The Stork Network

16/04/2026

Our next round of Antenatal Classes being this Monday evening 6pm. We still have spaces available if you or someone you know is due to have a baby in June/July/August. We also have dates through to August available to book online. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to get in touch by emailing [email protected]

https://www.thestorknetwork.net/products/antenatal-classes

26/01/2026

We’re a week away from our fist antenatal class for 2026 🥰 I cant wait to meet another full group of expectant parents during this incredible exciting time of their lives. It’s such a privilege to be able to be a small part of these journeys!

The first class for the year is full but I’ve loaded the next class, which starts April 20th, and is ready for bookings! Let your pregnant friends know and send them to the website www.thestorknetwork.net

Zalie ###xx

08/12/2025

Antenatal classes starting Feb 2nd 2026 are filling up FAST! Only 3 spaces remaining so jump online to book your spot now.

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22/07/2025

September antenatal classes are filling up fast so get online and book your spot today. www.thestorknetwork.net

27/04/2025

Check out Kyla’s latest post highlighting a moment of awareness she had when transitioning her son to the shower. We Al get caught in these moments yet with education and awareness we can rewrite how we handle situations like this leaving everyone (including ourselves) calmer and connected.

23/04/2025

This!🥰🥹 it’s always a pleasure!

Antenatal classes aren’t just for first time parents to be. I’ve had plenty of 2nd and even 3rd time parents join classes for many reasons.

👉🏻Wanting more education to increase the chances of a better second birth experience.
👉🏻First birth was an elective C-section and this time they want to try for a vaginal birth. 👉🏻To meet new people as they’re new to town.
👉🏻New relationship and it’s a first baby for 1 parent.

Our next class starts next week. Book now

https://www.thestorknetwork.net/products/antenatal-classes

15/04/2025

I’m so excited for Kyla as she launches her new business Holding Hands - Sleep and Parenting 🙌 Kyla is incredibly knowledgeable, passionate and experienced in all things infants and toddlers. Head over, give her a follow and keep up with the wonderful support and advice she has to share. Anyone who’s fortunate enough to engage in her services is in the best of hands 🙏🏻

Hi, I’m Kyla, a Holistic Sleep Coach, Circle of Security Parenting facilitator and Early Childhood Teacher, specialising in infants and toddlers.
I live in Ashburton, New Zealand, with my husband and 4-year-old son.
Having been a teacher for over a decade, without a doubt my passion is working with infants and toddlers. I love their pure innocence, wonder and curiosity, their determination, and witnessing their emerging personalities and abilities. My approach to working with infants and toddlers is inspired by the work of Dr Emmi Pikler and Magda Ge**er, through building relationships founded in respect, trust, and authenticity. In 2020, a scholarship from allowed me to complete a 10-day intensive RIE Foundations Theory and Observation course which further fueled my passion for respectful care and my desire to share this knowledge with anyone who provides care for infants and toddlers.

I decided to train as a Holistic Sleep Coach after becoming a parent myself and struggling with the often-conflicting information available around sleep and seeing many of my peers do the same. I wanted to provide families like yours with an alternative to mainstream sleep training and educate and support you towards having realistic expectations and a genuine understanding of sleep biology and apply it to your unique little one.
After nearly a year of searching, I chose the founded by and , the only sleep coaching program in the world that is externally accredited. This was so important to me as I wanted a comprehensive, holistic, science-based program that would give families confidence and trust in my knowledge.

I was very fortunate to be chosen by for a scholarship to complete the Circle of Security Parenting™ facilitator training. I saw this as a way to further develop my own parenting knowledge and skills while being able to share this incredible program in my community and beyond.

Whether you work with me 1:1, in a group, or simply follow my page when there are so many options and choices in where we get our sleep and parenting information, I thank you for choosing to trust in me.

14/04/2025

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07/04/2025

Hey all,
A bit of a vulnerable post here but I need some help. I’ve had the absolute privilege of teaching antenatal classes in Ashburton for many years now, the last 5 privately here at The Stork Network. Our classes have been very popular almost always selling out in advance and at times requiring me to add extra dates throughout the year. Unfortunately, since having to close our store and then give up our own teaching space bookings have started to drop off a lot as I guess we just don’t have that presence in town anymore. I don’t have a budget for paid ads and I am hopeless at marketing, but I really do with my whole heart love teaching and would love to see our classes full again. This is where I need some help as word of mouth for us is so incredibly valuable… can you please let your pregnant friends know that we’re still here, we’re still teaching antenatal classes and we’d love to have them join us! Kyla’s also still here teaching the Circle of Security Parenting program for families with preschoolers and she’d love to see some new faces in term 2 as well! Please reach out if there’s any questions and to book a class with us just head to the website www.thestorknetwork.net.
Thank you for your continual support 🙏🏻
zalie xx

27/03/2025

Before I had children people with kids used to say "parenting is the hardest thing you will ever do!!!" and nieve me used to think it can't be that hard, what are they even complaining about!?! Well turns out they're right, parenting is HARD. It has challenged me beyond anything words could describe. But it's also so loving and at time downright hilarious. Being a parent has changed me in ways I didn't think possible and has humbled me to dig deep and truly find out who I am and how I funciton!

One of my biggest challenges as a mother has been being able to support my children in their most vulnerable emotional moments, you know the ones, the "tantrums", the big tears, the yelling and screaming, the emotional distress and total emotional dysregulation. I've always struggled to know what I nedeed to do in those moments to make sure I was being a "good parent!". Do I give in to the behaviour to make them happy? Do I ignore it so I don't feed into it? Aren't I meant to always win the battles so they learn right form wrong? I've drowned in those questions for years and they havne't stopped as the kids have grown, the emotions look a little different now they're teenagers but my questions remain the same.

One thing I wish I'd truly learnt and implemented when they were little was the knoweldge that behaviour is simply communication. I wish I'd learn how to effectively work through those moments to find the root cause of their ups and downs. I think I would have saved a few of my own tears had I had a few more 'tools' in my back pocket!

The Circle of Security Parenting Program (COSP) gives you just that. The skills to understand your childs emotional world and successfully support them to manage those emotions. It will help to strengthen your relationship with them and enhance their own self esteem; lets face it we all want them to have good self esteem and a desire to reach out to us as they hit those teenage years right?! Investing in them now will not just help you while they are young, your investing in your future with them too!

Enjoy our next ONLINE course from the comfort of your couch starting April 1st 8pm and runs for 8 weeks. Book your spot on this internationally renowned course now as spaces are limited.
https://www.thestorknetwork.net/products/circle-of-security-parenting-program