What shall we do with a sleepy baby… (when they need feeding)?














You paced around the block 10 times, went for a drive, fed and watered baby, checked for wet and dirty nappies, even saw a doctor and excluded all medical causes. You paid a lactation consultant for breastfeeding support and still. Your baby cries for considerable amounts of time in the day/night. You are desperate. If…
I wonder if we have gone too far when it comes to the pressure to entertain, educate and socialise our babies (see baby Mozart, baby Einstein, Montessori style toys and a plethora of companies queuing up to cater for their ‘needs’)? What if? What if I said ALL babies need is the warm body of…
“You’ll fall in love with your baby immediately!” This might be true to some, but the majority of people who have just given birth tend to be in a haze. Either due to drugs, lack of sleep, pain or simply exhaustion from this absolutely transformational experience of giving birth, no matter which way that has…
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Baby coughing and spluttering at the breast?
Green explosive poo nappies? Reflux symptoms?
Your milk squirting and leaking a LOT?
You’ve tried all the usual techniques for engorgement?
Suckle sleep thrive by Andrea Herron and Lisa Rizzo, 2019, Praeclarus Press) Some quotes from the book to give you a flavour of the content and philosophy of this book: “ The effect of the environment and the care your baby receives is the nurture aspect of life. This part of her development helps her…