Understanding your newborn’s 6 states of consciousness/being can help new parents gain confidence in supporting and responding to your baby’s needs. As newborns don’t communicate verbally, we can all benefit by recognizing their natural states of being to ease the transition of bringing a new baby into the family. Babies cue us, if we are…
DetailsWhat a fascinating look at newborns in this Psychology Today article. Understanding the perspective of newborns, while they learn to adapt to a world full of new sounds, sights and smells, etc.– can also help you adjust the ways in which, you comfort and support your new baby. Take a closer look at how we, as caregivers,…
DetailsThis is the classic question every mom (and partner) want to know in those early weeks after birth. . . I can’t tell if my baby has eaten well while nursing since there is no way to measure how much milk has transferred from breast to baby’s tummy? The breast doesn’t calculate the transfer in…
DetailsAs a postpartum doula, one of the first new skills I teach a breastfeeding mama, is to learn to nurse baby in a side-lying position to optimize rest, cuddling and relief–if she’s dealing with a sore perineum or hemorroids. Since a new mom is breastfeeding anywhere from 10-12 times a day, it just makes sense to make it…
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