This week Tweddle is celebrating Children’s Week, a great time to reconnect with nature and spend time outdoors with our little ones. The earlier you share nature with your baby, the more likely they are to develop a life-long love of the outdoors. Even babies and toddlers can play and learn in nature. You can take […]
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This National Carers Week 2022 Tweddle would like to recognise and celebrate the invaluable contribution unpaid carers make to our families, communities and economy. This week, Tweddle’s MyTime families were treated to a morning tea with thanks to Carers Victoria and a beautiful blanket, hand knitted by the generous volunteers at Knit One Give One […]
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The 2022 Children’s Week theme is around a child’s right to a standard of living that is good enough to meet their physical and mental needs. As part of Children’s Week, Tweddle will be delivering an educational parenting Play and Learn session and morning tea for parents of babies and toddlers. The session, based on […]
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Tweddle CEO Jacquie O’Brien joined Minister for Local Government Melissa Horne and Member for Tarneit Sarah Connolly at yesterday’s official opening of the new Bembit Bag-rook Community Centre. The new Centre in Tarneit, is based in the booming local government area of Wyndham where around 20 babies are born every day. “As we prepare for […]
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Today Tweddle CEO Ms Jacquie O Brien joined Minister for Health Mary-Anne Thomas, Treasurer of Victoria and Member for Werribee, Tim Pallas at the location of Wyndham’s new Early Parenting Centre on the Princes Highway in Werribee. The Minister for Health highlighted the great need for support in a child’s first 1000 days of life […]
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This national Mental Health Awareness month, and World Mental Health Day (Oct 10th), Tweddle would like to remind parents that asking for help is a strength, not a weakness. The foundations for good mental health start in infancy and travel along a continuum throughout life. Many different factors shape mental health such us our environment, […]
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Tweddle Child and Family Health Service (Tweddle) and the City of Wyndham are delighted to announce a new Early Parenting Day Stay program opening in North Tarneit for Wyndham families from the 11th of October 2022. Delivered by Tweddle, the Tarneit Day Stay Program will operate weekly for families with babies up to 12 months […]
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Tweddle’s Professional Development educators have had the privilege to deliver specialist training to the team heading up the western region Women’s Prevention and Recovery Care centre (WPARC). Melbourne’s western suburbs are at the forefront of family service innovation. The opening of Victoria’s WPARC located near Sunshine Hospital is the first in the state to provide […]
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Especially for Father’s Day, Tweddle has compiled a list of ‘Dad jokes’ for all of the fathers who might be looking to refresh their repertoire. Dad jokes are a fundamental form of humor that teach us a great lesson courtesy of goofy dads everywhere — that humor has the power to make people happy, even […]
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Next week is National Child Protection Week (4-10 September) with the overarching message that ‘Every child, in every community, needs a fair go’. This year Child Protection Week looks at how we can all contribute as individuals and communities to children growing up safe and supported. Keeping children safe is up to us all. As […]
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