Baby and toddler sleep help that isn’t sleep training

Are you looking for help with your baby or toddler’s sleep that is not sleep training? As we move through this year of drought, bush-fire, and COVID 19 on into the challenge of the 2020s, increasing numbers of parents are making a decision to avoid conventional sleep training methods.

This could be because they have tried sleep training and have decided it doesn’t work for their family. Experimenting is a great parenting strength and it makes sense that many of us experiment with what still remains the dominant approach to infant sleep.

Or it could be that parents have decided that sleep training doesn’t align with their parenting values. These values are unique to each parent and each family – and it is important to never judge another family’s decisions, since everyone wants to do the right thing by their child.

Are you looking for help with your baby or toddler’s sleep that is not sleep training? As we move through this year of drought, bush-fire, and COVID 19 on into the challenge of the 2020s, increasing numbers of parents are making a decision to avoid conventional sleep training methods.

This could be because they have tried sleep training and have decided it doesn’t work for their family. Experimenting is a great parenting strength and it makes sense that many of us experiment with what still remains the dominant approach to infant sleep.

Or it could be that parents have decided that sleep training doesn’t align with their parenting values. These values are unique to each parent and each family – and it is important to never judge another family’s decisions, since everyone wants to do the right thing by their child.

INTRODUCING COMMON ALLERGENIC FOODS TO BABIES 4-6 MONTHS

Story by Heidi Young, Founder of the Nest Kids CPR & Allergy

Today’s video is about the early introduction of the common allergenic foods. There’s lots of confusion about this topic and about how we should be introducing these foods.

This is for any parent that is starting to introduce foods to their baby or any parent of a child with a food allergy who has been told to introduce other foods – we are going to go through a strategy that you can use to introduce those foods.

Story by Heidi Young, Founder of the Nest Kids CPR & Allergy

Today’s video is about the early introduction of the common allergenic foods. There’s lots of confusion about this topic and about how we should be introducing these foods.

This is for any parent that is starting to introduce foods to their baby or any parent of a child with a food allergy who has been told to introduce other foods – we are going to go through a strategy that you can use to introduce those foods.

The Beginning of Us…

The Transition into and through parenting comes with many changes. Changes of self, identity, roles and ……relationships. For some, the relationship that we once knew blossoms through a beautiful stage of growth as we bond over the shared love of the little human that together we have created. For others, our relationship is trialled and tested, facing the most challenging stage yet, and maybe ever, for most, it’s both!

The Transition into and through parenting comes with many changes. Changes of self, identity, roles and ……relationships. For some, the relationship that we once knew blossoms through a beautiful stage of growth as we bond over the shared love of the little human that together we have created. For others, our relationship is trialled and tested, facing the most challenging stage yet, and maybe ever, for most, it’s both!

The Calmbirth Conversation Podcast Episode 9:  Aware Parenting

In this Episode 8: Aware Parenting, I am speaking with Lael Stone and Marion Rose. Both Lael and Marion are Aware Parenting facilitators and have a real passion for guiding and supporting parents to become aware and conscious parents. The philosophy of Aware Parenting very much aligns with Calmbirth as it is about being present and listening to our babies and children to become the Parents that our children need us to be.

In this Episode 8: Aware Parenting, I am speaking with Lael Stone and Marion Rose. Both Lael and Marion are Aware Parenting facilitators and have a real passion for guiding and supporting parents to become aware and conscious parents. The philosophy of Aware Parenting very much aligns with Calmbirth as it is about being present and listening to our babies and children to become the Parents that our children need us to be.

Becoming parents is a new beginning..

Becoming parents is a new beginning…and like any new beginning it’s normal to feel nervous and apprehensive. You may have been around children before or watched others parent.bBut this time it’s you and you might not be sure of what to expect. Unsure of what changes might occur in your life. Between you and your partner as this new human enters your lives.There are very few things that can change life like a birth of a child!!

So how can you possibly make that transition from partners to parents a little smoother?

Becoming parents is a new beginning…and like any new beginning it’s normal to feel nervous and apprehensive. You may have been around children before or watched others parent.bBut this time it’s you and you might not be sure of what to expect. Unsure of what changes might occur in your life. Between you and your partner as this new human enters your lives.There are very few things that can change life like a birth of a child!!

So how can you possibly make that transition from partners to parents a little smoother?

