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I spent a fabulous evening last night at the Catalina branch of Keiki Early Learning. This Parent Workshop was about Cre...
23/07/2025

I spent a fabulous evening last night at the Catalina branch of Keiki Early Learning. This Parent Workshop was about Creating Resilience in our kids where we also looked at managing big emotions and separation anxiety.

I had the best time 🤩 it was so much fun 🤗 and amazing parents attended with fabulous questions and examples 😁

Thank you to for inviting me 🙏🏻😊

23/07/2025

Do you feel as parents we are expected to control our children? Yes, it’s our responsibility to educate, nurture and guide our children so they grow up to be wonderful, well-adjusted adults. ⭐️

But what is missing in our “culture of parenting” is – respect.

Our babies are complete, experienced souls that are having an earthly experience, they’re on their own journey here to experience life and as Mums, our claim to them is we helped them transition from the spiritual world 🙏 to the physical 🌍 through the portal of our body – birth. We need to tell them every day “I’m so grateful I’m your Mum”. 🥰

Now look at your baby with new eyes!! 😄 Knowing they are already a complete person! We need to respect that prior experience and tell them “Hey! I see you and I appreciate you and love you so much that you’re here with me”. 🤗

This respect also extends to when you are doing mundane activities of daily living, like a nappy change. Showing respect by saying “Now we’re going to change your nappy, is that ok with you?” Knowing they would of course want their nappy changed, but it’s setting up the practice for you asking and them getting used to you checking in with them rather than just going ahead and looking after their physical needs without telling them what you’re doing.

It's also respectful when they are crying. Being curious, being responsive and attentive about what they are trying to tell me? 🤔 What does that cry mean for them? 🤔 Being comfortable with listening to them cry knowing it’s a way of communication and they’re talking to you. You’re not trying to stop the cry, sshhh them up or worse still, plug a dummy in their mouth. Once you’ve worked out what you think they’re telling you, then you validate this …“Am I right? Is this what you’re telling me? You’re sounding frustrated, I hear you!” 🤗

This is being respectful. Giving your baby space to express themselves. See them as a colleague and a friend, someone who may end up teaching you something in this life!

Speech lets us connect with others and helps to nurture our relationships. ♥️ It’s a clear indicator of developmental mi...
21/07/2025

Speech lets us connect with others and helps to nurture our relationships. ♥️

It’s a clear indicator of developmental milestones and when we expect children to be able to say words or sentences. Research is telling us that speech is a clear marker that something is not right if our child is not achieving these milestones. Remember the earlier our children get therapy for speech the quicker they achieve these goals.
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When should you get your child checked?

4 months – Only makes noise to cry, none or few vocalisations.

12 months – Not making sounds in response to familiar people, not reacting to “no”, not responding verbally to simple questions like “where’s daddy?” no tuneful babble.

2 years – The language and communication skills they have are regressing, only saying up to 20 single words consistently, most words are unintelligible to adults most of the time, not saying 2-word combinations like “more drink” or “up mummy”, they have difficulty paying attention and listening to stories, not recognising or understanding words for familiar objects.
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If you have any concerns around your child’s speech and language please see a Speech Therapist, myself or your GP. ⭐️

Guidelines from Child and Adolescent Community Health, Western Australia Health Department.

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Toddler life is all about control. They start to say “no!” Now, we have a power struggle! 🤦‍♀️ Arghhh!!Toddlers feel ...
18/07/2025

Toddler life is all about control. They start to say “no!” Now, we have a power struggle! 🤦‍♀️ Arghhh!!

Toddlers feel more confident when they have control over their life, so we need to give them choices. Have 2x choices that you already approve of, so it doesn’t matter which one your toddler chooses – it’s all good. 😊

Power struggles also occur when toddlers are not feeling heard.

Today I saw a disgruntled toddler who kept saying “I want to go back!” The parents are trying to negotiate and reason with their toddler “you can’t go back because we need to go home” and she was getting louder and more insistent! 😩 Always repeating what they’re saying gives you time to be calm – “You want to go back, yes!” and then just leave it at that. Validating their feelings is very powerful in all situations. 🌟

Never negotiate with a toddler – you’ll always lose! Hahaha 😂

Is your toddler saying no?

This type of home visit is perfect for families who need to keep a close eye on their baby’s growth.⭐️ It will give you ...
16/07/2025

This type of home visit is perfect for families who need to keep a close eye on their baby’s growth.⭐️ It will give you peace of mind that your baby is growing just right! 🥰

We provide specific data on your baby’s weight and height, crucial for understanding their nutritional needs and making sure they’re getting enough breast milk or formula or both. It’s a comforting way to know your baby is on the right track! 🤗

14/07/2025

What does it mean when your toddler hides when doing a 🚽💩?

