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Awakening the mama or dad bear or tigress or tiger within

Posted by Karen Faulkner on
Awakening the mama or dada bear within is one of the most beautiful aspects of a main caregiver. It gives energy, unconditional love, nurturing, physical care and gut instinct or intuition you may never realised you had laying dormant in you. This asset may be there from birth or it may appear in times of crisis. You have this sudden realisation you would lay down your life for your child. 

Tried and Tested Lullabies for Overtired Babies

Posted by Abi Staniford on

Parents are all too familiar with every technique in the book to calm down overtired babies. But sometimes, swaying your baby back and forth simply won’t cut it. When your baby is showing signs of...

Total Sleep Needs of Babies & Toddlers

Posted by Karen Faulkner on

The Developing Brain Sleep is important for the developing brain and body. By 3 years most children will have slept for more time than all the wakeful activities combined. Many parents worry their baby isn't...

Limit setting for your baby 0-12 months

Posted by Karen Faulkner on

Limit Setting Toddlers are designed to push boundaries and it comes naturally to these cute little mini dictators. The danger as their parent is you forget to maintain your boundary or limit setting. Until the...

Lucy was always crying and wouldn't sleep

Posted by Karen Faulkner on

Lucy, Rachel and Tom’s Story Just after the clock ticked over, on the first of January our little baby Lucy came into the world. She was a beautiful and determined little spirit, our first baby....

Longterm demand feeding may be doing harm

Posted by Karen Faulkner on

Feeding schedules and demand feeding Demand feeding has become an overused and misinterpreted phrase. Formula-fed babies are rarely demand fed. It’s mainly breast-fed babies. Whilst this is a good thing in the early months, to...

The Unsolicited Advice Every New Parent Will Hear

Posted by Karen Faulkner on

It will get better One of the big things I hear mums told is, "It gets better at 3 months."This then moves onto 4 months, 5 months, 6 months etc. You get the picture? We’re...

Parents need Baby Sleep Learning

Posted by Karen Faulkner on

The old chestnut raises it's head once more - Controlled Crying. Why oh why are we still talking baby sleep training? Parents need Baby Sleep Learning (BSL). It's a gentler way of helping babies sleep.http://www.smh.com.au/good-weekend/does-controlled-crying-really-work-20150220-133tf9.html  Parents...

Why the Baby play Gym May Be Delaying the Roll over in Your Baby

Posted by Karen Faulkner on

Last week I spent a very interesting afternoon with Miss Madeline and her parents in Sydney. She spent a lot of time on the floor but she wasn't rolling over yet and had hit the 4...