When I was pregnant I never even considered that I may not be able to breastfeed. When my first daughter was born the labour and birth were quite traumatic and resulted in an emergency c section. After a very quick look and cuddle, she was taken to the special care...
Finding our flow in surrender
As parents, we all have far too much to do. Our modern lives are focused around productivity, both at work and in our home, most days I feel a constant need both internally and externally to have “something done” with my day, to be ticking items off my long to-do...
What is Attachment Parenting?
Attachment parenting tends to be one of those terms that parents either cringe at or they show a strong interest in learning more about. For myself and my husband we kind of just ‘fell’ into an attachment parenting kind of life. Don’t get me wrong, we had always...
Parenting your baby during the night is not about a set of rules and sleep strategies.
Parenting your baby during the night is not about a set of rules and sleep strategies. Parenting your baby at night time is all about connection. As a new parent I was shocked to find myself feeding my new baby literally around the clock. Eight weeks into being a...
Expectations
Expectations. We all have them. Do your expectations as an adult meet up with your expectations that YOU have for your baby? Your child? Expectations as an adult tend to go a little like this… To be loved. To be respected. To be acknowledged and also nurtured. Why...
Holiday Vibes!
Is anyone else feeling the overwhelm of the year coming to a close? Parties, dinners, graduations, the organisation of trips away, shopping, shopping, shopping… Are your children feeling 'off track and stressed out?' Could it be...
A gentle approach to sleep and settling for your new baby
As new parents you will find yourselves shocked to the core in the realisation that yes, your new baby will feed around the clock. The average new baby will sleep for 16 out of 24 hours BUT all babies are very unique. You may find that your newborn will sleep up to 19...
Everything has an ending….
Our littlest love has been unwell on and off for the past couple of weeks. Trying, exhausting, relentless nights. Breastfeeding like a newborn baby. Up and down all night, soothing and cuddling, feeding and loving. No matter the age of your baby they NEED you. They...
Attachment Parenting Includes Fathers!
Yes a preference for infants and children are us, their mamas BUT I wanted to talk about how indispensable our partners are. Lets go back to 'Attachment Parenting' this is a style of parenting that has been happening since the dawn of time. 'A commonsense approach to...



