Bonding With Baby

From the time that you are pregnant, your baby begins a journey where they move from one stage to another, they start hearing and recognizing your voice and scent and by the time they are born, they can recognize the familiar voice and will naturally want to be with you.

Bonding with Baby

Is Mother-Child Bonding Automatic After Delivery?

Babies are born ready to bond but that cannot be said of their mums who might experience a combination of feelings after delivery. It...

Swaddling Your Baby – What You Should Know

I bet you’ve come across a swaddled new born. Most Kenyan mothers cover up their babies so tight all the way up to the...
Bonding with Baby

Bonding With Your Baby: Its Importance and Ways of Bonding

Majority of first-time mothers look forward to having an immediate bond with their baby after delivery. Some mums get to experience deep attachment to...
Infant Massage

How To Massage

LEGS • Start with your baby’s legs as this is a non-invasive part of the body and you can keep good eye contact and make...

Bonding and Soothing Techniques # Baby’s Homecoming

Bonding with your baby is not only pleasurable to you and your baby but also provides a sense of security to your baby and...
Colic Massage

When is Infant Massage not Appropriate?

Anytime your baby cries or is irritated, your first instinct will be to give a massage. If you do it well, the young one...

How to ‘KANGAROO’ Your Newborn

Kangaroo care is defined as a method of holding a diaper-clad newborn in skin-to-skin contact, prone and upright on the chest of the parent. The...
Infant Massage

What Is Infant Massage?

The systematic application of touch is called massage. Massage of a newborn can be done with or without a lubricant to reduce the friction...
Premature Baby

Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative

A new mum asked me the other day why the hospitals nowadays insist on the mother staying with her baby and discourage the baby...

How to ‘KANGAROO’ Your Newborn

Kangaroo care is defined as a method of holding a diaper-clad newborn in skin-to-skin contact, prone and upright on the chest of the parent. The...

Overview of Survival Rate of Pre-term Babies in Kenya

Every year in Kenya, it is estimated that 188,000 are born preterm which is below thirty-seven weeks (Business Daily Africa, Rise in preterm births...
Bonding with Baby

Is Mother-Child Bonding Automatic After Delivery?

Babies are born ready to bond but that cannot be said of their mums who might experience a combination of feelings after delivery. It...
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