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May 11, 2020
Ten Ways to Better, Safer Sleep
Safe sleep is something all parents think about, and something parents many experience anxiety about. Whether your child is sleeping in your room, co-sleeping, or sleeping in their own room, the aim is always to reduce the risk of SIDS by putting them down to sleep in a safe environment. And knowing they are as safe as can be will hopefully mean you can sleep better too!
Here are some safe sleep tips :
1. Always place baby on their back to sleep, with their feet close to the end of their cot, crib or moses basket (“feet to foot”).
2. The ideal room temperature is between 16-20°C.
3. Cot bumpers, bulky bedding and soft toys should be removed, as these can be a suffocation hazard.
4. Keep your baby away from smoke throughout your pregnancy and after birth.
5. Make sure baby’s mattress is flat, firm, waterproof and fits the cot, crib or moses basket with little to no gap around the edge.
6. Avoid letting your baby get too hot. Your baby should be dressed
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May 09, 2020
Ask the Expert | The 4th Trimester
Explanations and Tips for the Months After Birth
This week is European Babywearing Week, and the theme is “4th trimester and beyond”. But what’s behind the term "4th trimester"? Isn’t a pregnancy actually 9 months long, which is 3 trimesters (1 trimester = 3 months)? Thankfully, our midwife and babywearing expert Katrin has plenty of information to share all about this time. In today's expert tip, she describes everything parents need to know about the development of their baby during pregnancy and especially in the period immediately after birth. And she reveals what parents can do for their offspring in this 4th trimester.
A woman is usually pregnant for nine calendar months or ten lunar months. If the baby is born as planned after this time, one could assume that it is ready and, above all, mature enough. But this is actually not the case. While the parents are impatiently awaiting the birth - because they finally want to hold their baby in their
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May 04, 2020
Everything You Need to Know About the Ergobaby Easy Snug Infant Insert
Nothing is more important than your new little baby. You’ll want to spend every waking moment snuggling them and ensuring they’re content and safe.
Baby Carriers allow you to keep your baby close while still being able to do things around the house and go about having a normal-as-possible day. Well as normal as normal can be in the current times!
For some of our Ergobaby carriers you will need to use an infant insert when using the carrier from birth, read on to find out when you need to use the Easy Snug Infant Insert with your carrier.
How to Use the Easy Snug Infant Insert
Our Easy Snug Infant Insert can be used two different ways:
You can use the whole insert to totally support a newborn baby inside our Original carrier or our All Position 360 carrier. (Please note: you do not need a newborn insert for our Embrace, Adapt and Omni 360 Carriers).
You can use just the pillow part of the insert as a cushioned booster
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May 01, 2020
Making the Most of your Ergobaby Carrier's Safety Features
All our baby carriers are specially designed to keep your precious cargo safe and comfortable at all times, but don't just take our word for it, we want to show you some of the features we've included in all our soft-structured carriers (our Adapt, All Position 360, Original and Omni 360 models) to help you and baby feel completely safe and secure using them:
Elastic loops - Each carrier buckle has a corresponding elastic loop, feed the buckle and all attached webbing through the elastic loops for extra security. Take a look in the image below and don't forget to fold up any loose webbing.
Lift and pinch buckles (Omni 360 only) - Any buckles that could be reached by inquisitive hands whilst outward facing have a special feature to ensure they can't be accidentally opened.
Baby privacy hood - Our baby privacy hoods aren't just for privacy, they are also UPF 50+ to keep your little one's face safe from the sun. Check out Vibes
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April 26, 2020
A Midwife's Recommendations for Outward Facing in your Ergobaby Carrier
Parents are often told that wearing baby outwards isn't safe or good for them but this is often based on generalisations and as a blanket statement, and should be viewed in a more nuanced way. As a midwife I encourage parents to trust their instincts and to respond intuitively and adequately to their child's needs.
What you need to know about baby facing outwards:
This carrying method is what we call an active position: This means that the baby should be awake, satisfied, attentive and active when being carried in this position. Baby's eyes need to be wide open and they need to be showing interest in the world around them and making sounds and smiling.
