Entries for June 2015

As a Grandma myself to 3 gorgeous grandchildren I found it interesting to see this article on Mumfidential about leaving your children with your parents. It can be difficult, some parents have different beliefs and ideals to their children and  it does make sense to spell out the boundaries for the benefit of both sides. Bed times need to be agreed along with any banned foods or activities. For babies make sure you have given enough information about their usual routine.  If you allow your children electronic devices, your parents ...

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Just a  quick note to say that Alison has had 2 postponements for visits over the next week so if you were in need of urgent help and wanting to get back on track then get in touch now. Alison has the most amazing feedback from her visits with the last 2 families both saying what a positive difference she has made to their lives.  She genuinely loves helping and to her, its the most important part of what she does. Do shout if you are interested!  

We found this article on "the Midwife" Facebook page and thought it was rather good! "National Breastfeeding Week is a fantastic way to celebrate and promote breastfeeding. It is not about making anyone feel guilty for their choices. Who should feel guilty? -Breastfeeders - you're doing something truly amazing for your baby/toddler. Be proud and never let anyone make you feel guilty for feeding your baby. -Women who can't breastfeed - maybe you're on medications which could harm your baby, maybe you've had a mastectomy. It may be sad that t...

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If you buy the July Mother and Baby Magazine you will find my article about toddler naps.  It is currently in the shops and is a useful and fun read for parents.  I write for many of the parenting magazines and always enjoy writing new articles. 

Alison is going to be the guest speaker and the July Mini and Me club meeting on Friday the 3rd of July in the Meadowhall Centre in Sheffield. She will be presenting about sleep at 10:00 with a q&A session following on. Later in the day will be a live Q&A session via social media and hopefully a book signing session in one of the centres bookshops. We are really excited about her first trip to Sheffield and hope to meet as many people as possible!

I was working with a little premature baby born 8 weeks early, now 9 weeks 'corrected' age - so 17 weeks since birth has awful reflux and milk protein intolerance. He has been treated with anti acid meds and is on Neocate thickened with Carobel but his reflux was still causing problems and he was difficult to feed, didn't sleep well and cried much of the time.....WHY? Simply because he was still being given a 'dream feed' at 11pm, which was then causing him to wake around 3am and 5am wanting more milk. He was also being rocked to sleep an...

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