I remember being given a breast pump as a gift for my baby shower. I hadn’t even had my baby and I definitely hadn’t started breastfeeding yet so, well, let’s just say it was one of the scariest gifts I have ever received. The funny thing is looking back I can now honestly say
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 of uninterrupted sleep would be a
Sydney and Central Coast VBAC Support Group We offer a non-judgmental, friendly atmosphere for women who: have experienced a caesarean have experienced a caesarean and are pregnant have experienced a caesarean and are looking at options for their next birth are pregnant, considering a caesarean but wanting to know all options first Our monthly
After nine active and drug-free hospital births with deliveries by midwives, I found myself having a water birth with my 10th baby. This was, I would say, an accident as it hadn’t even entered my mind to have a waterbirth. Well 4 days past my due date I went and had a massage and
By Jane Palmer The following is a comprehensive list of midwifery-run birth centres across New Zealand. This list includes primary maternity units located within hospitals and free-standing birth centres. New Zealand hosts approximately 60 primary care primary maternity units or birth centres. Gathering contact details is difficult, so I've included the centres that call
Some Common Irritants in Baby Skin Care Products It is not uncommon for an infant to develop an allergic reaction to a whole range of baby products, and a little extra knowledge and insight can make it easier for you as a parent to identify the best and safest products to purchase. In the
By Stacey Currie Growing up without my Mum was difficult in many ways. I missed out on all those mother-daughter chats, even the one about the birds and the bees. I wasn’t aware of the consequences of having sex and I didn’t know the symptoms of pregnancy. Also, I had no idea I was
A growing number of young mums and dads are turning to Playgroups for young parents for peer support and valuable socialisation through play for their children. Consequently these parents in their teens and early twenties, are setting aside a few hours each week to attend Playgroup with their babies and toddlers. What is Playgroup?
Talking to children has always been fundamental to language development, but new research reveals that the way we talk to children is key to building their ability to understand and create sentences of their own. The exaggerated speech we naturally use with young children is a special register – often called ‘motherese’. “We use
It is such an exciting time when your infant begins to learn to talk. It all begins with unrecognisable sounds and you’re quickly jumping up and down certain you heard the word Mum or Dad come out of your baby’s mouth. As children grow past this stage often parents start to worry about how
