Wish YOUR newborn came with a manual? Midwife launches eight week online course for new parents (and one of the topics is babies and poo)

November 24, 2016

Midwife Donna Mansell has launched an online video guide for parents
The eight week course has videos to teach new mums what to expect
She has a number of experts who have contributed to The Baby Manual
There are many pre-baby courses for mums, but not many for after birth

Lauren Ingram For Daily Mail Australia

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02:17 EST, 24 November 2016

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02:17 EST, 24 November 2016

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One of the things parents often joke about with new babies is that they wish they came with a manual.

While they might not come with a manual, you can now buy one, thanks to Adelaide woman Donna Mansell.

The well-known midwife has launched ‘The Baby Manual‘ an online, eight week course for new parents that teaches via short videos.

Midwife Donna Mansell (above) has launched a program for new mums

The course has videos that gives advice to parents from a range of experts and doctors like psychologists, dietitians and paediatricians

It’s filled with advice not only from the midwife, but from doctors and experts on a range of topics.

It does, for example, has contributors who are psychologists, sleep specialists, dietitians, paediatricians and obstetricians.

‘It’s really about normalising parenthood and not looking for perfection,’ Ms Mansell told Daily Mail Australia.

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Ms Mansell said she decided to create the manual because she remembers what it was like as a new mum

The midwife said that she decided to create the manual because she remembered how stressful it was with her first baby.

‘New mums often get lost in these first few weeks of parenthood,’ Ms Mansell told the Adelaide Advertiser.

‘I’ve realised, as a mum myself, it’s an overwhelming time with lots of information that’s not always credible.’

The course deals with topics like babies and poo and how to store breastmilk

The eight week course deals with topics like ‘The first few days of motherhood—babies and poo’, ‘Normal changes post birth’ and ‘Storage of breastmilk’.

It also allows mums to ask questions, to be answered by the experts, so they can know what to do.