Babies & Sleep
Sometimes coping with a young baby can be difficult, lonely and stressful.
All of the services provided by the Family Centre are free and available to any Waikato-based family and whānau with a child under 24 months of age.
Our highly experienced nursing staff provide practical and non-judgmental support on a number of parenting concerns, including:
We're here to help
The Waikato Family Centre relies on donations, volunteers, and funding to continue to provide this integral free service to the families/whānau of the community and the greater Waikato. We appreciate the funding, donations, and gift of time.
631 new families in 2020 engaged in our service with over 4000 presentations. Thank you for generously allowing us with funding to continue our life-changing service.
Our caring, dedicated Health Professionals will support you with any concerns you are having with your baby under two years old.
Our Vision is to continue to support families of the community and the greater Waikato and share our knowledge and expertise with families as they adjust to parenthood.
To grow our integral service into the communities. We will continue to meet the needs of the communities by growing our service of further education sessions.
To continue to work alongside Neonatal Clinical Nurse Specialists, Mothercraft, Plunket, Midwives, NICU and Perinatal Mental Health to provide the optimal care for women and their families and provide a positive outcome.
To continue to prevent admissions to Mothercraft, GP’s ED, and Perinatal Mental Health to provide the best outcome for our families/whānau.