Achieving some consistency – or routine – will help you make sense of your day with baby. A routine can give you some degree of predictability and often a degree of sanity, too! …more
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Baby Do’s
Posted on November 24th 2010 03:11AM | Sleep | 4 Comments »The ultimate goal is to help baby learn how to fall asleep without too much intervention from mother and father. The older (and closer to toddlerhood) baby gets, the more important this becomes. And the earlier you start introducing good sleep habits, the better off you and baby will be. Rocking is not a sustainable sleep strategy. Picture the biceps required to rock a 4-year old to sleep and you will know why. …more
Rule Number 3: Consistency
Posted on November 19th 2010 21:11PM | Read Me First | 2 Comments »Repetition is good for baby. Try to be as consistent as you can – nursing, comforting, sleeping, play time… It is less stressful for baby, and subsequently, a lot less stressful for mother. …more
Rule Number 2: Confidence
Posted on October 29th 2010 22:10PM | Read Me First | 3 Comments »Remember that unfailing trust you had that your parents always knew best. They knew how to handle everything from a scraped knee to chickenpox. They probably did a good job at bluffing on occasion (or more frequently as may be the case). Your baby certainly is not yet old enough to recognise the difference. Even if you do not feel confident on the inside, acting confident on the outside will put baby at ease. …more
Sleep
Posted on October 15th 2010 20:10PM | Crib Notes, Sleep | No Comments »Sleep… When did you last have it? Why won’t the baby do it? Just how desperate are you becoming?
The earlier you start introducing good sleep habits, the better off you and baby will be. Despite what the books say, we have yet to meet two babies with identical sleep patterns. However, a good sleeper is able to fall asleep and resettle without mother’s intervention. …more
Rule Number 1: Calm
Posted on October 15th 2010 18:10PM | Read Me First | No Comments »Babies really can sense when people are anxious. Just wait until your friend or family member says ‘I just know the baby will cry if I hold him’, and sit back and watch it happen. …more
Read Me First
Posted on October 9th 2010 19:10PM | Crib Notes, Read Me First | 1 Comment »A crying baby can break even the best of us. How is it you could master the shop floor or command a board room, but after just minutes of listening to baby cry, you feel hopeless and no longer in control.
If you are lucky enough to be the smug mother of an ‘easy baby’, then you already know what to do. The new mother’s best-kept secret is attitude! …more
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