According to Niam Nyiaj Thoj Vaj, she help her husband took turn to mind their babies and put them to sleep, but most of the time it is her that dealing with most of her babies.
She said that, we need to wrap babies properly so they feel safe and secure so they have a proper sleep, this in return help you as parents sleeping better and better taking care of themselves, their babies and their families and maintaining better relationship with their partners.
Young family still don't know how to wrap their baby properly that is why babies keep crying due to lacking of security and secure. But after a trip to hospital, it is recommended that because of the cold weather and baby is not proper wrapped, it is therefore baby was crying all the time or waking up all the time, leading to parents sleep deprivation, health and relationship problem.
Though Australian new childcare scheme has been introduced recently and parents are encouraged to register so they can manage childcare services, many Hmong family tend to be the carer for their babies or relying on their parents and grand parents to mind their kids.
Niam Nyiaj Thoj Vaj also said that due to the language barrier, Hmong community needs more Hmong interpreting services, but due to we have limited interpreters, some have to find other alternative like Lao or Thai interpreting services.
As a member of the Hmong Australian Association, she would like to see more of these types of services and teaching Hmong mother tongue to Hmong communities and programs to take Hmong elders for excursion to refresh their mind instead of staying home.
Malou Villarreal, founder of Baby Loves Sleep said that 'we need a regular routine about when to feed, to put baby to sleep, to have family time and to have time to look after ourselves as mothers and fathers, to maintain our relationship'.
She has search all the baby bedding and clothing on the market and there is none that could serve her needs therefore she decide to design her baby wrap or baby clothing that wrap baby to help them sleeping better. This design has help her to get her life back to normal freeing herself from sleep deprivation, having better relationship with her partner, having more time with her family and most importantly having time to look after herself and her health so she can be the best mother for her family.
Listen to Founder of Baby Loves Sleep, Malou Villarreal's insights into how to help babies and parents sleeping better here:
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