Tag Archives: newborn

Are you the connection? Recently I had an email from a desperate mum that needed sleep. Her toddlers, about a year apart, were doing their best to keep their parents from getting more than a couple of hours of sleep… Continue Reading >

  Fatherhood and newborns, a topic not nearly covered enough. Providing new Dads with practical emotional and social support is something that we can consciously become better at achieving, and purposefully do much more of. It’s not uncommon that when… Continue Reading >

Parents often ask me how they can ‘play’ with their newborn baby. Newborn babies do spend a lot of their time feeding and sleeping but it is important to spend some time playing with them as all babies learn through… Continue Reading >

If you’re a parent with a newborn baby and are concerned if your baby is putting on enough weight, then you’re in the right place. Did you know that it is common for a newborn baby to lose up to… Continue Reading >

Dads are often left out of the pregnancy care and early parenting because they don’t carry the baby and because they often have to go back to work in the early weeks after the birth.  But Dads are so very… Continue Reading >

  Every experience in our lives and our perception of how positive or negative it was is relative to our personal opinion No two mothers have the same birth story and experience. The same goes for post birth experiences too… Continue Reading >

Making mistakes as a new parent is normal. Every parent has done it & no-one is an exception. Parenting a newborn in particular is a complex activity that requires skills & knowledge: the more we have the greater we are… Continue Reading >

Once you welcome home the arrival of your newborn there is a process of adjusting to your new life & establishing a new sense of normal. Whilst it is expected that parents will experience exhaustion, sleep-deprivation & general feelings of… Continue Reading >

Oh the magic of Christmas, it really is the most wonderful time of the year. As the saying goes, Christmas isn’t a season, it is a feeling. The magic of Christmas is silent in the moments that are indescribable. There’s… Continue Reading >

What could be more beautiful than bringing a new life into the world? It is undoubtedly incomparable and unparalleled with anything else. From a baby’s first heartbeat to the moment you hold your newborn in your hands, the journey to… Continue Reading >