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Separating Parents and deciding on care
When a marriage breaks down there is a lot of dividing up. Assets, furniture, money but I encourage you to be really careful to not make the mistake of confusing the dividing of objects or money with dividing up people. …
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Ins and Outs of Bedtime – Part 2
What next? After the door is closed for a while, how long? That depends on your child. If your child is very sensitive only a minute or two will do the trick. If they are on the other hand determined, …
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Wanting Better Sleep is not Selfish
Oh no not again, you hear your baby crying out for you and part of you just simply wants to keep sleeping. Just a few more minutes your brain begs! On cue you are pulling back the covers and swinging …
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Family holidays & Sleep Arrangements
How do I manage sleep arrangements in one big bedroom for my family? We’re spending three weeks over the Christmas holidays at my husband’s family, which means four people to one rather large room. Our 1yo will sleep in a porta-cot …
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Toddler TV Meltdowns
My daughters are 3 and 5 and love watching shows on TV. We’ve always had limits on this and the past few months we’ve limited it to only weekends. I find that this works well. When they know it’s not …
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WARNING: The dangerous pram mistake we’re all making
By Rebel Wylie on Kidspot We always thought it was OK, and NSW Health even suggests it as a way to keep baby cool, but overseas experts claim that covering a pram with a muslin cloth or blanket may actually be …
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Keeping Children Busy
Needing an activity to keep your children busy? Mother nature provides us with wonderful sensory items One can never walk along the trail of shells without stopping to touch, pocket or exclaim over a few Needing an activity to keep …
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Creating a home for your child after separation
A child must have a ‘home’ We can manage separation better, than we have in the past How can you help them to adjust? This question weighs heavily on parents who are thinking of separating or are separated. Your one …
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Babies born via caesareans have poorer health
Rebel Wylie | Kidspot | June 2015 While caesarean and vaginal deliveries are both associated with well-known risks, researchers have found a link between caesarean deliveries and long-term child chronic disease. Caesarean deliveries have been responsible for saving the lives …
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How to Night Wean – How many feeds are normal
How many night feeds are normal? Night weaning is a question I often am asked by parents. It is easy to say just cut back but very hard to do at 2am with a crying baby who just wants to …
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