Baby Support - from belly to breast

08/06/2021

This is just beautiful

THIS ❤️

I've been rocking and cuddling my baby to sleep since that day he was born. I mentioned this to a nurse at my clinic recently. She said that she did the same thing with her son, and everyone warned her that she would still have a teenager sleeping in her bed.

And then she told me that, a few weeks ago, her teenage son came home from school very upset. He didn't want to talk, and just went to his room and listened to his music, typed on his phone and cried.

The mother gave her son space, and night time came and she went to bed. Just as she was about to turn off her side light, the door opened, and her 15 year old padded into the room.

He climbed into the bed with her, laid his head on her shoulder and cried. He told her all about the girl that broke his heart, all about the friends who laughed, all about the stresses of being him. She told him about her first broken heart, about friends who'd been cruel, and told him she understands. They talked in the dark for hours, until he feel asleep in her bed. Still sad but relieved after their talk.

'So you see' she said to me, when she finished the story. 'I was so scared that I wound wind up with a teenager who would 'need me' at night, that I never stopped to consider how beautiful that would really be.' .

Words by the beautiful ✨
Photo by the talented ✨

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22/12/2020

Co sleeping can give many a better nights sleep. I will never forget one family i worked with though who desperately wanted to co sleep and had baby in their bed walking every 20 minutes or so. The moment they moved babe to another room the little one almost slept through the night. Turns out dads snoring was walking her🤣🤣
At the end of the day though co sleeping is a solution that works for many families.

Our first three babies were easy sleepers. Then, along came our fourth child, Hayden. Hayden hated her crib. Finally one night, out of sheer exhaustion my wife, Martha, brought Hayden into our bed. From that night on we all slept better. We slept so happily together that we did it for four years, until the next baby was born!

To see the full article on the benefits of co-sleeping click the link below.
https://www.askdrsears.com/topics/health-concerns/sleep-problems/co-sleeping-yes-no-sometimes

04/11/2020

Cup feeding is a great short term alternative for babes who can’t or won’t latch. It helps prevent Nike confusion that some babies get from drinking with a bottle.

31/08/2020

07/07/2020

How gorgeous are these photos. Just shows you what our bodies are capable of doing

02/11/2019

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11/10/2019

More mom's need to see this

🌸Rachael

18/09/2019

🦖Katie🦖

22/08/2019

Infant dyschezia

The Most Dangerous (Sounding) Condition in Babies that You've Never Heard Of

I feel like I've seen an outbreak of a condition in my clinic and in social media the past couple months...but should you be worried about your baby having infant dyschezia?

The main question that families with infant dyschezia ask about is fussiness that is seemingly associated with gas. Parents have often tried multiple remedies such as: bicycling the childs legs, offerring medication (homeopathic or otherwise), changing formula, changing mom's diet, even sticking something in their child's bottom with no relief...often leading to stressful fussy evenings or long exhausting nights.

But, what is infant dyschezia?

Infant dyschezia describes the 5-10 minute period of fussing a baby can do, with straining, I mean red-contorted face straining prior to passing gas or stool. It happens because their efforts to pass stool are uncoordinated. They are pushing with every muscle in their body in all the wrong directions until one second they accidentally push correctly and gas or even soft, liquid stool comes out. Then they get relief.

The problem is that their seeming fussiness is not because they are in pain, it's because they're trying to figure out how to push the gas out. Unfortunately studies don't show effectiveness of any of the techniques I listed above, it's something that babies for the most part just have to figure out. Imagine if I changed your method of passing gas tomorrow morning to where it had to come from you shoulder to your wrist...it would probably take some time figure out.

The thing is that babies are gassy all of the time...even happy babies can toot like grown men.

And guess what? Most parents quit asking about fussiness with gas sometime around or just after their 1 month check up about the times babies master this farting and pooping thing.

So if you want to offer some low risk treatment options, be my guest. But, there's no reason to go crazy, to cut all mom's favorite foods out of her diet or to try a new formula every week. Just wait a bit, things will get better, I promise.

31/07/2019

This is very true. Informed choice is of utmost importance

Preeeeeeeeach 🙌 Gentle Seed Doulas - Professional Birth & Postpartum Services

03/06/2019

So true

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01/05/2019

Brilliant infographic.

Showing the transition from womb to world, and why baby loves being carried and sleeping on you.

Also why baby may wake up as soon as baby falls asleep and is put down.

The fourth trimester is a huge time for the brain development.

Credit to Carrying Matters - Dr Rosie Knowles

27/04/2019

Keep doing what works for you and your family. Nursing to sleep is good it is healthy it is normal. ❤Admin Melissa

24/03/2019

And science says.....

New research suggests that holding your baby as much as possible can help contribute to brain development. So feel free to cuddle as much as you want!

27/01/2019

Why delaying the first bath is so important

Delaying a baby's first bath by at least 12 hours drove up in-hospital exclusive breastfeeding rates in a study at Cleveland Clinic Hillcrest Hospital. The hospital has adopted the new policy, and is spreading it to other facilities in the system.

29/12/2018

Breastfeeding long term has many benefits!

In this Information Note, the World Health Organization (WHO) highlights the importance of safeguarding breastfeeding and ending the inappropriate marketing and distribution of breastmilk substitutes for children up to three years of age.

27/12/2018

DURING take off and landing, many of us can feel our ears pop. While for most adults it’s an annoying but normal part of flying, it can be scary and even painful for children. The sensation i…