by andrewfaniku | Apr 6, 2024 | Parenting tips, Reflux Education
THE SCARY REFLUX SCENE The Christmas scene. A few months back, while going for my early morning walk on a foggy morning, I noticed several blinking lights on my street. A blurry burst of red, white, and blue lights were flashing a few houses away. Christmas lights? I...
by andrewfaniku | Aug 26, 2022 | Parenting tips, Sleep Hygeine
HOW MUCH SLEEP DOES MY CHILD NEED? HOW MUCH SLEEP DOES MY CHILD NEED? Every child’s sleep need is unique and different from another child, and the sleep needs of a child change as they grow. Most adults need 7–9 hours of sleep each night. Newborns, on the other hand,...
by andrewfaniku | Aug 26, 2022 | Parenting tips, Sleep Hygeine
TIPS TO HELP YOUR CHILD SLEEP BETTER. TIPS FOR GETTING A GOOD NIGHT SLEEP. Just as eating healthy and being active is important, so is getting a good night’s sleep vital to your child’s health and development. Click here to see how much sleep your child...
by andrewfaniku | Aug 25, 2022 | Parenting tips, Sleep Hygeine
Sleepy Child, Sleepy Mother:Tips to Help Your Child Sleep Better. Tap tap! I was swinging on a hammock swept by a cool breeze on the shores of some remote island, probably in Barbados or Tahiti, minding my own business, listening to the rhythmic crash of ocean waves,...
by andrewfaniku | May 24, 2022 | Parenting tips, Uncategorized
TO PACIFY OR NOT TO PACIFY? A few weeks ago, I was in this room at the hospital, doing my daily round of certifying newborn babies as healthy or otherwise. I was at the bedside, and as usual, I placed my stethoscope on a baby and she screamed as if I’d just plunged a...
by andrewfaniku | Apr 7, 2022 | Parenting tips, Uncategorized
It was on my free Monday morning, after a busy weekend, that I received the phone call. I had just dropped off my children at school and daycare and was preparing for a relaxing day to indulge in TV and some artwork, when my phone rang. The call was from my children’s...