Getting your baby used to bottles

Posted on January 12, 2015

  Whether you are bottle feeding with expressed breast milk or formula, not all breast fed babies switch to bottles easily in the beginning. If your baby is not taking to the bottle, try: Warming your baby’s milk before feeding. …
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6 month old needing company to sleep

Posted on November 27, 2014

Q: The only way I can get my six month old to sleep is stay in her room until she nods off. How can I change this habit as I can be in her room for two hours some nights …
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Coping with Sleep deprivation

Posted on November 21, 2014

Sleep deprivation is often joked about if you are pregnant or have a baby.   The typical comment of ‘oh, say goodbye to your sleep’ is tossed about with a laugh. Every parent can certainly relate. For some parents the sleep …
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Playdates with Friends

Posted on November 9, 2014

Children just love to meet up with their friends and have a play.  So many important skills are learnt with this experience, sharing, manners, language, disagreements, social, just too name a few.  But having playdates is always fraught with difficulties, …
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Angry Toddler & New Baby

Posted on November 2, 2014

Question: – My loveable toddler has been transformed into a monster child with the birth of his sister two months ago. Any tips/advice on how I can deal with my jealous and angry little boy. Mum of two. It is …
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Intro to Solids – Step by Step

Posted on October 16, 2014

As a new parent feeding becomes established and you wait eagerly for the first smile from your baby. Then before you know it, you are faced with the so ‘when do I introduce solids dilemma’.  Parents in Australia are becoming …
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Anxiety puts Mother and baby bond at risk

Posted on October 9, 2014

Thursday, 2 October 2014  | Anna Salleh | ABC Women who are anxious and insecure in their close relationships are more likely to have problems bonding with their young children, a new study has found. The findings could be useful in identifying mothers-to-be …
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Is my child getting too much sleep??

Posted on October 7, 2014

My  granddaughter is seven and seems to need lots of sleep.  She is in Year 1 at school, goes to ballet, swimming and tennis lessons once a week and is in bed by 7:30pm (sometimes she falls asleep on the …
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Car Seat Dramas

Posted on September 16, 2014

What can we do about our two-year-old who performs every time she has to go into the car seat? It’s getting to the stage where we avoid going out with her, limiting what we do as a family. Samantha’sparents Samantha …
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Bottle to Sippy Cup

Posted on September 15, 2014

My 15 month old refuses to use a sippy cup only drinking water from a bottle (that I hold for her). How do I get her to switch to a sippy cup and get her to use it on her …
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