Napping seems to be one of the most difficult challenges parents face with their baby’s sleep and I can understand why it’s frustrating. A long day with a tired baby is no fun for anyone.
Now, new research has confirmed that sleep is an integral part of how infants learn more about their world.
We have understood for some time now that babies and children need sleep in order to learn. And another study, carried out by psychologists at the University of Arizona-Tucson has found that babies who nap in the day are more likely to exhibit an advanced level of learning known as abstraction. (more…)
Remember the exciting days of your first pregnancy when (let’s be honest) you had no idea what it would feel like to have a real life baby? You spent your lunch break surfing the net for all the things you wanted for your precious newborn? The weekends were spent planning dreamily, shopping excitedly and chattering to anyone who would listen about your pregnancy and the future?
Looking back on all the baby stuff you bought or had given to you from friends and family, how much of it did you use? Were all the products recommended to you by the Mother and Baby magazines any good? (more…)
If you’ve given your baby a dummy to use at sleep times or when she needs soothing, she is likely to have become dependant on it. Which makes it oh-so-painfully-hard for you to take it away.
But as your baby becomes a toddler, and then a preschooler, you will start to think about the best way to help your little one let the dummy go.
Here’s how you can use Sleepypaws to make it easier for a child of two and over. (more…)
Of course we know our Sleepytot Baby Comforter is great! And we know that our customers know it too.
But we never stop working hard to spread the word.
Which is why we recently sent off our clever Sleepypaws to the discerning reviewers at the The Great Toy Guide.
I know these mummy bloggers are ruthlessly honest when giving their opinion on the toys they and their children test, so I did wonder what they would make of Sleepypaws. (more…)
Last week I found out that my eldest son, Laurie, who is nearly four, has asthma.
Since then I’ve learned that over 1.1 million children in the UK have asthma. It often happens in response to a trigger – most commonly colds, smoke, house dust mites, pets (especially cats and dogs), molds, fumes and fragrances, cold air and pollen but there are many more. (more…)
Parents of small children have to make a lot of decisions. Issues like breast or bottle feeding, whether to let your under two watch Cbeebies, should you stay at home or work, what school should kiddo go to…. Every step along the way involves parents deciding what they feel is best for their child.
I find the bigger stuff easier than the day to day issues. Hubby and I are pretty much agreed on nutrition, schooling, TV watching, activities and so on… But the day to day decision making is harder. My little people test the boundaries of my decision making hourly. From my nearly four old who wants, wants, wants NOW, to my nearly one year old who’s happiest stuffing toilet paper down the loo when I’m not looking, I am constantly checking my reactions, deciding how to respond.
I have a rule I follow when making decisions, which I learned from Suzy Welch’s book, 10-10-10 and it works. Basically, whenever I have a decision to make, I ask myself what the consequences of my decision will be in ten minutes time, in ten months time and in ten years. Hence the title, 10-10-10. (more…)
