
My baby is refusing expressed breastmilk
We frequently do see that the defrosted breastmilk is not happily taken and the reason is normally the defrosting method.
My son is refusing defrosted breast milk, what now? We frequently do see ...

How to put your newborn baby to sleep
Settling your baby to sleep can present challenges. For older babies and toddlers this is often related to habits and expectations at sleep time. But for younger babies, sleep needs are usually mor...

5 Sleep tips for newborns
Have appropriate expectations:
Expect your newborn to sleep most of the day and at night or even be more wakeful at night, until around two weeks of age.
At about two weeks, your baby will be...

Breastfeeding tips
Pediatric dietician, Kath Megaw has tips to help moms achieve their goals of breastfeeding:
Research published in Pediatrics (June 5, 2012) shows that while 85% of mother intend to breastfeed excl...

What is bonding and why is it important?
The different roles our senses play in bonding with your baby and how bonding influences your baby’s emotional development, which in turn is the basis for all future relationships.
What is bonding...

Three tips for your newborn baby’s sleep
The newborn stage can be a difficult time as you get to know your baby and understand her newborn needs. Newborn sleep is one of the areas that can pose a challenge. Trials you may encounter includ...

The Low Down on Colic
Its 5:30 in the evening and Mario has just had his bath. As Dad opens the font door, an ear-piercing scream is heard from within. Six-week-old Mario is exercising his lungs again in a ‘horror hour’...

Your baby’s unique sensory personality
You have no doubt at least once in your life as a parent, compared your little one to a friend’s baby and wondered if you were doing it all wrong when your baby wouldn’t settle or sleep as well as ...

Tips on flying with your baby
Have kids, will travel
As any frequent flyer will tell you, flying with a baby can be frustrating. Just being near a fussy baby is hard at the best of times, but in a confined space, the situation ...