How to deal with sibling rivalry
Any parent will tell you that sometimes home or the car or pretty much anywhere can sometimes resemble World War 3. Our baby expert, Jenni Johnson, tells us how to deal with sibling rivalry…
To lessen sibling rivalry establish a balance of power in your home by having absolute rules and boundaries. One could be that none of your children is ever allowed to make fun of the other in a destructive way. This is a good rule to make inflexible and with no exceptions.
If you are the privileged parent of an adopted child you may not be passing on your genes but you can pass on your values, your beliefs and the things you consider important and experience the overwhelming love a parent has for a child.
If you have a Caesarean section I teach my Mums that during the procedure the anaesthetist is your best friend, if you feel nauseous, shivery or shakey, light headed or scared please tell him and he'll be the one to help you. When you get up after the op, take your time to stand up straight before you walk and you will find the healing process is quicker.
Vitamin K is present in low concentrations in the newborn and in breast milk. A baby’s liver needs adequate levels for the production of clotting factors. For this reason a vitamin k injection is given to your baby at birth. Two per hundred thousand breastfed babies develop hemorrhagic disease if the injection is not administered.
Visits to a grandparents house create memories that last forever. For a child the sameness of visits are never forgotten. Perhaps the same toy box, same cup to drink out of, simple unhurried lifestyle of grandparents is what is attractive to a child.
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Jenni Johnson, our resident ‘Baby Whisperer’, has been a practicing child-care practitioner for 15 years, and owns a busy ante and post natal clinic in Durban. At Jenni’s ante and post natal clinic in Durban, parents are taught a system that gives them structure and routine to the baby and childhood years. Jenni has a nursing background. She’s a registered nurse, midwife, psychiatric nurse and a practicing child-care practitioner for the past 15 years. Jenni’s online clinic, can be accessed online via www.jennisays.com. For appointments, e-mail [email protected]. Follow her on Twitter via @JenniSays or on Facebook by 'liking' The Berea Baby Clinic.