It means they are constipated!

Constipation is more common in toddlers than we would like to think. There is an anticipation of when to start toilet training 🚽...are they old enough? 😰 …will they tell me when they’re ready? … how am I going to do this? 😪

All these thoughts running through our minds and we lose sight that our toddler is now hiding behind the sofa to do a poo 😵.

We are lead to believe that your child has begun to realise it’s a private function and needs privacy during this act, but this normalises this abnormal behaviour and so we don’t do anything about it!

What if I told you it was because they’re embarrassed and don’t want you to see them pushing, groaning, going red in the face, sweating etc?

Toddlers who are doing this are already overthinking doing a poo and getting stressed by it. Toddlers who are still in nappies and who are not constipated will poo in the middle of playing - then continue straight back to playing – no interruption, no worry, just normal behaviour. The worry and anxiety comes when they’ve had to push before and it’s painful!!

The worry and anxiety comes when they’ve had to push before and it’s been painful!! This pain stops them from wanting to poo when they get the urge and this compounds the problem making the poos become harder and drier = constipation!

How to stop constipation?
1️⃣ Water intake 💦- Once your baby is on solid food make sure they also start to drink cooled boiled water after their tastes of solids. After 1 years old they can drink tap water. Increase their intake of water every day after 1 years old. Offer them water in preference to any other type of fluid after 1 years old. Offer your toddler water overnight if they wake up, not milk.

2️⃣ Increase fibre intake 🍎🍏🥬 - Give your baby lots of fruit. Stewed apples/pears/prunes pureed are perfect for babies under 1 years old. Toddlers can eat anything and everything that is fresh and in season. Give your baby lots of vegetables. Don’t forget to introduce nuts before they are 1 years old. 💫

3️⃣ Exercise 🏋️– In a baby? Hahaha This means lots of floor time. Let them explore the room and move around on their own steam. Don’t sit them on their play mat, let them work out how to get to their toys whilst on their tummies. Encourage running, climbing, jumping and exploring with your toddlers 💥. Try and get out of the house at least once a day. 🏃

4️⃣ Can I give them anything to help? – Diluted natural prune juice ½ prune juice to ½ water and give this to them throughout the day. Prunes are a natural laxative. Pears are also very effective. 🍐⭐️

Love and appreciation from a client 🥰😍
11/07/2025

Love and appreciation from a client 🥰😍

09/07/2025

Will your baby tell you if they are tired? 😢

YES!!! Once you have learnt your baby’s tired cry…every sleep will be successful 😉 – imagine how good that will feel? Knowing your baby’s signs to tell you exactly when they need to go to bed! 😄😄

The tired cry is easily recognisable once you know what to listen and look out for. 💪The sound is like you yawning 😮‍💨but with sound. So, the mouth is wide and open, like a yawn with an “oww owww owww” sound. 🗣️

There are many factors that will affect when your baby does this type of cry.
Most likely it will be when their ‘Sleep Pressure’ is high and they need to sleep. Remember sleep is biological and if the environment is right, your baby will fall asleep! 😴

So – STOP watching the clock ❌, STOP following awake windows ❌.
Do – watch your baby’s behaviour ✅, they know when they’re tired and guess what? They will tell you with a tired cry!

That’s all! My job here is done 😉

A trick to getting your baby to sleep. 👶💤Did you know that we have 8 senses in total!! ⭐️ Not 5 like we thought. 🤯What ...
07/07/2025

A trick to getting your baby to sleep. 👶💤

Did you know that we have 8 senses in total!! ⭐️ Not 5 like we thought. 🤯

What are these 3 extra senses?
1. Vestibular – located in your inner ear, this sense lets your brain understand movement and balance and where your body is positioned. All senses are working 24/7, however this sense is a BIG one for baby sleep. We will talk about it in a bit.
2. Interoception – located inside your body and how it feels working eg. When you nervous, you feel “butterflies” or we need to do a nervous wee, or you feel gurgling when you are hungry
3. Proprioception – located in our muscles, joints and skin which tell us where our body is in space - a body awareness. Eg. If we hold up hold up 2 fingers behind our back, we know we’ve got 2 fingers up even though we can’t see them, because our sense is telling us this is what is happening.