Outward facing is only suitable once baby has reached 6.4 kg and is around 5-6 months old with full head and neck control (can sit up unaided and tall enough to see over the carrier panel). Before these milestones this position is not suitable. By around
Breastfeeding & Nutrition
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April 20, 2020
Feeding Your Family While in Isolation - from our Partners at Piccolo
With restaurants closing, deliveries restricted and supermarkets with limited stock, it’s a tricky time to navigate and the thought of plan feeding your family over the upcoming weeks might be daunting.
As parents ourselves, we know many of us might be feeling a bit overwhelmed by the idea of preparing 3 meals a day for our children for the foreseeable. Without schools to help out with lunchtimes, it feels like we have to suddenly be experts everything. from infant nutrition to how to cook family-sized meals from scratch. Kind of makes you want to run away and hide, right?
We want to do what we can to help – so we’ve pulled together our favourite pantry-based recipes to see you through the next few weeks.
Breakfast:
Baked Oats with Apple and Cinnamon
Oats are a great carb to choose – rich in fibre, and higher in protein and fat than other grains, they’ve also been found to support sleep.
This is a quick and easy recipe
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April 18, 2020
Our top ten ways keep little hands busy while we're all #StayingHome
We know that keeping the kids entertained while staying home isn't always easy at the best of times, never mind with the world as it is right now! So to help, we've rounded up our favourite activities to help you fill your days with fun!
Make salt dough
Salt dough is a great and easy activity and unlike baking that cake you've had saved on Pinterest since 2013 it's completely kid-friendly and only needs ingredients you've almost definitely got in your cupboards.
Here's our recipe:
- You'll need 2 glasses of flour, 1 glass of fine salt and 1 glass of warm water.
- Pour the flour, salt and water into a container and mix with a spoon.
- Once the ingredients are well mixed, continue kneading with your hands!
- The salt dough must form a soft batter ball and it should not stick to the fingers. You can add a little flour if it sticks, but not too much - remember, your dough will grow.
Then you can move on to the modeling
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April 17, 2020
Babywearing at Home
Babywearing isn’t just for long walks across muddy fields or navigating public transport when you can’t face lugging a buggy around (although those are both great reasons to babywear!), there’s a hundred reasons why babywearing at home is the best thing, and we thought we’d share a few…
Get things done!
It sounds pretty simple and it is. Even the most independent baby can be clingy sometimes but babywearing lets you get on with your life hands-free whether that’s giving some love and attention to another child, finally getting that cup of tea made and… wait for it… drunk whilst still hot, or just making your way through that ever-growing pile of washing. And pro tip: as your baby gets older try using the back carry or hip carry position if your carrier supports it to give you even more range of movement and freedom.
Breastfeeding
Babywearing can increase your chances of succeeding with breastfeeding and all Ergobaby carriers support breastfeeding while wearing your
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April 10, 2020
I’m pregnant?! Amazing?! Exciting?! Slightly daunting?!
Following tears of joy and embracing the excitement of finding out my friends were pregnant, along with lots of hugging, crying and smiling, we would often sit, have a cup of tea and chat about what they would need to buy for their baby. Having worked within the baby industry for over 10 years my friends have always come to me to discuss the latest products and learn more about baby essentials.
Seeing the support this gave them on this new and slightly daunting experience, really struck home with me. I wanted to give something more, something too for all of the mums I regularly chatted to at Baby Shows or in stores, that’s when Googlicious Baby was born.
With the opportunity to work with one of my gorgeous friends I embarked on creating the My Googlicious Baby Planner. With lots of research, sharing experiences and late night designing, together we have created a beautiful book, full of helpful advice covering all of the
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April 06, 2020
Nine Tips to Help Parents During the COVID-19 Pandemic
We encourage new parents to follow the recommendations for the first 40 days, but here are some tips for helping new parents get through this time at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Whether your baby is 9 days old, 9 months old or you have older kids in the house, here are some helpful tips for self-care during this time.
1. Remember what is in your control and what is not.
Focus on what you can control, washing your hands, practicing kindness, eating well, taking your vitamins. Try to limit your news consumption right now.
2. Don’t compare.
Remember not to compare and despair right now, everyone will react to this scenario in different ways. Be gentle with yourself and with others.
3. Get some fresh air.
Some fresh air and sunshine is great for mental and physical health. Even if it's just a lap around the garden do what you can to get outside with baby…the fresh air will help you both!
4. Use a baby carrier for