How To Care For A Sick Baby If your baby becomes unwell, it can be worrying for any parent. They can’t tell you what is wrong with them and you always feel so helpless. But the fact of the matter is that at some point, your baby or young child will get sick. Especially if [...]
Summer is a wonderful time to be outside in New Zealand. Picnics on the beach, BBQs at home and swimming in the river are traditional Kiwi pastimes loved for generations. Over the years many of us have become aware of the danger our summer sun and consequently slip, slop, slap and wrap by the Cancer [...]
Storing breast milk is becoming increasingly common nowadays because we understand the benefits of breastfeeding our babies for longer time periods. This means that some Mums want to have their baby's feed their breast milk while they are in daycare, rather than start them on a formula. So the battle then is on expressing and [...]
Some breast fed babies can be reluctant to take a bottle when first offered. This is because the teat of the bottle is not soft and malleable like a nipple and babies have to learn to suck differently. Try rubbing the teat of the bottle in your bra to get your smell on it. Leave [...]
Dummies or pacifiers can be a contentious subject. Pacifiers certainly have a place, especially for babies 3months and under who suffer from reflux or colic. The non-nutritive sucking that a dummy provides soothes and calms babies. If you use a dummy beyond this age and you have concerns about your baby becoming reliant on [...]
