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24.01.2022 Babies belong on the ground! There is so much growth and development that happens from 1 day old to 18 months. We go from immobile to upright walking and runnin...g. It is a super important time for us to develop proper neuromotor control and coordination. There are so many kids these days that have developmental delays and a huge contributing factor is that we are actually hindering them from developing by trying to help them out with different orthotic and supportive devices such as the ones above. They restrict babys natural movements and force them to develop compensatory motor and sensory patterns. A good rule of thumb is if they cant do it on their own, they should not be forced to do it. If a baby cant sit on their own, dont put them in an infant seat (of course use a car seat when driving... dont be silly). If they cant stand and jump on their own, dont put them in a walker or bouncer. The best thing you can do is put your baby on the ground away from furniture so they can develop the way they were innately designed to. Also, making sure they get checked by a chiropractor for any spinal or neurological restrictions will allow them to function and develop optimally. Pictures from @pathwaystofamilywellness
24.01.2022 The poster below is a perfect example of anti-breastfeeding "information". This notion that you can't eat certain foods when breastfeeding is not based in scien...ce. Let's look at some of the information. First of all let's look at foods that "okay" for breastfeeding mothers. Nothing really wrong with what they say except that you don't have to take in calcium to make milk with calcium. But the real problem is that this is a diet for people who are relatively affluent. Many mothers could not afford to eat such a diet and thus be frightened into formula feeding, which, I should emphasize is actually more expensive that the foods mentioned here. This is a stratagem used by formula companies. A prime example a few years ago was a campaign by one formula company in Brazil, supported by the Brazilian pediatric society, saying that your breastfed baby eats what you eat. Posters were widely distributed showing a baby suckling at a breast that looks like a doughnut, or looks like a hamburger. What about the panels of foods "to avoid". 1. Sugary foods. The poster says in this section to avoid fatty foods and salty foods as well as sugary foods. We all should try to keep our sugar, salt and fat intake at a reasonable level. But to imply that if you eat a lot of sugar your baby has an increased risk of obesity is just plain wrong. Breastmilk, in fact, does not change much in response to what you eat. It changes from morning to evening, from day to day, from month 1 to month 6, and later, but not because of what you eat. But if you eat a lot of sugar, your milk will have the same amount of sugar as if you ate no sugar at all. 2. "You might find that just a dash of pepper is enough to make your baby irritated and fussy for hours". This is pure fantasy. There is no evidence for this being true. And it is unlikely that anything in pepper or other spices would get into the milk in quantities that would bother the baby. 3. Citrus fruits? "Certain compounds" are supposed to the irritating to the babys gut. Oh, please! If these "certain compounds got into the milk would they not be irritating to the breast or nipple? 4. Caffeine? Babies do not excrete caffeine as rapidly as adults true, but so little gets into the milk that a cup or two of coffee will not bother the baby. Caffeine is given to premature babies as a treatment and nobody worries about how they might excrete caffeine. It's not right to deprive breastfeeding mothers from drinking coffee and tea in reasonable amounts. This poster eliminates much of what mothers like to eat. 5. Processed foods? Not a great choice for anyone, this is not specific to breastfeeding mothers. But just as above, the preservatives will not get into the milk in any significant quantities. 6. Garlic? Are they insane? Garlic does not bother babies. This is prejudice against people who eat garlic. Most of the world loves garlic and eat it when the baby breastfeeds without harm to anyone. 7. No peppermint, fennel, parsley, or chamomile? There is no evidence for this to show that the way people typically eat these can reach therapeutic levels. 8. Alcohol, no level of alcohol in the milk is safe for the breastfed baby? Except that almost no alcohol gets into the milk. See this article http://ibconline.ca/maternal-medications/. Alcohol is discussed near the end of the article, but it's worth reading the whole thing. This poster is an appalling attempt to frighten women out of breastfeeding and enjoying what they like to eat. These restrictions on what breastfeeding mothers can eat have been debunked decades ago. Let's encourage good nutrition for everyone, and let's stop haranguing breastfeeding mothers into stopping breastfeeding by worrying them about their diets. You can find a more about how to prevent problems with breastfeeding, including preventing fussiness, "colic", "reflux" "allergy to something in the mother's milk" and much more in my ebook called Breastfeeding: Empowering Parents: www.ibconline.ca/ebook
