Keeping Baby Warm
By Jan Murray When night air becomes colder the ambient temperature in your child's room can drop quite significantly at around 3am. If your baby is waking around that time, make sure she is warm...
View ArticleCo-Sleeping with Baby
By Jan Murray In many cultures it is normal practice for parents’ to co-sleep and bed share with their children. However, for families in western cultures such as Australia the act of co-sleeping and...
View ArticleSeparation Anxiety
By Jan Murray If you’re like most parents, you will have experienced a time when your baby was a ‘Velcro baby’. She’d hold on tight and wouldn’t let go when you tried to put her down or if you took...
View ArticleInfant misshapen head
By Jan Murray No doubt you have noticed uneven head shapes on babies. But while their head shape is largely genetic, how you position your baby when she is sleeping, resting or laying around during the...
View ArticleWhat Child Car Restraint Do You Need?
by Jan Murray Not so long ago parents could pile the kids in the car and leave the baby asleep in the bassinette on the back seat while ducking out to the corner store. Taking your young children in...
View ArticleBaby POOP: What’s Normal?
By Jan Murray The consistency, frequency and color of baby poop are a good indicator of how babies are tolerating their feeds. Poop changes depending on what baby is fed and the maturity of the...
View ArticleBaby Tummy Pain
By Jan Murray Crying and fussing is a normal part of infant development but it can be a significant source of stress for many parents. In fact, it is estimated that one in six families with children...
View ArticleSpring is in the air
By Guest blogger Kylie Lannan Spring has arrived and with it comes some terrific opportunities for your child’s development as well as expanding their experience of the outdoors. It is my favorite time...
View ArticleIs it Really Teething?
By Jan Murray By the time your baby turns two years old she’ll have a mouthful of beautiful pearly white teeth. For some infants these eruptions arrive with considerable discomfort while for others...
View ArticleBaby Wearing
By Jan Murray Wearing a baby in a sling or another form of carrier is an ancient art used to transport babies and has been practiced around the world since the beginning of mankind. However, it is...
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