Posts Tagged by crying baby

A Calpol Alternative?

May 27, 2010 Posted by Luschka under Alternative Medicines and Remedies, Attachment Parenting, Child Health
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A while ago I wrote a post about Calpol and why I don’t like it and don’t use it. Since then, I have been asked numerous times what the alternative is. If your child has a fever or febrile convulsions, what should you do? Surely a few e-numbers are a small price to pay? more

Calpol – What Every Parent Should Know

April 20, 2010 Posted by Luschka under Alternative Medicines and Remedies, Attachment Parenting
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I can safely say I have a hate-hate relationship with Calpol. It works like this: I hate it… and on the other hand I hate it. I have no objections to paracetamol on its own, even though I rarely use medicine, and I absolutely agree that it should have its place on our shelves, as… more

A Sling is a Wonderful Thing

March 22, 2010 Posted by Luschka under Baby Wearing
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Before I became pregnant, I had never given a moment’s thought to the transportation of babies. They go in push chairs, and that’s where they go. Or so I thought.  It was only on walking into a popular baby shop that I became aware of the range of options, and found that none were going… more

Teething Trauma

January 20, 2010 Posted by Luschka under Alternative Medicines and Remedies, Attachment Parenting, Child Health
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A few weeks, or months ago, I wrote that Ameli was starting to teethe.  At the time I, stupidly, naively, thought people were right to groan when it came to teething. It really is a miserable time. Look at Ameli. She wasn‘t eating well or sleeping well.  Phew. Was that a false reality. On a… more

A Bad Day’s Mothering

January 6, 2010 Posted by Luschka under Alternative Medicines and Remedies, Attachment Parenting, Motherhood, Night Time Parenting, On Mama's Mind
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I know everyone has them. Those days where you just feel like nothing youre doing is right. When you suspect, in the back of your frazzled mind, that you might be ruining your poor, sweet, crying child, for ever. more

Teething Time?

December 4, 2009 Posted by Luschka under Child Health
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We’ve had what is officially the worst night of Ameli’s life. In fact, we’re still in the middle of it. more


We’ve had what is officially the worst night of Ameli’s life. In fact, we’re still in the middle of it.

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