About The Staff at Babybliss
About Jo
Jo Ryan
Jo Ryan, RN BA MPH is a Registered Nurse with nearly 20 years experience, with much of that time spent working in paediatrics. She also worked as a full-time nanny for many years both in Australia and overseas which greatly enhanced her understanding of babies and young children and the pressures of parenting.
As well as being a Registered Nurse, Jo has a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Masters of Public Health. When doing her Masters degree Jo focused her study on the health and wellbeing of women and their children in a Public Health context and the levels of support available to them within the community.
Jo also conducted research into the types of support services women prefer and how home visiting provides much needed support and helps reduce the stress and anxiety that is part of early parenting.
Jo’s philosophy of assisting parents within their own environment helps them to feel more confident in dealing with their child and it ensures that parents feel secure with new the routine and techniques before leaving them to carry on alone.
Jo firmly believes that the parents’ lifestyle and beliefs should be considered and accommodated when planning Babybliss programs and teaching skills.
About Emily
Emily Yates
Emily Yates has a Bachelor of Health Sciences majoring in Naturopathy and practises nutrition, herbal medicine and homoeopathy in her clinic in Bondi.
She has a strong passion for optimising the health and development of babies and children through nutrition and most importantly their sleep!
Therefore the Babybliss technique was a welcomed and perfect adjunct to her skills.
With her many years of nannying and childcare coupled with her counselling and naturopathy skills she is a welcomed edition to the Babybliss team for her support to new mums and their babies.
About Michelle
Michelle Galilee
Michelle Galilee has worked with new parents and babies for the last 18 years. She most enjoys working with parents to establish a rhythm and get results, as well as helping to reassure and reinforce parents with continuous follow up care. Her skill with multiples, babies with high needs and particularly unsettled babies is of a high standard.
Michelle has worked as a Parent Bereavement Support Counsellor for SIDS and Kids NSW, as Beyond Blue Perinatal Depression BlueVoices Support Person, she has written a quarterly column for My Child magazine as a Breastfeeding and Infancy expert.
Michelle is a Mum to four wonderful children, two of whom were born extremely prematurely at under 30 weeks gestation. She is also a Foster Carer to many high needs babies and children. Michelle holds a Cert 3 in Children’s Services, Senior First Aid and Children’s First Aid.
Michelle is a qualified Birth and Postnatal Doula and has attended over 400 births, is an accredited Childbirth and Parenting Educator with NACE and holds memberships with Australian Breastfeeding Association, Australian Association for Infant Mental Health as well as many other organisations that focus on babies and parenting. Michelle is committed to continuing education in the field of Child and Family Health and regularly attends conferences, seminars and workshops at Tresillian, Karitane, Birth International and Australian Breastfeeding Association.
About Lisa
Lisa Ellis
Lisa Ellis has had years of experience with babies and children. After having her own two children Lisa went on to study Enrolled Nursing and completed her ParentCraft Certificate including additional studies relating to medication and paediatric nursing.
After gaining her qualifications, Lisa spent many years working on the post-natal ward at the Royal Hospital for Women in Sydney. She cared for mothers, babies and their families, and dealt with all that goes along with having a new baby. She paid special attention to newborn care, and the settling of a new baby.
As well as being an Enrolled Nurse, Lisa has years of experience working with children and their families as a nanny. In her nanny role, which was at times as the primary carer, she dealt with establishing routines, development and stimulation, and teaching good sleep habits.
About Jerusha
Jerusha Sutton
Jerusha has worked with families in various capacities for over 15 years. She has worked extensively as a maternity nurse, mothercraft nurse, nanny and childcare centre assistant both in Australia, the UK and Europe. She is also a certified birth and postnatal doula and for the past 6 years has worked extensively with clients in the prenatal, birthing, and postnatal phases of becoming parents. Jerusha’s work is always based on a principle of listening and taking into account the circumstances of each and every family- there is no one size fits all solution.
Colleen Hester
About Colleen
Colleen Hester has always had an interest in, and a passion for working with babies and young children. After completing her New Zealand Nanny Diploma in 1999, she went on to become a nanny for private families in Italy, France, London, New York, and now Sydney.
With her experience ranging from newborns to 12yrs, she appreciates that there can be struggles that parents encounter with children of all ages. She has always thrived on helping the families work through these problems, and assisting with creating new routines and rituals.
Working with the newborns has been especially rewarding for Colleen, and she loves to watch the babies change and grow over the weeks and months. She is set to start her Post Natal care/non-medical Maternity Nursing in the near future and hopes to specialise in this area of childcare.
