Mum HQ Mackay

15/07/2025

Always makes my day brighter when I get to put together a bundle for a pregnant mama! 🥰😀💖😍

13/07/2025

After a drama filled weekend I've let all my stress out on the reformer this morning and now letting you know we are in HQ today from 9! Parent circle at Cheeky Little Monkeys Play Centre Mackay in the play centre at 10, and then I'll be in HQ until about 12:45.

My aim is to be open school hours every day this week as I make the most of my free time before I head back to uni, but send me a message if you're planning on coming in just to double check I'm there.

If you need a chat, we have a milk frother now! Plus CLM has free coffee at Parent Circle. The Held Project is very much still going, and I'll be announcing on the page at some point today some changes we're making to the booking system to adapt to some issues that were pointed out over the weekend. I acknowledge where I could have been more clear in our mission and values, and am adapting our service to suit mum and mum only.

Thank you Mackay for getting behind us, and as always, we accept donations from pregnancy related up to 4-6months ish baby items, and we can put together bundles for mamas who need an extra hand - don't feel bad about it either! I think everyone is doing it tough no matter what your income is at the moment.

So much love for this town, and feeling SO ready to love our community this week!

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12/07/2025

Heartbreaking to say the least.

SO SAD that I have to make this post. But...

Hey there, I believe you're talking about me. I'm offering formula samples, as well as items to assist with pumping. We are a pro sleep preservation initiative, so are offering mum ways to get sleep overnight. This is by lived experience, not by any research. By all means, you're welcome to refuse the formula.

We are not encouraging or pushing formula, we're supportive of both sides equally. Sleep preservation is the key to good mental health. We include items to help you on whatever side of the journey you want (or both!)

I knew this would be a problem eventually, and it's breaking my heart that someone is choosing to see this for something it's not. We are all about perinatal depression/psychosis/anxiety. We are not a formula or breastfeeding project.

I am heartbroken that someone would take our passion for perinatal mental health and turn it into a "breast is best" argument. Please, by all means, message me to have a chat instead of posting this sort of thing on social media.

I fed my babies both ways. We are pro sleep preservation. I literally have no words for how sad this has made me.

09/07/2025

THURSDAY + FRIDAY AT MUM HQ Cheeky Little Monkeys Play Centre Mackay

We are open from 9:30-2 for a mega donation drive!

Bring a donation and get a raffle ticket 😍 for a newborn/baby shower gift basket, and an all tyres 2 U voucher valued at $160!

We will also be able to make bundles for pregnant mamas who need a hand (subject to what we have available and we will prioritise closer to term gestation).

Here's a list of ideas! Please feel free to share to local mums groups, I think people get sick of seeing me post (Amanda lol)

See you there 😍

08/07/2025

Hey Mackay! We're down at Mount Pleasant for a pop up market. There's face painting here and balloons! 🥰 We have a basket to raffle, a silent auction of a voucher for All Tyres 2 U and an example of one of our nappy bags - plus you can have a chat about all things The Held Project and Mum HQ Mackay

Come say hi! 💗

07/07/2025

Hey mamas, just a reminder that we accept donations of baby items, AND if you see a mum reaching out for help - please tag us! We would absolutely love to help! We have stuff to help mamas either pregnant or with bubs up til 4-6 months old. And please share our page and this post - we'd love for the Mackay mum community to keep this going. This is our own little niche part of The Held Project for our home community of Mackay 🫶🏽 we're located on wood st at Cheeky Little Monkeys Play Centre Mackay ❣️ I'm here tomorrow from 9:30-2:30 💖 Amanda x

06/07/2025

Woohoo! We have a sign now 🙂 you'll be able to find us beside Cheeky Little Monkeys Play Centre Mackay 🥰 does anybody need a pram and capsule at all? I have these to give to a mama who needs a bit of help from our generous community 💗🫶🏽 please send through a message 💖

05/07/2025

Sleep preservation is the very most important thing in preventing perinatal mental health disorders. I remember the day I arrived at BCPND (Brisbane Centre for Perinatal Disorders mother baby psych unit) and they told me from 8pm-8am Sarah had to sleep in the nursery and that the nurses would take her night feeds. I was SO worried that it would affect our bonding in a negative way, as I was already feeling detached from her and feared it would make it worse. Honestly, that first night was the best sleep I've ever had in my life. I woke up SO ready to give her a big cuddle and tell her I love her. Sleep dramatically improved my relationship with Sarah even after that very first night, and I remember after having 3+ straight weeks of solid sleep, how refreshed and ready I felt to tackle motherhood. Bonus was she even came home sleeping through the night (I know that's not the case for every baby, I was just lucky with Sarah, Georgie was definitely not that easy lol). If you have a team who can help (my MIL, hubby, best friend and my mum were mine) then get every single person you know who can tap in.

If you wanna chat about anything, I'll be at HQ Monday and Tuesday, and can help give you some sleep saving tips and get you connected to some amazing services we have in Australia to chat about your perinatal mental health. 💖

04/07/2025

Hey all! We're open Monday & Tuesday from 9:30-2 for coffee (10am is mothers circle at Cheeky Little Monkeys Play Centre Mackay which I'll be at!) and Wednesday to Friday I'll be at Mount Pleasant pop up market! Come say hi! 👋🏽

I'll make sure I have a milk frother by then too 🤣🥳

There will be a sign on the door! I'll be putting it up on Monday. The space isn't huge, but we can always move next door if we need to, just know it's an open door if you need someone to sit with ❤️🫶🏽

And yes, we take donations of baby things, and distribute them to whoever needs! And if you see mums in need on FB tag us too! 🙏🏽

Come have a chat about The Held Project and find out more about what we're doing, and grab a flyer to give to your pregnant friends! 🩷

Chat soon,
Amanda x

02/07/2025

Hey mums! I've been insanely busy behind the scenes getting Mum HQ and The Held Project started, I didn't think it would be this much work - I've been spending all day in the office and then into the night after the kids go to bed! Now with only a few tiny paperwork things to iron out, we're so close to being off the ground, I've decided I need the rest of the week off to rest and will be back on Monday. Self care 😴 If you could please hold off on bringing in donations til next week that would be awesome. Thank you for all the support! It's been amazing! I love this town 🥹🫶🏽 see you next week! ❤️👋🏽 Hopefully I'll have secured a milk frother by then too so we can start having coffee! 🤣

Special thanks to Alison, Maria and Natishka who have literally been working like slaves and dealing with my chaos!

PS - any Netflix recommendations? 😆

01/07/2025

Hello mums, would anyone be able to please hold a silent auction at their work or business to raise money for The Held Project for some vouchers kindly donated by All Tyres 2 U ? All you would need to do is show a small poster and have a small box for people to put their name, number and bid in, and text me the details of the highest bidder at the end (it will run for a week next week). We have 10 vouchers to auction. Please let me know! Thank you!