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Q: I've got two questions: 1. My 9 month old baby boy was tummy crawling for 2 weeks and then started crawling almost a week ago. We've got tiles in our house and I noticed that it looked as if he was sliding too much when his knees were on the floor. It's been 5 days now, and I've noticed that he has adapted his crawling to having the right leg under his bottom while the left legs' foot is flat on the floor (knee in the air). I'm sooo worried now! Is this considered crawling and wont this influence his development? I read somewhere that this may lead to a shortening of the hip muscle. He is not doing...

Q: Your book was given to me a month before I gave birth and has been my BIBLE since my baby was born! He is turning one in two weeks time and I am desperate that there is no follow-up on your book, something to guide us through the toddler years.... Have you got anything in the pipeline? A: Thank you for the positive feedback and we are glad you have found Baby Sense so useful. The great news is that Sr. Ann Richardson is busy writing the follow up to Baby Sense: Toddler Sense! She will be calling on the expertise of an experienced occupational therapist for all the sensory sections and the book is to...

Q: Please advise what white noise I can use to help my baby sleep (and where and what cassettes can I buy)? Please also recommend a good educational system for children from 9 months. A: This is a great question. White noise is so valuable in helping babies (and adults) to sleep. Research shows white noise shifts us into deep sleep 10 minutes sooner than we would otherwise. For light sleepers, white noise is a must. White noise literally absorbs other sounds and so we don’t register sounds that may otherwise wake us. The best example of white noise is the sound of the waves, such as we would hear...

Q: My baby is just over 4 months and about 6.3kgs and been on formula since 3 months old. He has a bit of reflux and I am feeding him Nan1 + Gaviscon. I tried Infacare Anti Reflux but it was too thick for him to drink as soon as it started to cool down. Also tried Nan Pelargon – but no luck. He brings up small amounts of milk up to 2 hours after the last feed. He has never had more than 175 ml in a feed (which he would only do at the 2am feed). For the past 2 or 3 weeks he has only been drinking about 50 – 100 mls every 3 to 4 hours. He will not drink any more than that. He has still not dropped...

Q: I have a 7 month old boy who has been a hungry baby since birth and a baby who sleeps very little since birth. He is very healthy though and a real joy with such a gorgeous little nature. I have been following the baby sense book very closely especially where introducing solids is concerned. At 5 months I started him on Purity Rice Cereal in the morning for breakfast, a few teaspoons at a time upto 2 tablespoons mixed with formula, then started giving it to him at night, same quantity. Not changing his bottles. I stopped breastfeeding at 6months due to work commitments unfortunately. But he took to...