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Understanding Sleep
Understanding your baby’s sleep and awake times
During the first few years of your little one’s life, their awake windows will change as their sleep needs change. Knowing this is a real game-changer, trust us...
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Sleep Behaviour
Introducing your baby to an evening routine
Implementing a consistent evening routine will benefit everyone in the family. Not only does this give your little one predictability as they get older, but it will also give you a point in the day to work towards – so that everyone knows what to expect! An ‘evening routine’ will be something that you carry through to the toddler years and beyond. So starting this from an early age is a great way to set...
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Safe Sleep
Understanding safe sleep for babies
Recently, a CPR Kids follower contacted us with concerns over certain sleep-aiding products available in the market. These products come with promises such as “long sleep” or “safe sleep” for babies when in actual fact...
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Development Tips
Helping children use eye contact
They say the eyes are the window to the soul and when we first hold our precious newborns in our arms, we can’t help but look into their eyes. After nine months of waiting, we finally get to meet the little soul who was growing inside us. Staring into their eyes for the first time is nothing short of magic. Indeed, eye contact is a crucial part of building your child’s social skills, so you...
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breastfeeding challenges
6 sleeping tips for babies with reflux
Reflux in babies can be a really stressful issue to navigate. Not only are you worried about your baby’s well-being, there’s nothing more disheartening than seeing them spit up what looks like an entire feed. While they say not to cry over spilt milk, sometimes you just can’t help yourself. Reflux is common in many young babies because the muscles at the very top of their stomach aren’t strong enough yet to hold down milk....
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Mixed Feeding
How to decide between breastfeeding and formula feeding
Before you embark on your feeding journey, the fear of the great unknown can be daunting. But like most life skills, once you practice it enough times, you’ll soon have the know-how to master it with confidence. That being said, things don’t always go to plan — especially when it comes to breastfeeding. Your bub may have a tongue-tie, your supply may dry up, or your mental health may be on the line… There’s a...
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Formula-Feeding
All the beautiful ways you can bond with your baby on the bottle
Choosing to bottle-feed your bub can be fraught with complex emotions. While fed is 100% always best, as mums we often can’t help but beat ourselves up if our breastfeeding journey doesn’t go to plan. Maybe you had grand plans to feed for the first 12 months of your baby’s life but he had other ideas. Maybe you just wanted to make it to the six-month mark but your supply didn’t play ball. Often it’s...
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Understanding Sleep
Sleep choices for your baby: Understanding your options
Sleep is one of the most precious commodities and if you ask any new parent what their number one battle with a newborn is (apart from trying to remember what day of the week it is), they’ll probably tell you it’s the elusive world of baby sleep. When it comes to sleep, there is no one-size-fits-all approach because every baby is different. But being informed and doing your research will empower you to make the...
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Safe Sleep
What the TOG?! Understanding TOG ratings and layering for sleep in winter
Ensuring your little one is dressed properly for bed can be an art form. Are they too hot? Too cold? Are they comfortable enough? Because our babies aren’t able to tell us how they’re feeling, we have to do the guesswork for them and it’s even harder in the cooler months to make sure you get the balance just right. If they sleep through the night (can we get a hell yeah 👏), you’ll do...
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Signs & Symptoms
RSV: Everything you need to know
As a parent, there is nothing more distressing than when your child is sick. It’s our basic human instinct to want to protect them and take their pain away but how do you know the difference between a common cold or something more serious like RSV Bronchiolitis? RSV infections during the winter months are rife so we spoke to holistic paediatrician Dr Deb Levy for the full lowdown on what RSV is, how to spot...
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Signs & Symptoms
Feeding marathons, bodily fluids and night sweats: what to expect in the days and weeks after birth
When we think about the early days of parenthood, it’s hard not to let our minds wander to the more picture-perfect moments. Think cute outfits, teeny tiny baby feet and warm, snuggly cuddles. And while there’s no denying there’s nothing cuter than a baby fresh out of the womb, all bundled up in the iconic rainbow-striped hospital blanket, there’s a whole new world you’re about to crash land into – and it’s not always so...
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Breastfeeding
7 ways to make breastfeeding easier in those early weeks
So many of us go into motherhood planning to breastfeed, and not truly understanding what’s involved and how hard it’s going to be (because how could we?) Often we’re sold on the benefits of breastmilk (and rightly so, it’s liquid gold!) and the beautiful side of it without truly understanding what it takes to breastfeed. Because even though breastfeeding might be one of the most natural things there is – that doesn’t mean it comes...
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Signs & Symptoms
7 Common (but often unexpected) things babies can be born with
Welcoming your baby into the world is perhaps the most joyful yet overwhelming time of your life. After nine months of growing this mysterious person, you finally get to meet them for the very first time! Locking eyes with your newborn is a moment like no other. But sometimes new parents may have to face things they didn’t quite prepare for. Sure, you may have read all the books on pregnancy and sleep but the...
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Development Tips
5 simple (but game-changing) ways to bond with your baby in the first year
When we enter into this parenting game, we have a pretty clear idea of the type of parent we will be – or think we want to be. But the reality of parenting every day is that all bets are off and some days it’s simply about surviving. And that’s ok. We often become parents thinking we will have this instant bond wash over us the moment we hold them in our arms or look into...
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clothing
5 tips for getting your little one dressed and ready for the day
You can file getting babies and toddlers dressed under “things they don’t tell you about parenthood”. Sure you swooned over cute overalls, adorable onesies and baby mittens (omg!) before having a little one of your own… But then you have a baby and realise the practical task of actually getting those clothes on a squirmy, (often crying) baby is a next-level degree of difficulty. Or it was until you read this article, that is! Because...
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