Re: [ozmidwifery] Re: [Children Present at Births)

[Pinky McKay]

I used to work in a New Zealand hospital in the late 70s and there was a hospital creche way back then - it had the best reputation and breastfeeding nurses/ physios etc were simply called when the little ones needed mummy  and it was taken for granted that they would whip off to feed or have lunch with their kids - it was for staff only though. Mind you I think it can be confusing for children to be suddenly "dumped" with strangers at any major time of change without some preparation -it could be traumatic to a toddler to be popped in the care of complete strangers then confronted with a new sibling so really not appropriate except in emergencies Pinky ----- Original Message ----- From: Aviva Sheb'a To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2002 1:34 PM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Re: [Children Present at Births) Of course child care for staff too! Is this all so obvious nobody thought about it, or has it been thrown around and out?   Aviva ----- Original Message ----- From: Kirsten Blacker To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2002 2:09 AM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Re: [Children Present at Births) The hospital I used to work at in Perth has child care but of course it's only during the day - mainly to cater for women coming to AN appts I think. Everyone knows that major crises of any nature NEVER happen during office hours. Furthermore, if they are going to start looking at childcare within the hospital - how about on site childcare for the STAFF to use? Kirsten   ---   Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.423 / Virus Database: 238 - Release Date: 25/11/02