Away With Postnatal Emotional Problems It’s normal to experience a bit of emotional upheaval when a baby is born. Most women get ‘baby blues’ or ‘third day blues’ a few days after giving birth and have a week or two of increased anxiety and emotionality before things return to [...]
What To Do About Fever, Earache And Croup At Night Baby has been crying constantly, it’s the middle of the night, and you wonder if there’s something seriously wrong – should you go to the hospital? This is a difficult call to make because illnesses always appear worse at [...]
Play Really Is A Child’s Work It’s also the cornerstone of a child’s development, and that’s what’s really important to know. Just think about it for a moment. How often do children play these days? I mean, really play? Children should dream up their own games, let their imaginations [...]
Take Tender Care Of Teething Troubles Did you know, Mom, Baby can start teething any time from birth to 18 months, although most babies start at about six months? Some babies are born with teeth already erupted! These aren’t always the proper milk teeth and may need to be [...]
Choosing And Using Dummies So many expectant couples make dummies one of the first things they purchase when they start equipping their baby’s nursery, so I thought it’s probably time for me to share some thoughts about choosing and using this almost universal symbol of babyhood! In many countries, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
