Category: Welcome Little Stranger

Everyone loves to give baby advice. A shower of advice comes from almost every angle. Well-meaning friends, colleagues, family, and complete strangers love to impart their knowledge. Ask your hairdresser, the...

The art of breastfeeding starts with finding a comfortable position for feeding. As baby grows older it becomes less crucial and much easier. Collect plenty of pillows to position yourself...

A mother carried her tiny baby into the clinic. When she got to the front of the queue she gingerly lowered her baby onto the scale. I looked down at...

No preparation ever reflects the reality of the new baby. Has anyone ever told you just how much time a baby consumes? Babies do not just sleep, drink and gurgle...

Obesity is a huge problem throughout the civilized world. Every day we, the parents of the future generation, are fuelling this world wide problem through comfort eating. I know we...

So often I have encountered mothers who despair at symptoms which are presented when they are breastfeeding: The baby pulls away from the breast soon after latching.The baby gulps and in...

No matter how careful, many a baby has red buttocks with nappy rash at some time or other. If you have ever been a parent you will feel guilty, and attribute...

Post Natal Depression, pregnancy and monthly highs and lows - blame it all on the hormones! We women, mostly take full advantage of all our little ‘cravings’ or ‘tantrums’ or...

Prevent your baby from turning night into day! Sleeping through should be a priority. It is possible, and it can be done with 99% of babies in less than one...

From birth, our little ones are exposed to people and the environment. Throughout life we feel obliged to heal relationships when something goes wrong. The same is for baby socialising....

Baby is now three months or a little older. Everybody keeps asking if you have, or are introducing solids. Others love to offer advice about when they introduced solids with...

Precooked bottled baby foods, as a backup and convenience food, is very handy but are expensive. Use them when you are out and about. In the following notes I would...