Mums want honesty, not a pretend perfect life

By Melissa Meehan

Amelia Lamont is a midwife and sleep consultant whose own kids had moments when they refused to sleep.

Armed with all the tricks of the trade, she couldn’t get her son Alfie to sleep when he was three months old and her second child wasn’t much better.

“I’m a sleep consultant and my daughter Essie is the worst sleeper,” she laughs.

“I just say it how it is.”

It’s that honesty that has seen her grow her Instagram following to 38,500.

Better known as The Midwife Mumma, Amelia maintains she herself is the worst sleeper out of anyone.

Her mind doesn’t stop and when she does finally lie down, she puts her phone down, gets an idea and picks it back up again.

So it’s no surprise that as well as working as a midwife, a sleep consultant and running a successful blog. She added author to her many talents.

“I was getting regular messages from mums and pregnant women and found that I was answering the same questions day in and day out,” she said.

“So I thought ‘what better way of putting together all the information, in my own honest words and how I speak, than to do a book?’

“I wrote my preggy guide and then all these mums asked me when I was writing a book on birth. So I’m doing that now.”

She has plans to grow the series too, covering birth, birth classes, postpartum and the fourth trimester.

“I think mums on social media are desperate and tired and want someone to relate to, and I think that’s why I have such a loyal following. It has been organically grown and I’m my authentic self,” she said.

“I’m the same on my Instagram stories as I am in real life and people seem to respect that.”

While most people portray the perfect life on Instagram, Amelia celebrates the highs but doesn’t hide the lows.

“People don’t tell you the truth on Instagram or often in real life when it comes to parenting,” she said.

“I’m a midwife and I know all the settling techniques but even today Essie is such a little turd and she can be up until 10 at night.

“I am a sleep consultant and I’ve been through it – and it’s nice to be able to tell people that there is a light at the end of the tunnel because I’ve been there.”

Not academically minded at school, Amelia always wanted to have kids and worked full-time as soon as she finished high school.

But with so much focus on kids and babies – she thought there was more she could do.

So she applied to become a midwife.

“And it’s been the best thing ever,” she said.

“It was an intense course but look at where it has brought me six years on.”

THE MIDWIFE MUMMA’S PREGNANCY GUIDE includes:

– Week to week of pregnancy from conception to birth

– Info on your first GP visit to health professionals you may see throughout your pregnancy

– Public vs private

– General pregnancy info from her point of view

– Things that no one tells you about your pregnancy & loads more

Go to www.themidwifemumma.com.au to buy your copy.

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