Happy Days » Basic babycare

The process of interviewing and selecting the prefect nanny is potentially very challenging, there are many wonderful women (and men) with a passion for children looking for work as nannies. The key is to find the perfect nanny for your family and home. When looking for a potential nanny, there are a few considerations to make before you brief placement agencies or prepare to source potential candidates in order to set up interviews. Ask yourself the following questions, many of which are not entirely politically correct, however one needs to be honest with oneself when looking for someone to care for...

  At the start of each new year, many of us make resolutions; promises or intentions to do something better or to stop something that we feel holds us back. Being a parent adds a new slant to our annual resolutions and for many of us our resolutions are intentions for the year ahead to be a better parent. This year Meg Faure took the Top 10 Resolutions on our Facebook site and wrote a simple ‘how to’ for each one. 1. Establish a routine for my baby. Routines are something many of us long for, to create a little order and predictability in our days. You can start a sleep routine based...

Most complicated items in your home come with an instruction manual.  These items generally perform one complicated function and stay in one place.  You need a licence to drive a car, a licence to fish and to own a TV set, but bring a baby into your house and you are thrown in at the deep end. Despite reading books, trawling the internet and getting advice from family and friends nothing prepares you for this complicated being that does not come with instructions or a returns policy.  Baby Sense helps with some quick tips on your baby’s basic care like topping and tailing, cord care, nappy...

If your baby is uncomfortable at night, his sleep may be disturbed and your baby will wake in the light sleep states. We know that itchy skin or sore patches on the skin can be a menace when it comes to sleep. We asked Ann Richardson, Registered Nurse and Midwife, owner of the Sister Ann’s well baby clinics, and co-author of the baby best seller Baby Sense (Metz Press 2002), author of the best seller Toddler Sense (Metz Press 2005), and co-author of the recently released Sleep Sense (Metz Press 2007), to discuss common skin conditions that may affect your babies sleep. An infant’s skin has...

Q: Hi, I do not think that this is normal. My son cries everytime his nappy has to be changed. And being so little this happens often. He also cries when he has to poo or pass a wind, is this normal or is there something wrong? Please advise. A: Thank you for your mail.  Your little one is still so small (I know he is only one month old, as I have already been in email correspondence with you) – all babies his age cry like mad when you change their nappies – they find it very intrusive, cold and uncomfortable.  This is nothing unusual. Do you have the book “Baby Sense”?  This will really...