What We Do
Being a new parent can be a joyful time for your family. Sometimes though parenting babies & early years children is not easy, it can be a stressful or lonely time. We can support. We help you meet other parents and learn along the way.
Our antenatal courses are designed to help expecting parents prepare for the arrival of a new baby and to understand the pregnancy more. Some courses are online, and others are in-person. Topics covered include:
For more information:
Contact Niamh Murphy
Parenting Programme Specialist
Tel: 087 100 6957
Email: nmurphy@liffeypartnership.ie
Baby Massage helps build your bond with your baby. You learn massage skills to help your baby’s digestion, movement, circulation, coordination and brain development.
The course is also a chance to get support. You can ask questions, share experiences, and connect with other parents. It shows you ways to help develop your baby’s early speech and language and how to support their physical and emotional growth.
Our Baby Massage course runs for 5 weeks in different community centres in Dublin 10 many times a year.
“The Baby Massage Course really helped me as I have struggled with mental health and loneliness after birth and I have felt so much better since coming.”
“It was a nice time away for me and my baby with no outside noise.”
For more information:
Contact Niamh Murphy
Parenting Programme Specialist
Tel: 087 100 6957
Email: nmurphy@liffeypartnership.ie
Babies learn so much from you and the world around them in the first 6 months of their lives, a lot more than we give them credit for! Joining our Incredible Years Baby Programme can help you to mind yourself while doing the best you can for your baby.
You will learn further about how your baby talks to you and how you can talk to them, what their different cries mean, how to establish sleeping and eating routines and baby first aid. This is a supportive course for all parents and babies up to 6 months.
“A lovely session, building up some confidence to contribute to the group as it was led really well, and I felt at ease.”
For more information:
Contact Niamh Murphy
Parenting Programme Specialist
Tel: 087 100 6957
Email: nmurphy@liffeypartnership.ie
Talking, singing, reading and playing with your child helps them learn and develop. Your child learns best from you through playing and having fun.
PEEP groups give you and your child the chance to make new friends and share experiences and ideas that work. Each session teaches a new way to play or teach your child so you can continue developing together at home.
For more information:
Contact Lyndsey Power
Parenting Programme Specialist
Tel: 01 623 5612
Email: lyndseypower@liffeypartnership.ie
Parents are a child’s first and most important teacher. In this programme our trained local Home Visitors can come to your house and support you.
Each week, the Home Visitor brings a new, free toy or book to your home. She will help you teach your child how to learn and develop through play. Home visits last for 30 minutes twice a week for up to 46 weeks. This programme is for toddlers between 15 months and 2.5 years, and designed to support you to encourage your child’s love of learning.
This programme helps parents get their child physically and emotionally ready for preschool and early years learning.
For more information:
Contact Niamh Murphy
Parenting Programme Specialist
Tel: 087 100 6957
Email: nmurphy@liffeypartnership.ie
We work together with the Library and your child’s Early Years service to help them learn to read. The Story Time Project gives you reading tips that work and includes fun ways to read with your child. You will receive 5 library books to read and enjoy with your child over 5 weeks.
The Story Time Project aims to:
For more information:
Contact Lyndsey Power
Parenting Programme Specialist
Tel: 01 623 5612
Email: lyndseypower@liffeypartnership.ie
Understanding your child and what they need helps to make parenting easier. Our Circle of Security Parenting Programme helps you tune in to your child’s feelings. We work on tips and tools that support your child’s emotions, especially if they are anxious or struggling with managing emotions.
Over 8 weeks, we help parents to:
For more information:
Contact Lynsdey Power
Parenting Programme Specialist
Tel: 01 623 5612
Email: lyndseypower@liffeypartnership.ie
We also support parents by linking them with local organisations who run parenting workshops, either online or in-person. As follows are workshops that may be of interest to you:
For more information
Contact Niamh Murphy
Parenting Programmes Specialist
Tel: 087 100 6957
Email: nmurphy@liffeypartnership.ie
Niamh Murphy
Parenting Programmes Specialist
Tel: 087 100 6957
Email: nmurphy@liffeypartnership.ie
or,
Lyndsey Power
Parenting Programme Specialist
Tel: 01 623 5612
Email: lyndseypower@liffeypartnership.ie
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