Three important reasons why pacifiers are actually a good thing to give your baby, especially when parents are taught how to use them.
To work alongside your baby's innate reflexes there are two important aspects to consider when buying a pacifier
One of my bug bears is that pacifiers come with very little instructions on how to use them, or how to care for them, so I hope this short blog helps your pacifier last longer.
Why newborns shouldn't be prescribed reflux medications - PPI's
Constipation symptoms, causes and three home treatments that can help
Australian Breastfeeding Association agree, feeding from one breast in one sitting is best for newborns
We do know the causes and you don't have to wait until three months of age to remedy this for your baby.
All babies require our help with burping, especially in the early months as they adjust to the feeling of trapped wind moving through the digestive tract
Traditionally, the ingested air a newborn swallows is thought to be bothersome, however...
Just for a few minutes, imagine all your baby's first times from the moment of birth...
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- What formula is best for baby?
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- Why it's okay to use a pacifier
- What is a good pacifier for your baby?
- Mother Love and gratitude
- Is commercial baby food healthy?
- Fed is best says Royal College of Midwives
- What causes baby reflux?
- Reflux medication for baby
- How long should my baby sleep?
- Can a baby have lactulose?
- How much should my baby weigh?
- Can you overfeed a baby?
- What do I do if baby is constipated
- What are the symptoms of reflux?
- Illuminate kindness for your children
- Reflux case study
- How to stop reflux
2017
- 'Crying it out' not healthy?
- Sleep deprivation - have you joined the zombie brigade yet?
- Sleep well, develop well
- Co-sleeping - snuggle up safely
- Soy Formula - healthy or harmful?
- A mother's heart-wrenching story of colic and reflux
- ‘A baby’s cues’ workshop
- Sooth your baby with touch
- Relaxation - key to your baby's digestive health
- The witching hour - it is NOT normal
- Haakaa Silicone Breast Pump Review
- Breast or bottle - 5 tips to calmer feeding
- Fed Is Best
- Stomach capacity of newborns
- BePure and BabyCues Event
- Replace tantrums with kindness at home
- To the mum who...
- Newborn and Infant Dehydration
- Nutritive and Non-nutritive Sucking
- Parent Review of BabyCues Book
- Probiotics - health benefits questioned
- Co-sleeping is not dangerous according to original SIDS researcher
- Your babies REAL tired cues
- Parent review of services
- Lactose intolerance or Lactose Overload
- 2017 World Health Organisation Guidelines for breastfeeding
- Cluster Feeding Causes Colic and Reflux
2016
- Why pacifiers are a wise choice for newborns
- How to choose the correct pacifier for your baby's innate reflexes
- Maintaining a pacifier
- Reflux Medicine - Why Most Newborns Don’t Need It
- Help your baby's constipation
- Healthy Breastfeeding - Australian Breastfeeding Counsellor
- Five causes for colic
- Six misconceptions about trapped wind
- Baby's Six-Wind-Cues
- Book Preface - Your feet in theirs
- BeCalm, BeCalm, BeCalm
- Smoothie Goodness - berries all round
- Four enzymes found in breast milk
- How to support a parent with a prem
- What is colic?
- What is reflux?
- Ditch the parent guilt
- What is an umbilical hernia?
- My Twin Life
- Are eggs safe for my baby?
- Attachment Parenting - What is it really?
- Bottle feeding - 5 steps to healthy feeding
- Breastfeeding - 10 steps to a healthy latch
- Tips on choosing a car seat
- A mum's low milk supply story
- Allergies - causes, symptoms, treatments
- A mum and bubs allergy story
- My Breastfeeding Journey
- A baby's Six-Wind-Cues
- Auckland University obesity study and BabyCues clinical research
- Newborn and infant obesity
- Baby's best first food
- Traditional, or Baby Lead Weaning?
- Growth Spurts
- Achieve optimum burping to nurture sleep
2015
- Formula Preparation
- 3 myths that lead to colic and reflux
- 10 Ways to REALLY Help New Parents
- Why feeding to sleep is not beneficial
- Herbs to increase milk supply
- Engorgement Relief
- Foundational Four
- Help for new parents
- Infant reflux solved
- Philippa's Profile
- Cry me a river
- Mum helps fight colic naturally
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- Sleep settling techniques
- Commercial baby rice
- Minders of Mindfulness
- Basic tips on introducing solids
- Teeth, glorious teeth!
- The Baby Reflux Lady
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