and we nobody knew how long he was without oxygen so we were told to prepare ourselves that he may have brain damage. My world was shattered. Noah was then transferred to NICU in a hospital about 30 mins away and for the next 8 weeks we would travel each day to see him. The first week was extremely tough for us as we were unable to hold our beautiful little boy as he was intubated, however 6 days after he was born, I got my first cuddle which was truly the most wonderful feeling in the world. That moment really turned things around for me and made me so much more positive and helped with my mental health. He was in NICU for 4 weeks and another 4 weeks in SCN and was the toughest time in our lives, but after 55 days, we got to take Noah home. We feel incredibly blessed to have our beautiful son, who miraculously did not have any brain damage and who has reached all his milestones perfectly (apart from him being late in walking at 23 months actual which he had physio for). He is now almost 5 years old, thriving at kinder and will be starting school next year! Premmies are truly life’s treasures."

"At LLTF we are a small team of premmie mums and we see each other as family. I feel so lucky to be able to not only work with some of the strongest, inspirational, loving and intelligent women, but I get to be part of an amazing community. It doesn’t feel like work and being able to help as many families as we can is what I love. Unfortunately, I didn’t receive any support so want to ensure that nobody feels alone in their journey. I do a lot of work in organising and preparing for our annual fundraiser, Walk for Prems. A huge amount of work is done behind the scenes but we all do it with so much energy and passion and it is truly worth is to see so much joy on people’s faces when they all come together as a community to celebrate premmies. It’s such a wonderful day."

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Speech Guidelines – Years 0-5

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