Multiple Birth Awareness Week 2022…

It wasn’t until one of my friends had twins did I understand the gravity of growing, nurturing and nourishing multiples, despite caring for many families as a Midwife and Maternal and Child Health Nurse.

It wasn’t until one of my friends had twins did I understand the gravity of growing, nurturing and nourishing multiples, despite caring for many families as a Midwife and Maternal and Child Health Nurse.

Building a Bond with your Baby – Infant Attachment

Attachment parenting is far from a fad. Decades of research have shown that a child who has a secure attachment with a primary caregiver, fosters the growth of a happier and healthier child across multiple developmental domains. Attachment parenting is well supported by developmental neuroscience, which explore how interactions between baby and caregiver impact on the babies growing brain.

Attachment parenting is far from a fad. Decades of research have shown that a child who has a secure attachment with a primary caregiver, fosters the growth of a happier and healthier child across multiple developmental domains. Attachment parenting is well supported by developmental neuroscience, which explore how interactions between baby and caregiver impact on the babies growing brain.

Coping with change…

Parenthood is made up of multiple transitions. Some of which may feel smooth while others may feel complex and clunky.  But one thing is for sure, parenthood is not one singular transition that occurs the day that you welcome your baby into the world.  It is filled with multiple facets, stages, and adjustments

Parenthood is made up of multiple transitions. Some of which may feel smooth while others may feel complex and clunky.  But one thing is for sure, parenthood is not one singular transition that occurs the day that you welcome your baby into the world.  It is filled with multiple facets, stages, and adjustments

All your baby needs is you! “Serve & Return”

There’s A LOT of toys and gadgets on the market these days for baby and children’s play, but did you know for optimal brain development, communication and social skills – sensitive, responsive and playful interactions with caregivers is BEST and it’s FREE

There’s A LOT of toys and gadgets on the market these days for baby and children’s play, but did you know for optimal brain development, communication and social skills – sensitive, responsive and playful interactions with caregivers is BEST and it’s FREE

The Importance of Touch

THE IMPORTANCE OF TOUCH WITH AN INFANT – like the language of the womb.

We communicate with our hands; touch is the primary language. ”

The Importance of Infant Touch

Understanding “comes after “feeling.” It is a language of skin-to-skin from which emerge all of our sensory organs. A newborn’s skin has intelligence and sensitivity; it is through the skin that it knows its entire world, that is, its mother.   From inside the uterus, the infant’s back responds to touch, and when born, this contact is gone forever, from the past to the present. There are changes in weight, temperature and how an infant moves, in their power and rhythm.

We communicate with our hands; touch is the primary language. ”

The Importance of Infant Touch

Understanding “comes after “feeling.” It is a language of skin-to-skin from which emerge all of our sensory organs. A newborn’s skin has intelligence and sensitivity; it is through the skin that it knows its entire world, that is, its mother.   From inside the uterus, the infant’s back responds to touch, and when born, this contact is gone forever, from the past to the present. There are changes in weight, temperature and how an infant moves, in their power and rhythm.

Fear Tension Pain Theory

“Calmbirth is the MOST amazing birthing programme out there. I really wish every couple could have the chance to do this course.”

“Calmbirth is the MOST amazing birthing programme out there. I really wish every couple could have the chance to do this course.”

Five tips to prepare for parenthood…

Are you expecting a baby and feeling unprepared for birth and parenthood? You aren’t alone.

For many women growing up in Western culture, childbirth has been removed from our lives. The medicalisation of birth, unnecessary interventions, and breastfeeding not being valued, has often left women feeling unsupported. Too often in our society the physical component of birth is the sole focus, and the shift needs to be on the mind- body connection, and the social, emotional and spiritual aspects. Birth and parenting will often flow with ease when more than just the physical process is considered.

So how can you prepare and have a positive experience?

Here’s 5 tips for birth, and a smoother birth and transition into parenthood.

Are you expecting a baby and feeling unprepared for birth and parenthood? You aren’t alone.

For many women growing up in Western culture, childbirth has been removed from our lives. The medicalisation of birth, unnecessary interventions, and breastfeeding not being valued, has often left women feeling unsupported. Too often in our society the physical component of birth is the sole focus, and the shift needs to be on the mind- body connection, and the social, emotional and spiritual aspects. Birth and parenting will often flow with ease when more than just the physical process is considered.

So how can you prepare and have a positive experience?

Here’s 5 tips for birth, and a smoother birth and transition into parenthood.

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