24.01.2022 Mother's milk doesn't turn into water on your baby's first birthday https://www.breastfeedingbasics.com//nursing-beyond-the-fi
23.01.2022 Please note: this story is one that I have heard many times over a number of years and it not drawn from any one family I have had the pleasure and honour of wo...rking with I was sitting on the couch watching intently as *Jamie ever so gently stroked her 6-week-old babys head as she sat and cradled her while she drifted off to sleep. I had been there for about an hour and we had chatted about all sorts of baby and parenting related issues. *Jamie had told me so many things about her gorgeous bubba starting right from the moment she found out she was pregnant right up to this day. She shared her amazing birth story, all the ups and downs of early parenthood, and then her eyes filled with tears. I took a breath Robyn she said, Can I ask you a question? Yes, I said, leaning slightly forward, listening, waiting. Is it OK if I hold my baby while she goes to sleep? I waited, and then just to confirm, I gently said to her I just want to make sure I have heard your question correctly you asked me if it was Ok if you hold your bubba as she goes to sleep? She nodded when I finished, great big tears splashing down onto her sleeping babys head, her shoulders heaving as she sobbed. She looked up after a few minutes and said all my life I have wanted to be a mum I wanted to feel the closeness of my babys breath, to feel the warmth of her little body, to be able to look down at this new little life that I have grown under my heart. But I have been told by everybody, that I must put her down in her bassinette so she learns to self-settle, that I am creating a rod for my own back, that she will expect me to hold her to get her to sleep all the time, that I am spoiling her. She stopped there. Breathed in deeply and let out a big sigh. We sat in silence for a minute, letting those difficult thoughts and feelings sit between us. I took a breath, I needed to be calm how can health professionals, families, other woman, people in the shopping centre etc. have got it so wrong? We went on to discuss Jamies parenting values and what she and her partner wanted for their growing family. Once we had established what values were important for Jamie, I was able to dispel those myths and use evidenced based information to support her in feeling confident in parenting in the manner she so intuitively wanted. How have we got to this? Babies need to be held.
22.01.2022 No one tells you its going to be this hard. That youll feel responsible for their beating heart long after they have left your body. That the very second th...ey take their first breath will also be the day youll began to forever hold your own. That their arrival will signal the last time you ever truly put yourself first. That every thought process will have them in mind regardless of whether it relates to them directly or not. That every decision forevermore will be carefully calculated as to not effect them detrimentally. No one tells you your heart will physically ache so profoundly. From sadness, worry, angst but mostly love. No one tells you how you may struggle through each stage only to be desperately sad once the milestone is accomplished. That youll wish more than anything to return to yesterday. To go back for just one day. To witness their first smile, revel in their first giggle and be serenaded by their very first coos. That their cries will in turn cause tears of your own until you fall into a learned rhythm of togetherness. No one tells you theyll become your proudest achievements. Your first priority. Your initial waking and final bedtime thoughts. The greatest loves of your life. No one tells you beforehand. Maybe they do and we just dont listen? And thats okay. Because its worth it. Because it wouldnt change a thing. Because were Mothers. (Written by the beautiful Lacey Owen, contributing writer for The Motherhood Project) Follow for more of her beautiful work here: Laced with Love Picture of me and Luke See more
