From Squeals to Syllables: Helping Your Baby Discover Babbling Your baby has discovered a new sound. Unfortunately, it sounds like a tiny pterodactyl, and they would like to demonstrate it in the supermarket. Meanwhile, you’re listening for a “ba”, a “ma” or anything that sounds vaguely like a word. If you’re wondering how to encourage […]
That Look of Recognition: When Babies Begin to Know Familiar Faces You have changed the nappies, walked the hallway and delivered a frankly impressive number of feeds. Then, one day, your baby looks at you and something feels different. Their eyes linger. A smile arrives. Suddenly, you feel like more than the person running the […]
A Baby Class That Supports Development—and Gives You a Village You’ve spoken to your baby, the dog and someone delivering a parcel. By lunchtime, you realise the longest adult conversation you’ve had involved a safe place to leave a box. Life with a baby can feel full and lonely at the same time. You might […]
Secure Attachment Without Perfect Parenting You’ve tried a feed, a cuddle and a change of scenery. Your baby still cries, your patience starts to wobble, and suddenly you’re worrying about their emotional future while wearing yesterday’s leggings. “Secure attachment” can sound like another parenting standard to meet. Something you might accidentally damage by getting […]
Why Your Baby Wants the Same Book Every Night You know which animal comes next. Your partner knows which animal comes next. Even the dog probably knows which animal comes next. Yet your little one reaches for that book again, with the confidence of someone who has made an excellent choice. If you’ve ever […]
When Do Babies Start Playing With Other Babies? The Social Development You Might Be Missing You take your baby to a class hoping they’ll enjoy being around other babies. They sit next to another tiny human for 45 minutes. Neither appears remotely interested in the other. Then, just as you’re putting their coat on, […]
Your Baby Is Talking to You Before They Can Talk: The Communication Most Parents Miss There is a moment most parents are waiting for. The first word. Will it be Mama? Dada? Dog? Something completely random that nobody remembers teaching them? Because first words feel like such an enormous milestone, it is easy to […]
Baby Activities for Dark Autumn Evenings: Simple Ways to Make the Most of the Season There’s a moment every autumn when you look out of the window at approximately 4.37pm and wonder how it can possibly be dark already. Your baby, naturally, has no intention of going to bed for another three hours. Summer […]
The Baby-Proofing Jobs Parents Often Miss Before Crawling Starts There’s a slightly dangerous period in early parenthood when your baby stays approximately where you put them. You pop them on the play mat, turn around to grab something and, reassuringly, there they still are. Then one day they aren’t. Perhaps they’ve rolled somewhere unexpected, […]
