You are tired after your first day visitors and settling in with bathing baby at home and the constant feeding and changing. Babies are hard work. Just as you finally put your head on your own pillow you hear a cry from babies room. This is the beginning of getting up – changing, feeding and settling baby, getting back into bed, just falling asleep, getting up, changing, feeding, settling baby, getting back into bed… You get the gist of this. It is one of the facts of life that most babies need feeds every three to four hours for at least the first two months of lives.
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How to get my Baby to Sleep Through the Night
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Single Parenting
Single parenting is becoming very common not just because of divorce or death of a spouse, but more recently out of choice. Being part of a team of two, who try our utmost to raise our daughters, I find it difficult to even fathom how challenging it must be to do it all on your own.
Categorized in Parenting, Single Parenting
Tags: Communication, Single Parents
Childhood Rashes
Parents become extremely worried when a rash appears on their little one’s body. It is therefore important that parents can differentiate between the most common rashes and know when it is imperative to visit your doctor.
Rashes can often be attributed to an infection (viral or bacterial), a reaction to medicine taken or an allergic reaction.
Spanking our Children
In a recent interview the American Psychological Association had with parenting expert Alan Kazdin (PhD) he explained that spanking is not an effective discipline strategy to use.
Categorized in Discipline, Reinforcement
Tags: Spanking
Win, win, win
Stand a chance to win this amazing book by author Michelle Borba. A must have for parents of children aged 3 to 12.
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Mommy Burnout
Burnout, I think, is a result of unrealistic expectations we set for ourselves, constant self-criticism if we do not meet those expectations, feelings of not getting acknowledged for what we put into parenting and taking on too many responsibilities because of thinking it will make us better mothers. These negative thoughts leads to a mom being in a constant state of exhaustion physically, mentally and spiritually. It leads to a loss of enthusiasm, energy, idealism, perspective and purpose. We end up where there are too many demands and way too little resources.
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The Teachers Jumped Out of the Windows
The teachers jumped out of the windows.
The principal ran for the door.
The nurse and librarian bolted.
They’re not coming back anymore.
Categorized in Family Holidays
Tags: Poem
What my Baby Should Eat
Time devoted to feeding differs from baby to baby, but it is commonly between eight and fourteen times a day; giving the mom/caregiver breaks of between 1 and a half and 5 hours at a time.
The Battle of Fruit and Veg
If you are lucky enough to have a child that likes to eat fruit and vegetables, sit down and count your blessings, while I will quickly go green with envy. Most children start their dietary life of on fruit and veg, and then suddenly, like the onset of menopause, they develop an absolute aversion to [...]
Categorized in Fruit and Vegetables, Nutrition
Tags: Fruit and Vegetables
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