About Nurture Parenting Solutions?

Nurture Parenting Solutions, was established in March 2011 by myself, Karen Faulkner. It is a Sydney based parenting support service and is located in the Inner West and Eastern Suburbs.

I am a Child and Family Health Nurse and Registered Midwife with over 23 years of experience.

I trained in England as a Nurse and Midwife and attended university in Manchester to study as a Health Visitor. I also hold a BSc (Hons) in Psychology from Bolton Institute, UK. I have a strong interest in supporting families and strengthening the family unit. I have worked in social support and outreach programmes in the UK and Melbourne and in the Inner West and Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. Most recently I was employed on the Parent Support Team at Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick. I have a particular interest in Baby Massage and have taught this for the past 13 years. The benefits for babies and their parents are amazing. It builds on the infant-parent relationship and has many health benefits. I am also a proven ‘baby whisperer’, teaching parents how to settle their babies/children and establish healthy and positive day and night routines. Sleep and rest are crucial to the healthy development of each and every baby and child.

I believe very strongly in working in partnership with families and helping them find their own solutions to the modern challenges of parenting.

I am an expert in the 0 - 5 years old age group and no parenting issue is too difficult. I have experienced many parenting problems and I believe that children and their parents deserve the support of a child and family expert in times of difficulty.

Please read my testimonials from many satisfied families and contact me for any help and support you need.

What can Nurture Parenting Solutions Help parents with?

• Baby Massage classes – group sessions and one on one in the home.
• Sleep and settling help and support for your baby and toddler. No sleep issue is too difficult.
• Feeding issues – breast, formula and solids. Fussy feeding in toddlers
• Toddler behaviour problems. I am Triple P trained
• Multiple births, care of twins and triplets including routines, settling and feeding issues
• Premature babies and babies with special needs
• Play therapy to help with specific developmental issues

Costs and travel to visits

This is a fee-paying service and costs are kept to a minimum.

I can do a home visit to addresses within 25km of Sydney CBD.

Please contact me to discuss your individual requirements.

Links to articles by Karen

• 10 Best Babycare Tips in Practical Parenting Magazine

Testimonials from clients

• When Karen walked into our lives several months ago she brought in a breeze of calm and peace to our life. We’re so happy that Adam was trained so early as a baby and we never imagined that a baby could be so easy. We also gained valuable insight on Chloe’s development and Josh’s behaviour. We have really appreciated Karen’s kind and professional help – we now have a routine for the first time and a better discipline strategy and best of all – it all works. For us, Karen is the ‘super nanny!”
  Tony & Jess, Clovelly.
• Karen made such a difference to our lives. We had chaos and now we have calm. She kept me and Brad sane. Edie is like a new baby ever since Karen came to help us. Since then we enjoy each day with Edie more and more. So, thank you for all your great advice and support. It has meant so much to our family.
  Ann and Brad, Newtown.
• Karen came to help us with our out of control Toddler, Ethan. He was acting up and nothing we tried seemed to work. Things got so bad that we were living in one room as it was easier to contain him and prevent him being so destructive. Karen helped us understand Ethan and his developmental needs. In reality he was a bored and under-stimulated little boy. He was acting out to get our attention. Karen helped us role-play some scenarios that occurred on a regular basis. Even during her visit we noticed a huge change in Ethan. It was like the little lion had been tamed. It was truly amazing. Within one week we had a different child living with us. He was a pleasure to be around and once given a free rein and allowed more floor space to roam he wasn’t so frustrated or bored. Karen really helped us see things from Ethan’s point of view. I have even been teaching my mothers group some of the things Karen taught us. I feel that we are finally really enjoying being parents and we understand our child so much better. Thank you.
  Kate & Phil, Paddington
• Kitty and I have thoroughly enjoyed our visits from Karen. She has helped us get through our first year together. She has taught us so much about feeding on solids through to play and development. I really don’t know what we’d have done without her. Kitty is so happy now and I understand her so much more. I don’t feel so scared when I am left alone all day with her. She answered all my questions and I had a lot of them and she never made me feel stupid. I’m going back to work soon and she helped prepare me for that. Every mother needs someone like Karen in their lives. I cried when she didn’t need to come and visit us anymore but I realised that she had done such a good job of giving me confidence in my own mothering abilities that we didn’t need her and other families will benefit as we have.
  Sarah & Kitty, Vaucluse