Entries by Emma Garbett
Finding Confidence After Infertility: Exploring New Spaces with Your Baby
Finding Confidence After Infertility: Exploring New Spaces with Your Baby Having a baby after experiencing infertility is a journey filled with a mix of emotions. Many parents are overjoyed and feel intense gratitude, yet also anxious and worried. When walking into new parental spaces, like classes, playgroups, and parks, some parents may still be experiencing […]
Why Babies Put Everything in Their Mouth: The Hidden Science of Oral Exploration
Why Babies Put Everything in Their Mouth: The Hidden Science of Oral Exploration If you’ve ever spent a day with a baby, you’ll know one thing for certain: everything ends up in their mouth. Toys, books, muslins, their own feet… and occasionally something mysterious they found on the floor before you could stop them. Many […]
Why Babies Love Repetition (And Why It’s Brilliant for Their Brain Development)
If you’ve ever read the same book six times in a row, sung The Wheels on the Bus until you can’t feel your face, or played the same peekaboo game repeatedly… congratulations. You’re doing exactly what your baby needs. While adults crave novelty, babies thrive on repetition. In fact, doing the same activity again and […]
From Tummy Time to First Steps: How Movement Builds Your Baby’s Brain
From Tummy Time to First Steps: How Movement Builds Your Baby’s Brain When people talk about babies learning to move, the focus is usually on the obvious milestones. Rolling.Sitting.Crawling.Walking. The exciting moments when you grab your phone to capture a video and send it to every family WhatsApp group going. But what many parents don’t […]
World Book Day: Where a Love of Books Really Begins
World Book Day: Where a Love of Books Really Begins Every year, World Book Day fills schools and nurseries with excitement. Children arrive dressed as their favourite characters, book tokens appear in backpacks, and classrooms buzz with stories. It’s a brilliant celebration of reading. But here’s something many people don’t realise: the love of books […]
Benefits of Sensory Play for Babies: Why It’s Essential for Brain Development
Benefits of Sensory Play for Babies: Why It’s Essential for Brain Development Parents hear it all the time: sensory play is good for babies. But if you’re in the whirlwind of the first year, you probably want more than that. You want to know the real benefits of sensory play for babies — why it […]
What Happens in a Baby’s Brain When They Experience a New Smell? (And Why It Matters More Than You Think)
What Happens in a Baby’s Brain When They Experience a New Smell? (And Why It Matters More Than You Think) Here’s something most people don’t realise about how a baby’s brain develops. It isn’t built through pressure or fancy gadgets.It’s built through experience — rich, multi-sensory, emotionally safe experience. And one of the most powerful […]
Baby Babbling Stages: What Your Baby’s Sounds Really Mean
Baby Babbling Stages: What Your Baby’s Sounds Really Mean If you’ve ever sat there thinking: “Is that babbling?”“Should there be more of it?”“Why is my baby shouting ‘DADADADA’ like they’re headlining Glastonbury at 6am?” Welcome to the wonderfully loud world of baby babbling stages. Babbling can feel chaotic. Random. Sometimes suspiciously enthusiastic at inconvenient times. […]
Reading to a Newborn: Why It Matters More Than You Think
“Is there actually any point in reading to a newborn?” At first glance, it might seem unnecessary. After all, they can’t sit independently, they barely focus for long, and they certainly don’t understand the storyline. However, reading to a newborn isn’t about teaching comprehension. Instead, it’s about shaping the brain, strengthening attachment, and laying the […]
