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Thumb sucking and how to stop it!

Written by Claire Burgess, Family Consultant. Following on from my blog about helping your little one to give up their dummy we had lots of questions about how to stop thumb sucking and so we decided to write a blog on this topic as well!

According to the British Orthodontic Society, one in every eight children in the UK (aged 7 to 11) has a thumb sucking habit. Babies have a natural sucking reflex and thumb sucking can start very early on after birth and can sometimes even be seen in the womb!

Transitions, BabiesRebekah Frankcom24 February 2020parenting, families, development, comforter, thumb, thumb sucking

Dummies and how to help stop your child using theirs!

Written by Claire Burgess, Family Consultant. Dummies are often introduced in the early days or weeks of a baby being born and there is some research to suggest that using a dummy in the first 6 months for naps and night-times could help reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). For more information on this please see the Lullaby Trust website.

As advised by the Lullaby Trust and the British Society of Paediatric Dentistry, it is however best to gently withdraw use of the dummy between 6 and 12 months – this is to avoid possible longer-term problems associated with dummy use (such as ear infections or misalignment of teeth - these problems have not been found below the age of one year). However, as many parents and carers know, this can certainly be easier said than done! We hope that this blog will give you some useful suggestions as to how to go about it.

Transitions, BabiesRebekah Frankcom10 February 2020parenting, families, developmental stage, development, dummy, pacifier, comforter

My 8 top tips for travelling with children

Written by Claire Burgess, Family Consultant. I had one of my first experiences of travelling with children right at the very start of my career. It was with 8-month-old twins, a 2-year-old and a 5-year-old. I vividly remember the sheer volume of ‘stuff’ that we had to pack - anyone would have thought we were going to live in a desert for months, with no access to shops or even running water!

Other, Babies, TravelRebekah Frankcom15 July 2019parenting, children, families, nanny, childcare, travel, planning, parenting tips, travelling with children

The next stage - Real food! Tastes, textures and flavours!

Written for Doddl.com by Claire Burgess, Family Consultant. Very often when we start to introduce our babies to food we think that it must be bland, basic and not very much fun! That is absolutely not the case as we want to show our babies the wonderful world of food and how they can take time to explore, taste, touch and smell all of the amazing foods we have!

The Early Riser! (Part 2 of 3 sleep blogs)

Written by Claire Burgess, Family Consultant. Early waking can be a very common issue at this time of the year - the mornings getting lighter earlier can trigger our little ones in to thinking that it is time to wake up! However, for some children it can happen at any time of the year and can be a very difficult thing to resolve.

Sleep, BabiesRebekah Frankcom16 May 2019parenting, children, families, nanny, childcare, babies, sleep, early risers

Is your baby ‘sleeping like a baby’…?

Written by Claire Burgess, Family Consultant. What does ‘sleeping like a baby’ actually mean? The way that this phrase is used suggests that a baby who ‘sleeps like a baby’ is sleeping soundly straight through the night until the morning, but we all know that this is very often not the case for babies, particularly in the early days!

Sleep, BabiesRebekah Frankcom7 May 2019parenting, children, families, nanny, childcare, babies, sleep

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