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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. 

Your Baby has Gone on a Nursing Strike! Yikes, What Should you Do?

Posted by Karen Faulkner on

Today's blog is especially for Tyler, who is feeling incredibly anxious that her baby has gone 8 hours and is showing no signs of being hungry or wanting a breastfeed.This is what she sent me:Hello...

What an amazing baby sleep turnaround!

Posted by Karen Faulkner on

There are several different sleep training methods you can use with most of the age groups. Sleep training is not and should not be a one-size-fits-all. It's finding the right one for you and your...

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...

Object permanence and separation anxiety babies and children

Posted by Karen Faulkner on

Object permanence Object permanence, a period of rapid cognitive development is often linked to separation anxiety. Starting at 6-8 months it becomes permanent at 16-18 months.In the first year, babies are discovering everything has a...

Salmon Fishcakes

Posted by Karen Faulkner on

Finger food for 6-months plus This is a great recipe for after 6 months and finger foods or baby led weaning. It ticks all the boxes in terms of balance for good nutrition. It's high...

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...

Link between ear infections, bottle feeding & pacifiers

Posted by Karen Faulkner on

https://nurtureparenting.com.au/dental-health-in-babies-children-stop-the-rot/ Comfort sucking with milk in bottles Many babies are left with a bottle of milk in their cot. Parents do this in an attempt to reduce their disturbed sleep. Also hoping the toddler will...