The world is a stage...

Petro Pretorius [18 June 2009] -

These words of Shakespeare has never been more true... especially for mothers. In your day to day life there will be a lot things asked from you and you will be nurse, mother, lover, story-teller.. all in one. Some of these will come natural to you and others will be difficult. As this we need to appreciate that in our different roles there are different interpretations of what this means and how it can be played. As mothers we are quick to judge if other mothers do not read the script the same way we do.

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Co-sleeping in the modern context

Erica Neser [22 June 2009] - Erica Neser is the author of Sleep Guide for Babies and Toddlers (Protea Books, 2006)

"Nature, if she be not interrupted, will do the whole business perfectly well; and there seems to be nothing left for a Nurse [or parent] to do, but to keep the child sweet and clean, and to tumble and toss it about a good deal, and keep it in good Humour." (William Cadogan, Essay on the Nursing and Management of Children, 1748)¹ Read more »

Breastfeeding the Premature Baby

Jack Newman [02 February 2010] -

Some Myths About Premature Babies and Breastfeeding:

• Premature babies need to be in incubators
• Premature babies all need fortifiers
• Premature babies cannot go to the breast until they are at 34 weeks gestation
• Mothers of premature babies need to use nipple shields to get their babies latched on well and
  getting milk well
• Premature babies need to learn to take a bottle which teaches them how to suck

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