22.01.2022 Me every day ....
21.01.2022 Its okay to ask questions and get support. For a variety of parenting resources and support online and in your community, go to: https://bit.ly/2vWqyMz #First1000Days
21.01.2022 Have you heard of the supplementing cycle? Share your experience! Were you able to go from supplementing to exclusively nursing? What helped? What kept you fro...m reaching your breastfeeding goals? We believe that combo-feeding is breastfeeding and that some families do need to supplement. We are still here to help! Are you concerned that you arent making enough? Contact an Leader near you for free, personalized support. Find them at lllusa.org [Image: Close up photo of newborn baby legs. Text: The Supplementing Cycle. Many families begin to supplement because they are worried that they are not producing enough to breastfeed exclusively. If you wish to continue nursing, it is important to be aware of and avoid the supplementing cycle. Text positioned around a circle with arrows going from Feel like you aren't producing enough to Supplement with formula to Baby feels overfull and sleeps more to Baby nurses less to Body produces less milk back to Feel like you aren't producing enough.] See more
20.01.2022 This is a brilliant article, I highly recommend reading the whole thing..... very thought provoking
19.01.2022 #cosleeping #bedsharing #nighttimeparenting
19.01.2022 Who has heard the advice, Stop holding the #baby so much youre going to spoil them. And did it make you hesitate to do what your instincts directed, to cal...m your crying baby? There are no reasons to think twice when cuddling with your upset infant, no matter what well-meaning advice you receive. Its impossible to spoil them. J. Kevin Nugent, director of the Brazelton Institute at #Childrens Hospital in Boston and a child psychologist, says that a newborn baby learns from their interactions with their parents that the world is reliable, and can trust that their needs will be met. Responding to babys cries isnt a matter of spoiling, he said. Its a matter of meeting the childs needs. Babies are #neurobiologically wired to stop crying when they are being carried. This is a part of our evolutionary biology that helps our species survive. Studies published in the Current Biology journal, the first of which was by Esposito et al., show that the infant calming response to carrying is a coordinated set of central, motor, and cardiac regulations that is an evolutionarily preserved aspect of caregiver-infant interactions. These studies also help to have a scientific explanation for the frustration many new parents struggle with... that a calm and relaxed infant will often begin crying immediately when he or she is put down. Scientists have known for years that the cerebellum is directly linked to a feedback loop with the #vagus nerve which keeps heart rate slow and gives you resilience under pressure. The cerebellum only accounts for about 10% of the size of a babys brain but it contains over 50% of its neurons. As adults, we can calm ourselves by practicing mindfulness, which puts the cerebellum at peace and creates a parasympathetic response of well being. This appears to be the same response that occurs in infants when they are being carried. Notre Dame psychologist Darcia Narvaez led a research team that found children become healthier and happier adults when they have parents who treated them with #affection, #sensitivity, and #playfulness since birth. By surveying over 600 adults about affectionate touch, free #play and positive family time in their childhoods, it was found that adults with less anxiety and overall better mental wellbeing had positive childhoods. Professor Narvaez encourages parents to respond to their babys cries, whether it means holding them, touching them, or rocking them; its all optimal. What parents do in those early months and years are really affecting the way the #brain is going to grow the rest of their lives, explains Narvaez, so lots of holding, touching and rocking, that is what babies expect. They grow better that way. And keep them calm, because all sorts of systems are establishing the way they are going to work. If you let them cry a lot, those systems are going to be easily triggered into #stress. We can see that in adulthood that people that are not cared for well, tend to be more stress reactive and they have a hard time self-calming. The researchers found that free play is vital for child development, as well as growing up in a positive, warm home environment. Narvaez believed that humans need these important things from the time they are born. Therefore, she recommends parents follow their instincts. Although it places a large responsibility on parents to be responsive to their babys cries, she adds that we really didnt evolve to parent alone. Our history is to have a #community of caregivers to help, such as grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends in the babys life. Professor Narvaez says, We need to, as a community, support families so they can give children what they need. https://theheartysoul.com/holding-your-crying-baby-isnt-sp/ https://www.psychologytoday.com//the-neuroscience-calming- https://www.researchgate.net//236251169_Infant_Calming_Res #neurochild #childdevelopment #familygoals #villagelife #dyads
19.01.2022 A father asks his teenage daughter a tough question... her answer is not at all what he expected. Speaker: Dr Justin Coulson's Happy Families
18.01.2022 This is a great idea for our dads
15.01.2022 #bedsharing #cosleeping #nighttimeparenting
15.01.2022 This is especially helpful when you have young children
11.01.2022 Weaning doesnt mean your baby will sleep longer at night. Giving formula at night doesnt make your baby sleep longer at night. Rice cereal or solids doesnt... make your baby sleep longer at night. Putting baby down sleepy but still awake doesnt make them sleep longer at night. Swaddles, pacifiers, fancy bassinets, noise machines, sleep suits... you can invest actual thousands of dollars in sleep gear and still have a baby who wakes at night to feed. Waking at night to feed is the biological norm for baby humans. Its a feature. Not a defect. A baby who wakes to feed at night is a healthy, normal baby.
