Caring For Your Baby’s Skin In The Early Days Everyone loves a baby with smooth, healthy skin, but you need to know a bit about this important organ to know how to keep it that way. As for adults, a baby’s skin is the largest organ of the body, [...]
Co-sleeping Myths – Busted! Are you curious about co-sleeping, i.e. letting Baby sleep in bed with you? You’ve probably seen some good things about it on the Sister Lilian Centre Facebook page and blog and maybe even heard some good things from fellow parents. But, you’ve probably also heard [...]
What’s The Big Deal About Co-sleeping? Co-sleeping, bed sharing, the family bed – no matter what the latest name is – forms part of attachment parenting and basically means letting Baby sleep in bed with you. Just like skin-to-skin and kangaroo mother care, co-sleeping has sound scientific backing and [...]
Sister Lilian’s Five Top Sleep Tips Did you know that of all the concerns parents have, sleep – or more correctly, lack of it – tops the list? I’ve been getting a steady stream of sleep queries since the mid-1980s. It’s no surprise, really; sleep deprivation is a well-recognised [...]
10 Tips For Cot Safety When it comes time to kiss your little one goodnight, there are a few things you need to keep in mind with regard to cots: The cot must be deep enough that your little one can’t climb out, and shouldn’t have any steps or [...]
The Significance Of Sleep ‘Incompatibility’ Between Parents And Babies Research into both baby and adult sleep is plentiful. Although it isn’t essential to understand the sometimes complicated science of sleep, it does help those who find it difficult to simply ‘feel’ what might be right, or to leave it up to [...]
How A Baby’s Sleep Works Yes, restful sleep is important for everyone, including babies. This doesn’t mean that babies must sleep through the night, however! Let’s look at sleep itself in more detail, because this will help you understand what you can reasonably expect from your baby or toddler, and why [...]
Sister Lilian Centre's Top Ten Tips For Treating Nappy Rash Everyone raves about how smooth and soft a baby’s bottom is; but when you open up Baby’s nappy you find red, inflamed skin and a tender looking bottom. Nappy rash. Don’t worry, most babies get nappy rash occasionally, especially if [...]
Is It Safe To Use Petroleum Jelly For Nappy Rash? There is a huge range of baby skincare products available today and everyone seems to have a different opinion – which actually makes sense, because all babies react differently. Petroleum jelly is the ‘one-type-suits-all’ product many moms turn to. [...]
Preventing And Treating Eczema And Other Skin Rashes Does your little one have a skin rash? The most common skin rash in little ones is eczema, which has two types. Atopic eczema is the most common type of eczema and produces red and often dry and scaly skin patches mostly on [...]
