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Keeping Cool about Hot Weather Sleep!
Posted on June 28, 2015 at 2:55 PM |
Summer weather is great fun for babies and children - they love playing outside and the fresh air and physical activity prepares their bodies for sleep; however those hot, sweltering, sweaty nights can really upset baby and children’s sleep.
Here are my top hot weather sleep tips to help you keep cool about hot weather sleep!
• Prevent dehydration:
Make sure your child drinks plenty of fluids;
... Read Full Post »Dummy use and SIDS
Posted on June 22, 2015 at 3:50 PM |
What about dummy use and SIDS?
From my experience dummies / pacifiers are either loved or loathed by parents! Sucking on a dummy can be very therapeutic for young babies, providing them with ‘non-nutritive’ sucking opportunities. Sucking is also the 5th ‘S’ within Dr Harvey Karps/Happiest Baby approach to baby calming along with swaddling, side position (back to sleep), shhhh, swing. Where they ar...
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