You weren’t meant to travel the postpartum time alone....
We spend all this time preparing for birth. Once we give birth, we are handed our baby and sent on our merry way. We are essentially left to figure everything out on our own!
There is little wonder that new mothers, many of whom have little or no experience with babies or children, are often physically exhausted and emotionally depleted. They may find themselves easily anxious and confused about ‘doing what is right’.
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“Is there an app you’re using for baby’s milestones and daily development activities?”
The amount of times I hear mamas either asking each other, or even asking me for my recommendations in terms of which apps to use to track various things like sleep patterns, feeding schedules, amount of wet/dirty diapers and even developmental activities for their babies is getting to be more and more each week!
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Swaddling has become a bit of a controversial topic these days. Some people and professionals are still using and recommending this age-old practice, and some have done a 180 and turned completely against it.
Historically, swaddling has been used all over the world, in various cultures, for thousands of years, with the goal of calming a baby, and reducing night wakings by promoting a deeper sleep.
With the warmer weather and the hotter, stronger sun, we find ourselves lathering on sunscreen ALL.DAY.LONG!!! And I know you know how important it is to wear sunscreen and block those harmful sun rays, but also to prevent burns…..and ultimately the big ‘C’ word!
But, I also don’t love all the nasty chemicals that are found in conventional sunscreens.
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We live in a sensory-rich world. Everything we learn and take in from our environment comes into our body (and brain) through our senses, and once the brain has integrated or processed this information, we act on it. Sensory processing is the ability of the nervous system to register input from our senses, interpret the information, and form a response (either a motor response, language, cognition, etc).
