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My name is Rowena Cook and I am a proud mother of one (so far). I am here to share my passion for working with new parents and their babies, and my knowledge of understanding babies cries learned both through study and most importantly through my own experience. I combine my passion and knowledge to be your guide through one of the most joyful times of your life, the first three months of your baby's life. My story...
My first son Marley was born on 1 April 2008, delivered by caesarian after a long, exhausting and unsuccessful induced labour. I met my son for the first time minutes after he was born; the anxious and excited wait to look into his little blue eyes took too long for me. Ever since the day I found out I could have babies, I wanted one of my own to cuddle, kiss & love unconditionally.
So there he was, tiny, alert and already needing me to keep him safe and warm and fed and loved. I felt a love I had never felt before in my life. It was the love of a new mother; the love that is sacred and only understood by mothers themselves. My unconditional devotion and love for my child had begun 42 weeks earlier but it was at that moment, the moment I looked into my son's eyes for the very first time, that I began my search for more meaning and understanding of my child, just as he was. Going back in time a little.... After completing a personal development course in 2003, two passions emerged from within. First, I should study the art of Yoga and become a Yoga Practitioner and second, to follow my life's purpose of supporting parents and their babies. I didn't know what or when or how. I just knew that these were important to me and I would fulfil these wishes one day when the time was right. In 2007 I completed teacher training and became fully qualified to teach. I dabbled in prenatal yoga and even yoga with mums and their babies once my son had been born. All these activities gave me so much joy and happiness; nevertheless something was still missing. I wanted to do more. And then it happened!
I watched an episode of Oprah and that episode changed everything. Priscilla Dunstan, the Australian woman who discovered Dunstan Baby Language (http://www.dunstanbaby.com/) was on Oprah. I cried all the way through the episode. Why? I hadn't discovered Priscilla Dunstan and what she offered when I needed her. She could listen to a baby crying and she knew what baby was saying and in turn could encourage the baby's mother to give the baby what's needed straight away. No checklist needed! Why did I need her? Read on.
The first three months of my newborn son's life was the most difficult time of my life. I was so happy and blessed to be a mother but my son was crying all the time. It made me so sad and I felt so helpless to see him crying and I didn't know what to do. I had gone through the checklist each time, he wasn't hungry, hot/cold, didn't need a change of nappy...what was it? I didn't understand him. I wanted to understand him and make him happy and content. I was on the phone to my mum, my sister, anyone who may be able to give me some advice. But nothing ever helped. Had I discovered Dunstan Baby Language before he was born, I would have been able to understand what he was telling me. I would have had more success breast feeding him. I would have fed him when he needed to be fed, burped him when he needed to be burped, massaged his little tummy when he had wind pain, put him to bed when he was tired and known when he was uncomfortable. All these things he told me, over and over; I just didn't understand his words. As soon as I discovered Dunstan Baby Language I knew that my job was to be the person who could educate parents on how to understand their baby's cries. I realised that this could become a reality because I shared the same passion as Priscilla Dunstan, to teach parents how to understand their baby's unique language so as to respond to their needs accurately and without delay.
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