Parenting Woes – Whose Problem Is It Really?
This post has been whirling around my head for more than a year now and I have debated whether it should stay there many a time, why? Because I know this post is going to be contentious, I can only...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to Gina Ford – Author of The Contented Little Baby Book
Dear Gina, I was interested to learn of your latest book “The Contented Mother’s Guide” (via this Daily Mail article:...
View ArticleHow to Calm a Crying Baby (and Get a Little More Sleep at Night)
Note: This is a collaborative post, please see author listing at the end. “My baby is only happy in my arms, the minute I put her down she cries.” “She wakes every hour throughout the night, every...
View ArticleI Can Get any Baby Sleeping Through the Night in One Week
WARNING – THE START OF THIS POST IS FICTITIOUS I DO NOT REALLY RECOMMEND THE FOLLOWING – PLEASE READ TO THE END! I am 99% certain I can get any baby, even a tiny 8 week old ‘sleeping through’ 7pm to...
View ArticleThe Great Sleep Obsession (The Problem of Modern Day Life versus the...
Sleep No other word can generate such an emotive response in so many parents of young children. The ‘baby sleep industry’ is worth millions of pounds, a myriad of products from pharmaceutical to...
View ArticleWhy it’s OK to let your baby or child cry (sometimes).
If you follow attachment or gentle parenting principles, you should never willingly let your child cry, right? Wrong. If you follow attachment or gentle parenting principles, you should never willingly...
View ArticleTReasons to Not Sleep Train Your Baby
Are friends, relatives and professionals telling you that you should sleep train your baby? Warning you of dire consequences if you don’t? Are you considering sleep training because you are exhausted...
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