Parenting
In this section you will find articles on lots of issues surrounding parenting. Read about sleep, attachment parenting, becoming parents, toilet training and lots, lots more.
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Parenting articles
'Good' children - At what price? The secret cost of shame.
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.
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?
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.
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
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.
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.
When a baby makes three
Most couples can anticipate the birth of a first child with joy, and then make the transition from being a couple into a family, but there are some who find this a difficult and complex step to negotiate.
Most couples can anticipate the birth of a first child with joy, and then make the transition from being a couple into a family, but there are some who find this a difficult and complex step to negotiate.
How to toilet train in just one day
As you know toilet training a child can be a time of testing the patience of parents. It can be a time of upsets, disappointments, one step forward and two steps backwards.
As you know toilet training a child can be a time of testing the patience of parents. It can be a time of upsets, disappointments, one step forward and two steps backwards.
So, What do you do?
One of the ways in which people have high self-esteem is through their occupation. How you feel about your occupation determines how others will view your occupation.
One of the ways in which people have high self-esteem is through their occupation. How you feel about your occupation determines how others will view your occupation.
Mothering, Mindfulness and a Baby's Bottom
Elimination Communication (EC)- also known as Infant Potty Training (IPT), Elimination Timing (ET), Going Diaperless and Natural Infant Hygiene- is how most babies are brought up around the world.
Elimination Communication (EC)- also known as Infant Potty Training (IPT), Elimination Timing (ET), Going Diaperless and Natural Infant Hygiene- is how most babies are brought up around the world.
How you to can have time to smell the roses
My daughters did not expect to have outings and be taken places every day in the car. On occasions I would take them to the local library and for them this was considered a special event.
My daughters did not expect to have outings and be taken places every day in the car. On occasions I would take them to the local library and for them this was considered a special event.
How to get your child to beg to go to bed
As you know, it is not always easy getting your child to go to bed, let alone staying there and then falling asleep.
As you know, it is not always easy getting your child to go to bed, let alone staying there and then falling asleep.
Baby products: It is all in the labelling
As a passionate advocate of safe skincare for the neonate, the author’s published work on this subject has led to the promotion of a ‘minimal’ approach to skincare in the use of products described as cleansers or for skin nourishment.
As a passionate advocate of safe skincare for the neonate, the author’s published work on this subject has led to the promotion of a ‘minimal’ approach to skincare in the use of products described as cleansers or for skin nourishment.
Attachment Parenting
Parenting in our culture is a struggle. Bookshops are overflowing with advice to help us with crying babies, sleep problems, feeding problems, toilet training, temper tantrums and discipline
Parenting in our culture is a struggle. Bookshops are overflowing with advice to help us with crying babies, sleep problems, feeding problems, toilet training, temper tantrums and discipline
Getting a Good Night’s Sleep- another perspective
As a GP, writer and currently full-time mother to four children, I have many concerns about the standard advice that mothers are being given about young children and sleep
As a GP, writer and currently full-time mother to four children, I have many concerns about the standard advice that mothers are being given about young children and sleep
