Sr Rika Mother and Baby Clinic

02/09/2025

Neuroscience fact: Breastfeeding support!

28/05/2025

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Why Your Emotional Life Matters

When our children are young, the way we touch them - gentle or rough, our tone of voice - calm or harsh, our emotional state - centered or tense, plays a huge role in our child’s emotional connection with us and themselves and this wires their brain. Your child needs your calm presence as this helps build circuits in their brain for:

* A secure attachment and emotional safety - This is the most basic, primary needs of all children. Without emotional safety, children will be in survival mode and thus living within a nervous system that is constantly in the sympathetic state. A secure attachment helps a child know that they are loved, that they matter and that they are safe. Without it, they may lack confidence, self-worth, and a strong inner compass.
* Self-regulation - staying calm and recovering from being upset
* Empathy and social connection - being able to put themselves in someone else’s shoes. Also interest in connecting with others socially
* Executive function - building skills for attention, memory, impulse control

Did you know that when you respond with warmth, consistency, and calm, you are literally helping your child’s brain grow the pathways that will serve them for a lifetime.

These are important reasons why we must take care of our own emotional life. We need to tend to our needs even if it only happens in small ways. Here are some quick tips.

- Pause several times during the day to check in with yourself and how you are feeling. Even if it’s only for a minute or two you are worth it!
- When a moment in your day feels intense, try this simple reset; Inhale for 4 – Hold for 4 – Exhale through your mouth for 4. It’s amazing how just one or two slow breaths can shift your whole nervous system.
- Give yourself permission to not do it all. Choose one thing each day to release or simplify.
- Create a tiny ritual like lighting a candle, or drinking your tea slowly, or stepping outside for a couple of minutes. Find ways to anchor yourself while offering yourself moments of peace.

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05/05/2025

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11/02/2025

Contact Wiebke for more info or to book on 064 952 0291 💙

24/12/2024

Sr Rika will be on leave from 24 December, but will be available for breastfeeding consultations throughout the holidays.

Our clinic will reopen on Monday, 13 January 2025. Bookings may be made via Whatsapp on 082 575 3918 - please expect a delayed response.

Happy holidays! 💙

24/12/2024

Baie dankie aan ieder en elk vir 'n wonderlike jaar.

Ek is baie dankbaar en bevooreg om te kan deel wees van julle families en waardeer almal se ondersteuning ongelooflik baie. Mag julle veilig reis en vreeslik lekker kuier! Sien julle in die nuwe jaar!

Baie liefde, Sr Rika 🥳

24/12/2024

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05/12/2024

Disney and Pixar movies for the win! 💙

26/11/2024

Belangrik 💙

21/11/2024

"Jy is so mededeelsaam met jou maatjies!"
"Mamma kan voel jy gee die HEEL beste drukkies!"
"Wow, kyk hoe mooi het jy alles opgetel, jy is die beste helper!"
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17/11/2024

Amen, dankie Here vir hierdie wonderlike voorreg! 💙

14/11/2024

My wife doesn't work...

Conversation between a husband and a psychologist

P: What do you do for a living, Mr. Rogers?
M: I am an accountant in a bank…
P: And your wife?
M: She doesn't work. She's a stay-at-home mom.
P: Who prepares breakfast for your family?
M: My wife, since she doesn’t work.

P: What time does your wife wake up in the morning?

M: She wakes up very early since things have to be organized. She prepares lunches for the children, she makes sure they are well dressed and combed, that they have eaten, brushed their teeth and collected all their school belongings. She wakes up with the baby, changes his diaper and breastfeeds him.

P: How do your children get to school?

M: My wife drives them to school, since she doesn't work.

P: After driving the children to school, what does she do?

M: She goes to the supermarket to buy groceries or she does shopping for the house. Sometimes she forgets something and has to do the whole trip again with the crying baby. Once she returns home, she has to feed and breastfeed the baby, change his diaper and prepare him for a nap, clean the house and do the laundry. You know, since she doesn't work.

P: In the evening, when you come back from the office, what do you do?

M: I'm resting, of course. I'm exhausted from my long day of work at the bank.

P: What does your wife do in the evening?

M: She cooks dinner, serves us food, washes the dishes, cleans the house and walks the dog. After helping the children with their homework, she gets them ready for bed and checks that they have brushed their teeth. Then she changes the baby's diaper and breastfeeds him again. When she is in bed, she wakes up regularly to breastfeed and change diapers as needed, since she does not have to get up to go to work.

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This is the daily routine of many women around the world. It starts at dawn and continues until the wee hours of the morning… and it’s called “don’t work”?!

Being a stay-at-home mom may not require a degree, but it is an essential family role!

Appreciate your wife, your mother, your grandmother, your aunt, your sister or your daughter… because their sacrifices are priceless.

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Someone asked me...

“Are you a working woman, or are you just a stay-at-home mom?”

I answered :

I am a woman who works at home, 24 hours a day…

I am a mother,
I'm a woman,
I am a girl,
I am an alarm clock,
I am the cook,
I am the housekeeper,
I am the mistress of the house,
I'm the waitress,
I am the nurse,
I am a nurse,
I am a manual worker,
I am a security guard,
I am the advisor,
I am the comforter,
I don't have any time off,
I work day and night,
I am still on duty,
I don't get paid and...

Even then, I often hear the phrase:

“But what do you do all day?”

In tribute to all women who dedicate their lives to the well-being of their families, share with all the beautiful women in your life. 🖤

I see you mama's.
I feel you.
I am you ❤️💜