Sleep
Troubleshooting sleep issues in newborns
There are many factors that can affect a baby’s quality of sleep. ⠀ The 2 most common ones that Mamas find affect their babies the most are:⠀ 1 Strong startle reflex 2 Hand sucking Some babies have a very strong startle reflex. It’s so strong that it will actually wake them up or keep them…
Read MoreIntroducing a Lovie
What is a lovie? A lovie is a stuffy or blanket that your child uses to give them comfort ❤️⠀ When is it safe to introduce a lovie?⠀ When they are able to roll over. This way if the lovie ends up covering their face, they have the strength to push it off of themselves.⠀…
Read MoreWin a Virtual Prenatal Class or Sleep Consult
Today marks MamaBear Holistic Care’s 1st Birthday 💙 MamaBear was created to help support Mamas-to-be and new Mamas adjust to their new role. It’s vital, now more than ever, that new Mamas get the support they need in order for both her and her baby to thrive. Babies don’t stop coming because of a Pandemic.…
Read MoreShe wanted to sleep, but she didn’t know how
Does this sound familiar? She wanted to sleep, she just didn’t know how. Babies need to learn how to sleep. Some learn more quickly than others, but every baby/child needs to be taught the skills to help them fall asleep without needing to cuddle with you, breast/bottle feed or co-sleep.⠀ The biggest challenge Mamas face…
Read MoreBaby Milestones
Baby Milestones We just celebrated a leap day and it reminded me of leaps/milestones that baby’s encounter. Like Feb 29, they aren’t every day occurrences, but they sure can be affect things. Milestones include: Rolling over Crawling Walking Teething Growth spurts Talking Growth spurts can very much affect a baby’s temperament. You usually notice that…
Read MoreSafe Swaddling
Safe swaddling. There’s a lot of contradicting information out there. It’s safe to swaddle a baby… It isn’t safe to swaddle a baby. The reason why you are hearing that swaddling your baby isn’t safe is because the rate of SIDS is up. Since we still don’t know the cause, they try and take out…
Read MoreSleep tips to cope with Daylight savings
The dreaded day is near… Sunday March 8 is Daylight Savings!!! Any time you lose sleep is not good, especially when it involves your child losing sleep. I’ve got a tip to help your little one adjust. You can start this today or you can start his on Sunday. It’s totally up to you. Start…
Read MoreWhy we need to stop normalizing bad sleep habits in our children!
Let’s talk about sleep! Sleep is one of the biggest struggles new parents face. As a new Mama, I didn’t know that I had to teach my son to sleep. I just thought that once he was tired, he would fall asleep and stay asleep for as long as he needed to.⠀ Ha, boy was…
Read MoreSleep Tips when travelling with your kids
Many of us are travelling during the holidays and it can disrupt your baby’s/child’s sleep and their routine. Here are 10 tips to help your baby/child stay on track: 1 Continue with your bedtime routine Consistency will help make bedtime on vacation easier. 2 Keep their sleep space dark, as dark as it is a…
Read MoreThe only tip you need to help your kids adjust to the fall time change
Let’s talk about the dreaded time change! Daylight savings is coming to end on Nov 3. And for us Mamas, it doesn’t mean an extra hour of sleep, it means an extra hour of parenting, and what’s worse, it means being up an extra hour earlier!!!! If your little one normally wakes at 7, that…
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