… first 6 months are filled with excitement, sleeplessness (for mum and dad) as well as some major developmental … Zinc Vitamin C EPA & DHA Galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS) Lactoferrin Nucleotides Developmental … http://www.childrensmn.org/references/pfs/rehabpublic/developmental-milestones-birth-6-months.pdf Http …

Baby handling for optimal physical development

Mater Mothers’ Private physiotherapist shares their expertise to encourage your baby’s optimal physical development. Outlining baby handling and development tips including picking up, holding and playing with your baby. Also, some body awareness tips for protecting your core and spine whilst caring for your baby. The session will end with an introduction to baby massage. This Bupa Parenting Insights talk is given by Sheridan Guyatt from Mater Mothers’ Private Hospital. Sheridan focuses on the…

Language development in the first years of life

In the first years of their life, infants face the challenging task of language development and learning languages used in their community. Young infants are remarkable, they learn language rapidly and seemingly with little effort. How do they succeed in such a difficult task? Babies start listening in the womb around the 2nd trimester and start to distinguish between mums voice and what’s happening around them. In this informative Bupa Parenting Insights talk, Dr Marina Kalashnikova from the…

Tips to promote physical development in your baby

Mater Mothers' Hospital physiotherapists share their expertise to encourage the physical development of your baby with hands on demonstrations. This Parenting Insights session includes tips on baby handling and promoting the physical development of your baby, including picking up, holding and playing with your baby to strengthen babies muscles. Also, some body awareness principles behind how you sit and support yourself while nursing. This informative session ends with some tips and tricks for…

Baby's physical and sensory development: what to expect

Often when your baby is born, they seem to just feed and sleep! This is very normal for a newborn, but as they grow, they will start to interact with you and their surroundings more which can be really fun. Babies grow and learn more in their first 12 months of life than at any other time – which is just incredible! In this article, I have covered what to expect in your baby’s physical and sensory development, and how to support their growth. What should you expect with your new baby? Newborn…

Language is fundamental to a baby's development

… They work with people who have difficulty communicating because of developmental delays, stroke, brain …

Getting the most out of tummy time

… precision finger and thumb movements Rolling over Visual development Crawling – an essential developmental … Babies who spend most of their waking hours on their backs may experience delays in developmental milestones …

Pregnancy Week by Week - 33 to 36 weeks

A weekly breakdown from 33 to 36 weeks Week 33 Your baby is the size of a cabbage. The bones are now fully developed and hardening. However, the skull bones remain soft and malleable to allow the birth of baby through the birth canal. Antibodies are being passed to your baby to promote the development of a healthy immune system. The liver is storing iron and your baby will use these stores within the first six months of life. Your baby can demonstrate the rooting reflex by turning their head…

Handling techniques for your new baby

Mater Mothers’ Hospitals have provided some helpful tips for handling and holding your baby in ways that are helpful for their wellbeing and development. Picking your baby up To encourage head control, pick your baby up through this side lying technique. Turn your baby onto their side and lean them forward into your hand, supporting their chest and back with each hand as you lift. This encourages development of your baby’s head control. Try to vary picking them up through their left and right…

How to change your baby’s future in the first 1,000 days

… Increase the texture of your baby’s solid food when they are developmentally ready and be sensitive to …

Learning language in the first years of life

Language learning is one of the most remarkable features of early development. Babies seem to learn their native language or languages effortlessly and very rapidly. The task of learning language, however, is not simple or trivial. In fact, it is one of the most complex cognitive abilities that we develop in our lifetime. So, how do our tiny babies learn language? When do we start learning language? While it could be assumed that language learning starts when the baby is born, babies actually…

Top tips to help your baby's development

… Head control: Being able to lift up the head is a baby’s first and most important developmental milestone … Crawling: Moving about on all fours is an important developmental step. … Your baby is unique and will reach the developmental milestones at his own pace. …

Eye contact and its effect on developmental communication

… Anna Chung is a Paediatric Behavioural Therapist specialising in Autism and developmental delay. … She shares about the importance of eye contact and its effect on developmental communication. … A deficit in these areas may be early indicators to Autism spectrum disorder and/or developmental delay …

Child development and milestones

… support, their results will be so much more successful and could even bring them into a normal developmental … The first step would be to go to your GP and ask for a referral to a Developmental Paediatrician, or … Developmental milestones The Child and Adolescent Community Health Service, a part of the Health Department … You will know from your child’s developmental leaps that all children are affected differently from these …

The importance of play

Babies have a biological predisposition to play. It is how they learn about the world, other people, their culture, and themselves. There are two types of play: free-flow (unstructured) or structured. Both contribute to your baby’s development, but in different ways. Structured play is planned, organised and adult-led. Free-flow play is not directed or structured. It is a flexible, self-motivated activity that is initiated and controlled by your baby. There are no set rules or guidelines. Your…

Nutrition during pregnancy: key vitamins, minerals and macronutrients

Congratulations on your pregnancy! What an exciting time for you and your family. During this time, what you eat plays an essential role in the development and health of your baby. While all nutrients are important, there are a few key nutrients that we focus on during pregnancy due to their important roles in foetal development. Folate Folate is a type of B vitamin involved in the development of your baby’s neural tube which happens very early on in pregnancy. As well as getting folate through…

Pregnancy & eczema

What is the risk that my baby will develop eczema? There is no definite way of predicting if your child will have eczema. We know that genetic (inherited) factors are important. A family history of atopy (eczema asthma or hay fever) is definitely the most important risk factor for the development of these conditions in children. So, genetic factors probably make a child more susceptible to developing eczema, asthma, hay fever. But there are also a number of factors in the environment that will…

Happy social play with your baby

… Parents also give their babies the best developmental tool for the future. …

Help your baby develop during their vital first year

Babies have an amazing capacity to learn, but there are so many things that parents can do to help their baby learn and develop. Here are a few essentials that really do make a difference. Tummy time Five minutes of tummy time two or three times a day can have a positive effect on head shape and brain development. It also leads on to crawling, an intellectually important milestone not to be missed. For babies who find tummy time uncomfortable, try placing baby on their tummy for a nappy change…

Babywearing

There is no sweeter place for a baby than the embrace of a loved one. Babywearing, or holding your baby with the aide of a carrier, enables caregivers to keep their little ones close with ease. Babywearing is a parenting tool that spans across cultures and has been around for generations. The universal appeal of babywearing stems from the numerous functional and emotional benefits it gives to both caregiver and baby. Having been in utero for nine months, the feeling of being held and rocked is…

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