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Teething!

Written by Claire Burgess, Family Consultant. Teething can be one of the most difficult times with the under twos. It is horrible to see your little one uncomfortable, in pain and not understanding what is happening to them or why they are feeling like they do. If you have ever experienced pain with wisdom teeth pushing through I am sure that you can empathise with what your little one is going through. However, some babies and toddlers can breeze through teething and you only notice when you put your finger in their mouth and get a surprise nip!

Teething can very often be attributed to babies and toddlers being unsettled and it can sometimes feel that it is going on for months on end! Typically this is not the case though and often you will see the common symptoms 2-3 days prior to the tooth/teeth coming through.

Teething, BabiesRebekah Frankcom25 March 2020parenting, families, development, Teething, teething baby, dribbling, dribble, baby teeth, parenting tips

Chiropractic Cranial treatment for babies

Written by Karen Habershon DC MChiro CCEP. There is so much confusion when it comes to treating anyone but even more so babies. As a parent all you want is the best for your baby and, when struggling with the excessive amount of information available on the internet and friends and family offering varying advice, many feel very confused and lost.

Health, BabiesRebekah Frankcom2 March 2020parenting, families, development, Chiropractor, Cranial Sacral Therapy, Osteopath, babies

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!

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