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As always none of this information should be taken as advice. Always consult your healthcare provider with any questions or concerns about your health.  1. What is your perineum? Our bodies and how they work are not sufficiently covered in ‘A level Biology’, let alone sex education at schools, by the time many people become pregnant they may have never really looked at their own vulva. The vulva is the name for the outside area of the genitals, it is often confused with the vagina. The vagina is the tube of muscle inside; it goes from the opening in between the tiny, almost invisible hole where pee comes out (urethra) and the bum hole (anus), all the way up to the cervix -the opening to your womb (aka medically as your uterus.) Your perineum is the area between your vaginal opening and your anus.
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3/3/2025 0 Comments Normal Newborn Development Do I need to worry about how my baby is developing? Childhood development is a complex topic, some people study and research it at University. But as a parent, you don't really need to know all the details. All you need to know is that if you focus on caring for your baby they will focus on developing in their own time.
Your baby will start off very focused on learning their own body and all the very basic feelings of what it means to be alive. One saying we don’t mind is “all babies do is eat, sleep and poo” because that might sound a bit dull but it’s really quite an achievement to get the hang of all these natural functions regulating themselves. Once again we’re coming back to recommending the benefits of skin-to-skin. One thing you can do to support your baby’s early development is to spend time skin to skin. Being snuggled inside your top, under a blanket or in the bath next to your skin (or your partner’s skin or other supportive family members if you feel comfortable with that) will help your baby regulate their temperature, digest their food, produce wet and dirty nappies, sleep peacefully and generally begin to get the idea that being out in the world is not too bad. As they grow babies will naturally develop ways of interacting with the world around them. They will learn to recognise the people in their lives and interact socially with them and eventually learn to talk. They will learn to reach out, use their hands to interact and eventually learn to write. They will learn to move around and eventually walk, run and jump. All of these things will happen at their own pace and in good time. The best thing you can do to support your baby’s development is to enjoy your time with them, chat to them as you go about your day, interact with them as you change nappies and encourage your partner and any siblings to do the same. Children will grow and thrive when they have that solid basis they can rely on. 3/3/2025 0 Comments Normal Newborn Care What is "basic baby care"? There are lots of ‘basic baby care’ tasks you might be doing for the very first time when you have a new baby. It’s okay to feel you don’t know anything and normal to learn on the job. There is no such thing as a silly question. If you don’t have a reliable group of friends or a relative you can trust to support you, you're more than welcome to come along to any of our meet-ups and know there will be someone there who has had the same questions as you, whatever is concerning or confusing you. Our Facebook group is also a great place for these questions especially as there’s often someone around at any time of day.
3/2/2025 0 Comments Normal Newborn Crying What’s a normal amount of crying for my baby to do? This is almost an impossible question to answer because all babies are so different. The important thing to remember is crying is your baby communicating with you, not to complain or upset you but just to let you know something.
It’s completely normal to not know what it is your baby is trying to say, the idea that we will automatically instinctively know how to care for our baby is a myth. Learning to parent is very often about going through the list of possible reasons your baby might be crying, hungry, tired, need nappy changing, need to burp, need a cuddle, need to pass wind, need to poop, have a small piece of hair wrapped around one toe, etc, etc. As with everything, remember it’s normal and fine to need and ask for help. Keep a list of people who will support in a positive way. People who you can trust when they say “yes that’s normal” or “maybe get a medical opinion at this point” and who can say either of those things and not make it sound like they think you should already know. |
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