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Is a Prenatal Class about Childbirth or about Babies?
This term we use – Prenatal Class – is confusing, isn’t it? Some parents-to-be are fascinated by, or worried about labour and birth and are wanting to spend a lot of time talking about it. They come to...
View ArticleMy Baby Hates the Car Seat! – Guest post by Aliya Khan
“My baby hates the car seat!” Such a common complaint from new parents in our Baby Groups. Recently, Aliya Khan, a regular in our baby groups, offered to write a blog post for us on her experiences...
View ArticleSing! Sing! Sing!
These days, with the Christmas season approaching, it feels that all I do all day is singing and babies, babies and singing. Of course, babies and families are my work-work, but singing is my play-work...
View ArticlePerinatal Care for Gender Diverse Families
Families come in many forms. It is a responsibility of perinatal care providers to adapt to meet the needs of all parents-to-be in dignified and affirming ways. While many people from diverse...
View ArticleHow to bottle-feed a baby – Paced Bottle-Feeding
Whether we are exclusively bottle-feeding, breastfeeding-with-occasional-bottles, or doing-half-and-half, it makes sense to feed the baby in the most physiologic, relaxing, pleasant way possible, which...
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Monday is Massage and Relaxation Day
Big Brother Daniel giving Baby Hannah a massage. Starting on January 6, 2014, Monday is going to be Massage and Relaxation Day! Registered Massage therapist, Sylvie Gilbert, is going to be offering...
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Sunscreen Should Be Safe!
A recent article on Mothering’s site sums it up pretty well when they say… "Summer is here and many of us are thinking about how we can keep our kids safe in the sun. The first line of defense for...
View ArticleIs your baby a room-mate or a house-guest?
Many years ago, a client told me about how she and her partner had felt about caring for their baby in the middle of the night: “Everytime he woke up and needed a diaper change we behaved as though a...
View ArticleNapping Worries
Napping is one of the hottest topics in the Baby Groups I facilitate. Parents seem to worry a lot about how much, how long, how often, how easily their baby naps. I think there are three reasons for...
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Practical Parenting Tips
We recently held a contest asking for one really practical tip they have discovered in their life as a parent or soon-to-be parent. It had to be really PRACTICAL… not, “love your baby”, or “be...
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