Development 30-35 months

Petro Pretorius [23 August 2008] - You can expect your child to be able to do a couple of things at this age. Read more »

Parenting skills

Petro Pretorius [17 September 2009] -

I always wonder why it is always so easy to see what another parent is doing “wrong”. I mean you only need to look around you and I can bet that there are at least 1 time a day where you as a parent think that if it was my child I would have... but ultimately it is not you child and you are not the all seeing all knowing parent of that child you are a objective observer of the situation.

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Is My Baby Getting Enough Milk?

Jack Newman [02 February 2010] - Breastfeeding mothers frequently ask how to know their babies are getting enough milk. The breast is not the bottle, and it is not possible to hold the breast up to the light to see how many ounces or millilitres of milk the baby drank. And this is a good thing!! We are not supposed to know how much the baby is getting but rather is baby getting enough. Our number-obsessed society makes it difficult for some mothers to accept not seeing exactly how much milk the baby receives. However, there are ways of knowing that the baby is getting enough. In the long run, weight gain is the best indication whether the baby is getting enough, but rules about weight gain appropriate for bottle fed babies may not be appropriate for breastfed babies. In the short term, there are ways to know if baby is satisfied by looking at how well the baby feeds, and by looking at the baby in general. Read more »