10.01.2022 There is no such thing as regression in regards to sleep. If your baby is waking more there is a reason. Could be do to working through a developmental milest...one, growth spurt, thirst, hunger, pain, boredom, scared...no matter what though its not regressing. Its your child moving forward. And youre there to support them through it with breastfeeds and cuddles. {If you need some help working through sleep challenges Im available for virtual consultations worldwide: www.themilkmeg.com/breastfeeding-consultations}
10.01.2022 ‘That’s enough cuddles now mummy’ my 3yo daughter tells me after approximately 3 minutes of cuddling at bedtime. It hasn’t always been this way. When she stop...ped breastfeeding to sleep I would lie with her for an hour, sometimes up to an hour and a half until she fell asleep. Before that I breastfed her to sleep for every sleep, apart from the times she fell asleep in the car, pram or carrier. Until the age of 20 months, she slept either in my bed or in the co-sleeper bassinet attached to my bed. At 20 months we moved into a new house that only had two bedrooms so we decided she would share a room with her 3.5 year old brother. It took two weeks of my partner and I alternating sleeping on the camp bed in their room until she was happy to sleep all night in her room. No leaving her to cry required. Details, details. They’re not super important but the thought that popped into my head tonight as she sent me on my way was the comment Julie Tenner’s Maternal and Child Health Nurse said to her: no attachment parented child sleeps well. Well my daughter is clear evidence of the contrary. Seriously, this kid sleeps like a teenager. She wakes in the night so infrequently now, and far less than her older brother who was certainly not ‘attachment parented’ as a baby. Just last night he arrived in our bed as was scared of the wind and the rain (it was pretty damn loud). Not our little ‘attachment parented’ girl though! This morning I gave a mini workshop in my Group Hug program and then a 90 minute workshop in Anna Cusack’s ‘Prepared Together’ course on biological infant sleep. You know what pisses me off about giving these talks? It’s that I have to differentiate between the ‘mainstream’ approach to infant sleep, e.g. delayed responses to baby’s cues feed-play-sleep cycles sleep schedules and charts the ‘teach self-settling by putting the baby down drowsy but awake’ advice advising against ‘allowing’ sleep in arms or at the end of feeds for fear of setting up ‘bad habits’ the ‘babies need a lot of sleep for optimal brain development’ line and the Neuroprotective Developmental Care approach I am trained in (also known as the Possums Programs), which is actually based on the latest research in sleep science, neuroscience and attachment psychology. Somehow, the approach that is based on evidence isn’t the mainstream one. Instead the majority of health professionals who work with parents and babies are providing outdated advice based on first-wave behaviourism approaches of the 1950s. Enough of that though, I ranted enough on this topic in my post last week. So all I really wanted to say tonight was, if you’re feeling like you might be cuddling or feeding your baby to sleep forever you won’t be. One day your little love will tell you ‘that’s enough cuddles mummy’ and roll over and go to sleep all by themselves.
09.01.2022 Children do well when they have warm, stable and responsive relationships. Playing with your child strengthens your relationship and encourages your child to explore, observe, experiment and solve problems. For more information: http://bit.ly/2P4zPZY #First1000Days
06.01.2022 No one tells you it’s going to be this hard. That you’ll feel responsible for their beating heart long after they have left your body. That the very second th...ey take their first breath will also be the day you’ll began to forever hold your own. That their arrival will signal the last time you ever truly put yourself first. That every thought process will have them in mind regardless of whether it relates to them directly or not. That every decision forevermore will be carefully calculated as to not effect them detrimentally. No one tells you your heart will physically ache so profoundly. From sadness, worry, angst but mostly love. No one tells you how you may struggle through each stage only to be desperately sad once the milestone is accomplished. That you’ll wish more than anything to return to yesterday. To go back for just one day. To witness their first smile, revel in their first giggle and be serenaded by their very first coos. That their cries will in turn cause tears of your own until you fall into a learned rhythm of togetherness. No one tells you they’ll become your proudest achievements. Your first priority. Your initial waking and final bedtime thoughts. The greatest loves of your life. No one tells you beforehand. Maybe they do and we just don’t listen? And that’s okay. Because it’s worth it. Because it wouldn’t change a thing. Because we’re Mothers. (Written by the beautiful Lacey Owen, contributing writer for The Motherhood Project) Follow for more of her beautiful work here: Laced with Love Picture of me and Luke See more
05.01.2022 One thing that happens to parents is that we are told to try something like its going to work for every baby. Swaddle your baby! Swaddle youre baby! And yes......for some babies, swaddling will really help and theyll love it. However, others will hate it! Its hard because when someone tells us to do something we question why our baby isnt liking it, as though something is wrong with them! But trust your baby. Follow your baby. If its not working then forget it. See more
05.01.2022 Heres the thing though...since babies wake to breastfeed for 2,936 different reasons, youll probably never figure it out. So just go with it.
