Looking for the prefect swaddle…
My daughter – sleeping contentedly all wrapped by Ahhhh… the swaddle. There is something so sweet about a little wrapped up munchkin. But getting that perfect swaddle is not so simple. I remember...
View ArticleWhat to do about a new baby and sibling jealousy? Tips for dealing with this...
One of my hypnobirthing moms emailed me today and asked if I had tips for dealing with sibling jealousy following the birth of a new baby. Here’s the situation : The toddler, we will call Sam, says he...
View ArticleBaby’s Spirit : How Does A Soul Come to Earth? Part 1
Image by Kristina Swarner I guess for me – it really all started back in 2000 when I read the book The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche. Although I’d been both religious and...
View ArticleAre you ready for baby?
If you are close to your due date, chances are that someone or perhaps everyone seems to be asking you this question. But how really does anyone prepare for a new baby? To me preparing for a new baby...
View ArticleMom and Baby Yoga – postures for you and baby
After creating the post about Prenatal Yoga poses, my students keep asking for a similar post with the yoga moves that we typically do in the mom and baby yoga class. So finally here it is. A lot of...
View ArticleWhy Does My Baby Cry? What Do My Baby’s Cries Mean?
Listening to your baby cry is hard. Not just math equation problem hard… gut-wenching soul-cracking hard. And the crazy thing is that their cries are designed to invoke that reaction in you. A baby’s...
View ArticleTaking “I Am Going to Try to Breastfeed? To “I Plan to Breastfeed”
The first step in changing I am going to try to breastfeed into breastfeedingis to acknowledge that breastfeeding IS the biological norm of babies and mothers. Breastfeeding is a natural part of life...
View ArticleThe Most Incredible Baby Bath
Hello Everyone, Today I invite you to skip your normal meditation and watch this instead. It’s just as good and probably better. It truly is a fabulous opportunity to watch such a precious...
View ArticleHypnobirthing Babies are Calmer!
Time and time again as HypnoBirthing Educators, we meet babies born using the HypnoBirthing method who are alert, calm, and content from the moment they are born. Even in cases where the birth didn’t...
View ArticleSleep – Why You Need It and How to Get a Better Sleep
Most of us instinctively know that sleep is important, but just how important surprised me. I wonder if it will surprise you too. Last month, I have the privilege of attending a lecture by Dr....
View ArticleBaby’s First Bath
When Is The Ideal Time For Your Newborn To Have Their Very First Bath? It’s true, when babies first come out into the world, they are a bit gooey – there’s a lot of fluids involved in the birth...
View Article“Women are Legit Superhuman” a HypnoBirthing Story
Our birth story… What I learnt throughout this birth of our first child Émanuel (Manu for short), was that for the rest of my life starting now, things may not go as I plan because there is another...
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