It can be very worrying if you think your baby may have a fever or seems unwell. Health visitors recommend using a digital thermometer under your baby's arm to take her temperature. Using a digital thermometer should quickly give you an accurate reading, and with the result it should help you decide whether you need to visit the Doctors or call someone out. Other types of thermometer may be harder to use on a wriggly baby and they may not give you a spot-on reading. Don't take your baby's temperature just after a bath ...

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As you will know if you follow me and have read my book, I am a strong believer that sleep is an essential requirement for children and babies.  This is why I try to dispel the myth that when you have a baby you can expect not to sleep for a couple of years!  If you follow my routine from an early age you can teach your baby good sleep habits from the get-go.  If nothing seems to be working then read my chapter on reflux, there is always a reason why your baby won't sleep. I found this article in the Daily Mail, its very interes...

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Does my baby have reflux?  It can be quite hard to spot the symptoms, especially with silent reflux These are some of the signs and symptoms to look out for:- • Vomiting or spitting up • Arching the back or neck and body goes rigid • Irritability and pain • Frequent hiccups, excessive dribbling • Gurgling, gagging, choking episodes • White coating on the tongue [not oral thrush] • Excessive mucous, sinus congestion • Raspy / wheezy cough, often worse at night • Very windy, hard to ...

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Your baby has lots of reflexes Around 70 of them. These are primitive and down to evolution, including things like sucking and stepping – if you support your baby upright with his feet on a flat surface, his legs will work with a stepping motion. He obviously can’t walk now but may be born with a knowledge of how to for when he’s older. Source: The Pregnancy And Baby Book (DK) But baby can be jumpy This is your baby’s startle (Moro) reflex. He’s born with it – a natural response to a loud noise,...

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There can be  nothing more alarming than hearing your own baby's cries - especially if you don't really know the cause. It does feel like nature must have designed baby cries to cause the  maximum panic and stress to parents. Of course there is a reason for this... If your newborn baby won't stop crying, try to soothe and swaddle them.  You can take them into a darkened room and hold them very close to you. rocking them gently, say sshhh sshhh calmly and repetitively. In this environment and with this reassurance they should sta...

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Newborn children have their image uploaded to social media within an average of 57.9 minutes, according to a survey. The poll found that parents were the most likely to upload pictures of the newborns (62 per cent), followed by other family members (22 per cent) and friends (16 per cent).   The most popular platform for displaying these first baby images wasFacebook, followed by Instagram and Flickr. And while the majority of parents surveyed said they shared pictures of their children online to keep distant friends and family ...

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