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Sleep patterns for your baby at different
By the age of about three months, your baby should be beginning to establish his sleep patterns (longer) night-time sleeps and daytime naps.
The MMR debate
During
the 1990s, UK research suggested a possible link between the MMR (measles, mumps,
rubella) vaccination and autism. The theory posed was that introducing three
live virus strains, as is conta . . .
Birth doulas
The
word doula is a Greek word meaning ‘woman servant or caregiver’. A doula’s job
is to offer emotional and practical support during
your labor and in the postpartum period. It’s a great way of ma . . .
Down syndrome
Down syndrome (DS) is a genetic condition in which a baby is born with an extra chromosome.
We inherit 23 chromosomes from each of our parents, adding up to a total of 46 – but child . . .
Children who lie
Children lie for many different reasons. It may be a simple matter of not wanting to own up to something, or it may be more calculated and an attempt to gain sympathy or attention. Again, one . . .
Shoes and healthy feet
Your child’s feet will continue to develop right up until their mid to late teens. Newborn babies’ feet don’t even have the full complement of bones they will have in later life (26), and the . . .
Identifying different sorts of cry
Your baby cries to communicate messages to you. Attending to your baby straight away when he cries has been proven to increase confidence in children when they are older and it is not recommended to l . . .
Why does my baby cry?
The
first and most obvious reason your baby cries is that it’s his only form of
communication with you. He isn’t trying to test your patience – he is crying
because he has a problem he doesn’t know . . .
Other considerations when breastfeeding
If you're contemplating breastfeeding your baby, it's important that you know how to do it correctly.
To begin with, it is important to appreciate that a baby will not receive milk properly, . . .
Breast milk
From around six months of pregnancy your breasts produce a substance called colostrum, the creamy-yellow first milk that will sustain your newborn in the first few days after his birth.
&nbs . . .