Labor and birth has become somewhat of a cliché portrayed in movies as crazy amounts of screaming pain, demanding as many drugs as quickly as humanly possible, a team of nurses and doctors pulling Baby out, while baby daddy frantically records all the drama.This, however is a fallacy.
It is incredibly frightening to know that your little human is coming early. There are so many questions, fears, concerns that can cause either direct panic or total numbness when faced with early delivery or c-section. Once you are in the safety of the prenatal unit, you should feel rest assured that the experts have...
To think that more than one baby can grow between your ribs and pelvis seems somewhat ridiculous. One burgeoning infant is plenty – but two or three or four…? With the advent of IVF in the last 40 years, multiple births have multiplied considerably. The question of how many fertilized eggs to implant is brandished...
When Baby is born we pray for her to be in perfect health, for her organs to function normally, for her brain to be fully developed, for her to have all her limbs, fingers and toes.
It is miraculous that after the hormonal turmoil of pregnancy that we mums can function at all when a new human is placed in our arms and our entire life changes instantaneously. Like PMS, depression is in my opinion correlated to hormonal dips and dives within our complex endocrine system. For years, struggling with depression...
One of the most special days in a lifetime. You’ve been preparing for months and months, endured all the discomfort and mind-and-body-boggling changes, and the intensity of Baby’s birth. Now it’s time to start a brand new life, like you’ve never known before. Even if you have three children already, number four will inevitably bring...
Those first weeks of nursing after birth are never illustrated accurately until you yourself experience the pain and frustration that so often accompanies latching on. We’re supposed to organically know, as mother’s how to automatically feed our baby from our breast, but it’s rarely simple and pain free. The results, once mastered, greatly outweigh the...
One common item we don’t see with Pikler® is the pacifier, or “dummy” as it’s bluntly referred to in England. Despite the temptation most parents or care-givers feel, when struggling to quieten their baby’s sobs, or sleeplessness, the pacifier can become an external crutch that could potentially enforce an oral fixation in later years. A...
I mentioned toys in Preparing for Baby, and the reason why a Pikler® Baby doesn’t need to be inundated with all the latest electronic, plush, entertainment. There simply is no need to entertain a baby. Baby’s do not get bored.
Bath time is the perfect opportunity for skin on skin time. So whenever possible climb into the tub with Baby, use your own body for him to rest on, always mindful of keeping his head supported and of course, his face above the water. This introduces his comfortability submerged, and you can actually begin to...
