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Understanding Sleep
8 reasons your baby might be refusing their nap
For most parents with babies and toddlers, nap time is sacred time. It’s your time to catch your breath, reset and recharge (if you’re lucky maybe even steal a nap yourself)...
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Safe Sleep
Sleeping bags for babies with hip dysplasia
One of the joys of bringing home a new baby is having the chance to try out some of the adorable things you’ve collected during nesting. However, finding out your baby needs to wear a harness due to their hip displacement treatment can be a very emotional time. Feeling like you have to forgo all those gorgeous carriers and swaddles can be disheartening. We love that ergoPouch creates products that truly meet the needs of...
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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
Managing routines with little ones over the holidays
Parenting is all about that juggle at the best of times – but throw in the silly season and it can go to absolute chaos in the blink of an eye. With Christmas parties, holidays and just the general pace that this time of year goes, it can be very easy to slip out of routines. You can quickly find yourself with little ones who are overtired, cranky and acting out. You may be inclined...
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Understanding Sleep
5 tips for creating a soothing sleeping environment
In those first few weeks, babies will basically sleep anywhere and anytime - day or night. But then after around the 3-4 week point, they will need to be in the optimum sleep environment to ensure they are getting the quality Zzzs their little bodies need.
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Settling & Self Settling
Soother troubleshooting: Why is my baby spitting it out?
A dummy or soother can be a really useful tool for parents to use when settling and soothing your baby for sleep. However, it can also become extremely frustrating when all your baby seems to want to do is spit it back out!
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Settling & Self Settling
Medela’s new range provides a soothing touch for you and your baby
Dummy, soother, pacifier - whatever you call it, they’re the saving grace of parents everywhere. Providing that added comfort and reassurance to our babies when we can’t give it to them. They’re one of the first tools that help babies learn to self-soothe, a life skill that they will use well beyond their infant years.
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Sleep Behaviour
8 reasons your little one may be throwing a dummy spit at bed time…
We’ve all heard the saying ‘spitting the dummy’ but it’s not until you become a parent that you can say you’ve actually experienced it first hand. And boy, they can be tough! When it comes to babies the majority of these dummy spits seem to come at bedtime. They don’t call it witching hour for nothing. Just as we’re dreaming of a hot meal and some trashy TV - it’s like they know.
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Sleeping bags for babies with hip dysplasia
One of the joys of bringing home a new baby is having the chance to try out some of the adorable things you’ve collected during nesting. However, finding out your baby needs to wear a harness due to their hip displacement treatment can be a very emotional time. Feeling like you have to forgo all those gorgeous carriers and swaddles can be disheartening. We love that ergoPouch creates products that truly meet the needs of...
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Safe Sleep
The latest innovation in newborn sleep
Introducing the new ergoPouch Baby Tuck Sheet, a safe alternative to blankets and sheets to keep your little one nice and secure while they sleep. And because we know you care as much about safety as we do, it’s been approved by the Australian infant safety group, INPAA! You might remember being shown how to swaddle your newborn in the hospital and then how to wrap a blanket or sheet over the top to firmly...
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3 things you need to know about your newborn’s sleep
When it comes to babies and newborn sleep – it’s an absolute jungle of information out there. There are so many differing opinions, techniques and promises of “quick fixes” or “miracle cures”. However, when it comes to newborns and sleep the fundamental principles are actually very simple. Forget the bells and whistles, and the routines and schedules at this stage… Right now your baby’s sleep needs are actually very simple. 1. Understand your baby’s sleep...
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Understanding Sleep
6 things you need to know about sleep… (in the first year)
Sleep, or lack thereof, can be all-consuming especially in the early weeks and months with a new baby. People talk so much about it that it can be overwhelming to know what to do and can send you into a panic when you and your baby aren’t getting it. But we also know that anxiety and stress are the last things that are going to help when it comes to getting sleep. So here’s what...
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Safe Sleep
What is safe sleeping?
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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Coping with tiredness
Your baby is crying, the dishes are piling up, dirty nappies are overflowing from the bin, and you feel like you have been awake for months. It’s completely normal to feel exhausted and burnt out, especially...
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Understanding Sleep
Sleep changes: 9-14 months
At 9 months you should have a nice little day sleep pattern developing by now. You may find they are objecting about being put down but try not to rush in. Give them the chance to resettle themselves...
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