Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond - Parenting

The Sacred Family - Surviving The Day With Over-Tired Children!

Jennifer McCormack — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 23:42:10 UT

Jennifer McCormack shares her thoughts and suggestions on "the sacred family - surviving the day with over-tired children." Jennifer says "When my children are in good form they are dynamic and funny, adventurous and just really good company." However "Some days are just a matter of survival!"

Birth announcements

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 20:10:32 UT

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Choosing a School

Pinky McKay — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 01:54:05 UT

Choosing a school - Education isn’t necessarily a matter of ‘getting what you pay for’. Pinky McKay shares strategies for choosing the right school for your child.

Read Your Baby’s Sleepy Signals

Elizabeth Pantley — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 03:04:45 UT

Article by Elizabeth Pantley. Reading your baby's sleepy signals article highlights that a good way to encourage good sleep is to get familiar with your baby’s sleepy signals, and put her down to sleep as soon as she seems tired. A baby cannot put herself to sleep, nor can she understand her own sleepy signs.

Information for Dads

Jane Palmer — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 03:55:52 UT

I uncovered some great brochures for Dad's published by Good Beginnings and have been kindly given permission to include the brochures on Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond's website. I hope you find them a valuable resource.

'Good' children - At what price? The secret cost of shame.

Robin Grille & Beth Macgregor — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:41:00 UT

Shame is designed to cause children to curtail behaviour through negative thoughts and feelings about themselves. It involves a comment – direct or indirect - about what the child is. Shaming operates by giving children a negative image about their selves - rather than about the impact of their behaviour.

Co-sleeping, is it part of bonding?

Pinky McKay — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 05:24:24 UT

Article by Pinky McKay. When my own babies were small, neither social ideology nor wakeful babies caused me a lack of sleep – my babies slept snuggled up with me at night. My choice to co-sleep wasn’t based on research studies, it was simply ‘best practice’ for our family.

Sweet Dreams – Pinky's top tips to help your baby (and you!) sleep better

Pinky McKay — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 05:14:46 UT

Article by Pinky McKay. Just like us, babies are individuals –and this goes for sleep requirements too. It may help (or not, if you are suffering from sleep deprivation) to realise that in most infant sleep studies, ‘all night’ is defined as five hours. If you are thinking that even five hours uninterrupted sleep would be a dream come true, there are some gentle strategies you can try to help your baby, and you, to sleep better.

The Con of Controlled Crying

Pinky Mckay — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:57:14 UT

Article by Pinky McKay. Although many baby sleep trainers claim there is no evidence of harm from practices such as controlled crying, it is worth noting that there is a vast difference between ‘no evidence of harm’ and ‘evidence of no harm’.

Touch and grow

Pinky Mckay — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:39:30 UT

Touch, especially, is a powerful nutrient for your baby’s development – it is the first sense to develop, just days after conception, and is important for a whole lifetime

Childbirth, Our Choice

Sun, 17 Jan 2010 09:27:28 UT

Pregnancy Story: Darren recalls the pregnancy of his partner Peta up to 38 weeks of pregnancy. Peta planned her first baby to be a homebirth.

Helping Your Baby to Sleep

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:17:37 UT

Book review by Jane Palmer. It was a pleasure reviewing this book. At first I though oh no not another book on baby sleeping - but this book is important. Anni and Beth explore the science behind baby sleep and attachment and the development of a baby's brain.

Fatherhood

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:43:07 UT

Everything changes when you become a parent for the first time. Information is easily obtained for the mother-to-be, but for the dad-to-be it is a little more challenging.

Parenting support

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:17:07 UT

Parenting is one of the most important tasks in the world but we are often given very little guidance, education or support to fulfill such an important role. In this section of our website we have put together information on parenting support that we hope you will find useful.

Parenting courses

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:16:56 UT

Learning to parent a new baby can offer challenges, but with the right information, plenty of practice and experience, being a new parent is a wonderful experience. How we are nurtured and cared for as infants will impact on how we are as young adults. The courses offered on this page focus on gentle parenting techniques.