The vestibular sense is so important when it comes to Baby Sleep. A perfect example of this is when you have rocked your baby to sleep in your arms and they’re in a deep sleep. You lift their arm up and it flops back down…Yay!! 🙌

Success….now – the difficult process of transferring them into the cot! Within 10 mins they have woken up and started crying again!! 😩 Arghh! Whyyyyy????.... Their Vestibular sense has told their brain they’ve moved, they’re not in Mums arms anymore, safe and protected – they need to wake up to check their environment and make sure everything is ok and they are still safe.

Crazy hey? So how will this change the way you put your baby to sleep?

If you need help, I will be there to support and empower you to get this right! 💪💋

Do you freak out and get stressed when your toddler has a meltdown? 😰Do you feel out of control not knowing how to manag...
04/07/2025

Do you freak out and get stressed when your toddler has a meltdown? 😰

Do you feel out of control not knowing how to manage it? 😓

Then do you feel guilty when you've ended up shouting at them?

Let me reassure you – you are normal!
But - we can always improve our parenting skills!! 💪🏼💪🏼

The biggest take home message here, is that your child is having a hard time…they’re not deliberately giving YOU are hard time! So we need to stop thinking that they’re doing this deliberately to just p**s us off! That would imply they’re thinking brain is switched on, and we all know, when we’re in a stressful situation, our reaction is fight or flight, freeze or fawn Arghhh 😩😩 !

Here are steps to manage a meltdown ⬇️⬇️⬇️

1️⃣ Stop and take a few deep breaths 🌬️ – nothing needs to be fixed instantly, take your time, so you turn on your own thinking brain.
2️⃣ Get down to their level, look them in the eye and in a quiet voice validate their feelings. “This is hard for you, I understand” or “It’s ok to feel angry because I’m not buying you the toy” or “I see you really wanted that”
3️⃣ Then reassure, “I’m going to sit beside you until you feel calm”
4️⃣ Offer them a hug if and whenever they want it on their terms, not forcing the hug on them. 🤗
5️⃣ Be patient, give them space, it will take as long as it will take. Do your own meditation while you’re waiting. 😌 🧘 Focus on calming your own nervous system.
6️⃣ Try and be spontaneous…maybe you can cancel the next appointment/activity and do something more chill and calmer at home (no screens).
8️⃣ Connection and relationship are the two most important factors here! Focus on these and the meltdowns will become fewer and less intense.
9️⃣ Toddlers NEED to go through these steps to learn how to cope with these uncomfortable feelings. This is positive development. Giving them a screen in the moment works, because we have successfully distracted them – but what have they learnt? We will have adults that don’t know how to manage their feelings!!

If you’d like help with your toddler’s behaviour, I offer a home visit where we can go through strategies unique to your baby. 🤗🤗

Do you feel overwhelmed as a parent?Today we are bamboozled with information overload when searching up parenting tips. ...
02/07/2025

Do you feel overwhelmed as a parent?

Today we are bamboozled with information overload when searching up parenting tips. 🤯 Information that is often conflicting.

How do we cope with this?

I recommend you trust your own instincts.

We are forced to believe that someone who is a specialist in the area is the only person who can tell us what we need to do – but, you are the only one that can make correct choices for your baby, you are your baby’s world – try listening to your gut feelings and your instincts. 🧘‍♀️🧘‍♂️

Remember you know your baby the best, you are the expert on your child! Don’t trust information that is general and not unique for your baby. Take a few deep breaths and try to connect with your feelings on subjects that may prove difficult – how do you feel? The more you practice this the easier it will become. Your instinct will tell you the right way to go! And the right decision to make!

Trust yourself!💫

I love swaddling babies!! 😍You see them automatically relax once in the swaddle. But - soon enough they will try and rol...
30/06/2025

I love swaddling babies!! 😍

You see them automatically relax once in the swaddle. But - soon enough they will try and roll onto their side and when they do this we have to get them out of the swaddle sooner than later.

Remember that the purpose of the swaddle is to stop the startle reflex from waking them. When we start to stop the swaddle this may disturb their sleep. So we do it gradually, one arm at a time. Let them get used to the freedom of one arm then unwrap them completely and put them in a Sleeping Bag with both arms out.

The reason why we need to unwrap them when they start to roll is so they can use their arms to push up and move themselves away from any suffocation issues that may present themselves. If their arms are unavailable to them and they roll onto their tummy it will be harder for them to move their head if they get into any trouble.

Most babies start to try and roll from around 3 months of age, but I’ve seen 8 week old babies roll, so you need to be watching your baby❤️ to know when to start unwrapping 🤩

Is your baby showing signs of trying to roll?

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