04.01.2022 Thats enough cuddles now mummy my 3yo daughter tells me after approximately 3 minutes of cuddling at bedtime. It hasnt always been this way. When she stop...ped breastfeeding to sleep I would lie with her for an hour, sometimes up to an hour and a half until she fell asleep. Before that I breastfed her to sleep for every sleep, apart from the times she fell asleep in the car, pram or carrier. Until the age of 20 months, she slept either in my bed or in the co-sleeper bassinet attached to my bed. At 20 months we moved into a new house that only had two bedrooms so we decided she would share a room with her 3.5 year old brother. It took two weeks of my partner and I alternating sleeping on the camp bed in their room until she was happy to sleep all night in her room. No leaving her to cry required. Details, details. Theyre not super important but the thought that popped into my head tonight as she sent me on my way was the comment Julie Tenners Maternal and Child Health Nurse said to her: no attachment parented child sleeps well. Well my daughter is clear evidence of the contrary. Seriously, this kid sleeps like a teenager. She wakes in the night so infrequently now, and far less than her older brother who was certainly not attachment parented as a baby. Just last night he arrived in our bed as was scared of the wind and the rain (it was pretty damn loud). Not our little attachment parented girl though! This morning I gave a mini workshop in my Group Hug program and then a 90 minute workshop in Anna Cusacks Prepared Together course on biological infant sleep. You know what pisses me off about giving these talks? Its that I have to differentiate between the mainstream approach to infant sleep, e.g. delayed responses to babys cues feed-play-sleep cycles sleep schedules and charts the teach self-settling by putting the baby down drowsy but awake advice advising against allowing sleep in arms or at the end of feeds for fear of setting up bad habits the babies need a lot of sleep for optimal brain development line and the Neuroprotective Developmental Care approach I am trained in (also known as the Possums Programs), which is actually based on the latest research in sleep science, neuroscience and attachment psychology. Somehow, the approach that is based on evidence isnt the mainstream one. Instead the majority of health professionals who work with parents and babies are providing outdated advice based on first-wave behaviourism approaches of the 1950s. Enough of that though, I ranted enough on this topic in my post last week. So all I really wanted to say tonight was, if youre feeling like you might be cuddling or feeding your baby to sleep forever you wont be. One day your little love will tell you thats enough cuddles mummy and roll over and go to sleep all by themselves.
02.01.2022 Happy #WorldBreastfeedingWeek2020! The interconnected nature of people and the planet requires that we must find sustainable solutions that benefit both. Susta...inable development meets the needs of the current generation without compromising future generations. #Breastfeeding is key to all of the Global Goals for Sustainable Development. How will YOU support breastfeeding for a healthier planet? #WBW2020 #SDGs UNICEF World Health Organization (WHO)
02.01.2022 Its International Day of the Midwife! So proud to be a midwife and be part of an amazing, caring group. Helping families on their journey to become parents is the most rewarding feeling in the world
02.01.2022 It is extremely common for a woman to be told she has to stop breastfeeding because of a medication she is taking. However *almost every* medication in existenc...e is OK to take while breastfeeding OR there will be an alternative the woman can take so she can continue breastfeeding. Please seek help from an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) to confirm if what you have been told is true and backed by evidence based research. See more
