Pregnancy and Training

All pregnancy books will tell you that it is beneficial for women who plan a pregnancy to start looking at their fitness level.

What every parent should know about baby sleep

Compiled by Erica Neser, author of Sleep Guide for Babies and Toddlers

POINTS TO PONDER
Do you regard yourself as “spoilt” if you...

• Sleep in the same bed as your partner?
• Have a few sips of water during the night?
• Wake up if the covers fall off the bed and you become cold?
• Need three meals, two snacks, a cup of tea, three glasses of water and one glass of juice per day? (that’s 10 “feeds!”)
• Need lots of love, affection, hugs and closeness from your loved ones?

No? Then why do people think babies are spoilt for needing the same things...?

Breastfeed a Toddler - Why on Earth?

Because more and more women are now breastfeeding their babies, more and more are also finding that they enjoy breastfeeding enough to want to continue longer than the usual few months they initially
thought they would. UNICEF has long encouraged breastfeeding for two years and longer, and the American Academy of Pediatrics is now on record as encouraging mothers to breastfeed at least one year and as long after as both mother and baby desire. Even the Canadian Paediatric Society, in its latest feeding statement acknowledges that women may want to breastfeed for two years or longer and Health Canada has put out a statement similar to UNICEF’s. Breastfeeding to 3 and 4 years of age has been common in much of the world until recently in human history, and it is still common in many societies for toddlers to breastfeed.