Recently I was fortunate to be on a safari observing a lioness stalk a water buffalo and its one-day old calf. Here in the wild, the calf’s life was completely in her mother’s hands. It was clear what a huge sense of responsibility it was for the mother buffalo and the importance of her never…
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Q: We find it hard to get into any kind of a routine as we have our baby cared for by his two grandmothers 2 days a week who love to rock him to sleep and leave him napping on their lap? Is this the reason he is not self settling for us? Firstly how…
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Recently a new App called “Infant Cries Calculator” has been developed by a company in Taiwan claiming to decode baby’s cries. The way it works is you hold the one page App near your crying baby for 15 seconds and it will decode the cry into four categories. Channel 7 News ran a story on…
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I recently attended a Conference for Early Childhood health professionals and I am always pleasantly surprised that I am still able to take away interesting and sometimes provocative propositions from different experts in our industry. One of the sessions of course, was about infant sleep presented by a Senior Nurse Educator at Tresillian, well qualified…
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Another big year comes to an end and I find myself reflecting on the many consultations I have had with mums (and dads) when seeking expert help and support to help babies and toddlers improve their sleep routines. The feelings of anxiety and exhaustion were abundantly apparent but often the sense of personal “failure” was…
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The time has come to think about introducing solids into your baby’s diet, and for different reasons which may be relevant and suitable for your baby; Your baby has come of age somewhere between 4-6 months where the additional nutrition other than milk feeds is a necessary next step for growth and development Your baby…
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Let’s wrap our small babies! It does help them sleep better and longer. There are many different styles of swaddles and wraps to choose from all claiming to be the miracle you have been searching for, that elusive, settled, sleeping angel! Today’s parents are inundated with so much conflicting advice and information from so many…
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Your first baby is due in just a few short months and the preparation has begun. Setting up nursery, cots, clothes, bath, change table, pram and many dollars later…..scary thought? And lots of helpful suggestions from the girlfriends, family, Facebook friends…..the baby business is a booming business! I am going to suggest that these shopping…
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Recently the topical subject of “controlled comforting” for sleep challenged babies was highlighted in mainstream media…again. It was supported by a study by researchers at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute in Melbourne which followed 225 children aged 6 who were involved in an earlier behavioural sleep study as infants. http://www.mcri.edu.au/news/2010/march/’controlled-crying’.aspx Parents with babies and sleep…
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