At Baby Sense™, we know a baby develops best when she is calm and rested and calming a baby is not always easy and sleep problems do occur. Parenting is the one vocation in life for which there is no training, feeling isolated or out of depth is a feeling most moms experience at some stage in baby’s first year.

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July 2009 newsletter

Dear Baby Sense Mums and Dads

Stating the obvious

Not a day goes by when my work with babies doesn’t fascinate and excite me. I have discovered some incredible facts about nature and how amazing we are as nurturers for our babies. Here is what I have learnt.

• Mother's heart beat. Did you know 80% of mums hold their baby on the left side? You might argue that the majority of women are right handed so hold their baby on the left so that they have their dominant hand free. If you think that, you would be wrong. The research shows that 83% of right handed women hold their baby on the left and 78% of left handed women do too! Why? Because our heart is on the left – we naturally hold our baby so as to give them the soothing sounds of the heartbeat. We believe that babies are imprinted on the rhythm of the heartbeat – approximately 72 beats per minute. And the research shows that babies, who were played a heartbeat at 72 beats per minute, were calmer, gained more weight and fell asleep in half the time of the ones who weren’t! AMAZING nature.
• Mother's eyes. Another fascinating fact is that newborns straight out of the womb, exhibit little saccades (eye movements) until their eye’s lock on their mum and then they stop moving their eyes and settle immediately. Babies can see in focus 20-23cm at birth – and guess how far their mum’s breast is from her eyes 23cm on average. In other words our babies see the exact distance needed for locking their eyes with their mum at birth! We are wonderfully made!
• Skin to skin. Did you know that you are the ultimate human incubator? When newborns or premature babies are placed skin to skin (naked) on their mother’s chest, they can be cared for as well as (if not better) than in any man made incubator. If your baby is cool when placed on your chest, your amazing body will rush warm blood to your chest so that you can increase the temperature of your baby. Left for an hour on your chest at birth, with no intervention, your baby will move to find the nipple and latch on her own!

It blows me away sometimes how amazing we are and what incredible capabilities our babies have. As mums or dads, your work is your little baby, don't you find that not a day goes by when your work doesn’t fascinate and excite you?

We wish you many Happy Days and Peaceful Nights.

MEG FAURE

NEWS
Our Facebook page grows every day. We are so happy with how many of you have joined and the interaction, questions and comments we are getting from you all. If you haven’t joined our Facebook page yet do so in July. This month we are choosing one of our Facebook joinees at Random to win a Baby Sense Sleep Hamper. Make sure you are in with a chance of winning.

Each month on Facebook you can take our online poll. Last month we asked you “When did your baby start to sleep through?” The results were surprising with 21% of you saying that their baby has never slept through. We were pleased to note though that 47% of your babies were sleeping through within the first 6 months, whilst 24% took up to a year before they slept through. 8% of parents are still struggling with toddlers between 1 and 2 that still wake each night. At Baby Sense we know mom knows best and so we really would like your opinion on whether we should keep the car seat compatibility feature of our Slumber Sac. Take our Facebook Poll for July and let us know what you think.

Baby Sense has wonderful gift hampers for sale. Have you got a baby shower coming up, or know someone about to give birth? Our hampers are the perfect gift. Order through our UK shop.

HAPPY DAYS
This month Antoinette Scandling, preschool teacher and mother of two, gives her top 10 tips on Teaching Toddlers Good Habits . It is important to introduce good habits early so that they become lifelong skills.

PEACEFUL NIGHTS
Just when you think you are over the sleepless nights, something happens to cause disruption again. At Baby Sense we receive countless questions on this, so this month read One Mum’s Question to us about her 1 year old who is unsettled at night, and see Ann Richardson’s advice on how to deal with the situation.

SHOP
We ship internationally. If you need to get your hands on our products place an order through our UK shop Page. Your delivery will arrive within 10 days. Every order from the UK shop this month will receive a free temperature gauge for your baby’s room.

TALKS AND WORKSHOPS
There are currently no talks and workshops arranged in the USA. If you would like to host Megan Faure or Ann Richardson then please get in touch by emailing Antoinette.