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Music Therapy for Infants and Toddlers: What Parents Should Know
Streaming Mozart for a sleeping newborn is not music therapy. Singing your child's favourite lullaby at bedtime is not music therapy either, even thou...
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Colic and Music: What Actually Works When Nothing Else Does
A colicky baby in a desperate evening has a particular sound. Parents who have lived through it can identify it on a recording. The crying is rhythmic...
8 min read
Health
Tummy Troubles: How to Help Your Baby
The first three months with a baby contain a lot of unexplained crying, and most of it is rooted somewhere in the gut. Wind, reflux, colic, evening fu...
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Health
First Sounds: Newborn Crying
Crying is the only language a newborn has. Most parents arrive home expecting to crack the code within a week and feel quietly inadequate when they're...
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Health
Gas in Newborns: What Helps Most
Gas is one of the most common newborn complaints, and one of the most solvable. Unlike colic — which has many causes — gas-related discomfort often ha...
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Health
Proven Ways to Help a Baby with Colic
Colic is one of the most exhausting and bewildering experiences of early parenting. When a baby screams for hours and nothing seems to help, it's easy...
4 min read
Emotions
Why an Infant May Appear Fussy
'Fussy' is an imprecise word that covers a wide range of infant behaviours, from difficult-to-soothe general distress to specific patterns of inconsol...
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Health
Wind and Colic in Newborns: Causes, Relief Techniques, and When It Gets Better
Wind and colic are two of the most common concerns in the early weeks of parenthood — and two of the most frequently confused. Swallowed air during fe...
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Health
Probiotics for Babies and Young Children: What the Evidence Shows
The shelves of any chemist now carry probiotic drops, sachets, and powders aimed at babies, with claims that span colic, immunity, eczema, digestion,...
6 min read
Parenting
How Much Do Newborns Cry? Understanding the Normal Range
Almost every new parent has the same shock around 6 to 8 weeks: the baby cries far more than they were warned about, often inconsolably, often in the...
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Feeding
Switching Baby Formula: When It Might Help and How to Do It
At 6 weeks your baby is squirming, gassy, and crying through the evening, and the easiest lever to pull is the formula tin. The shelf is lined with br...
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Health
Colic in Newborns: What Helps During Those Long Crying Episodes
You have a healthy, well-fed baby who screams every evening for hours, refuses to be put down, and looks like they're in agony. Nothing you do helps f...
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