Sarah Bryant shares her journey breastfeeding five kids.As a first-time mum, no-one tells you that every Tom, Dick and Harry who is about to walk into your hospital room is going to either touch your boobs, ask how your boobs are, ask about the welfare of your nipples or watch you feed.
Here are some great tips on developing a bedtime routine. Sleep – is there anything better than when your kids start sleeping through the night? With my girls, I learned quickly on that a bedtime routine was important. This way they knew what to expect each night when it came to bedtime and began to read the sleep cues at the end of the day. Of course, things don’t always go to plan but doesn’t stop us from trying.
Getting more sleep with the zip-up swaddle.When we first brought Cassie home from hospital just over two years ago now, Chris and I both felt like we were acing this parenting gig. We’d had such a smooth ride in hospital, with our perfect angel baby who just slept and fed all day and night, wrapped up snug in her blanket. The Sunday we came home was Father’s Day, a day earlier than we had to but we thought this was the ideal start to our parenthood journey, so we packed our things and walked out happily and confidently.
Reducing the risk of SIDS and Flat Head SyndromeBringing Cassie home from hospital when she was just four days old was one of the scariest and most daunting things I have ever done in my life. I knew from the get go that she wasn’t going to be sleeping in our room – I was a light sleeper and would be kept awake all night, which wouldn’t benefit either of us – but the idea of putting her in her own cot in her own room across the hallway from us made my heart skip a beat.
Blogger Jane Wilson shares her 5 ways to get kids to eat their vegetables.Kids vs food, this is the eternal battle parents are leading, trying to get their kids to eat healthier. Most kids hate vegetables more than anything, and making them eat those is like trying to talk to a wall, or even worse. Brute force sometimes works, but most kids retract when you try to make them do something, and chances are they will end up hating vegetables even more. Therefore, you need to be smarter, and use tricks to mask the vegetables, so your kids won’t even know what they’re eating until it’s too late. Here are some tips you can use.
Nutrition at childcare is an important topic that needs to be discussed, so we can ensure we are giving our children the best start to life possible.Food is a very important topic in our home and has been since the minute I brought Cassie home from the hospital. Like every other parent out there, I didn’t want to raise a fussy child, but with no experience behind me, I was unsure exactly how I planned to achieve this. I had ideas in mind from the start, but just like every other well-laid plan that comes with parenthood, children get in the way.
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