Healthy baby skin – how to protect your child’s sensitive skin. Soft, elastic, and resistant: the skin is our largest organ and fulfils numerous vital functions. The skin of babies and toddlers is much more sensitive and permeable than adult skin and therefore needs special care. In the following blog, you will learn how baby…
My kids are five and one and I have carried and “worn” them both perhaps more often than your average dad. That’s partly because I am a transgender man and had the privilege of giving birth to them. It’s also partly because I’m a solo parent by choice, so if someone needs carrying, look no…
With the warmer weather, the heat makes us sweat more and our need for fluids increases. Parents often ask themselves whether breast milk is really enough for their baby in the warmer months – or whether water should be offered from time to time in the heat. Here is the short answer: No. For all…
Whether you’re thinking about which must-have items you should be packing for your hospital bag or wondering when your baby will start making those adorable aaaahs and ooohs or are Googling how long the cruising stage lasts, our latest newsletter is just the thing for you. Our Ergobaby experts along with midwife and babywearing consultant…
Breast/chest feeding is the most natural thing in the world. However, for some it can be challenging, yet somehow it is so easy for others. Lift your top, latch your baby in a relaxed position, done! Once you decide you want to try breast/chest feeding, so many questions suddenly arise. Our experienced midwife and babywearing…
If you’re a mother, chances are you understand the changes we go through during pregnancy, after birth, and in the years following. It’s no surprise when you learn a fellow mum is unable to multitask or forgets the simplest things or is constantly consumed by their children’s well-being. Want to know something amazing? It’s not…
“Don’t eat cabbage when you’re breast/chest feeding, or your baby will get gas”, “What, you drink orange juice? But that will give your baby a sore bottom” – many typical and well-intentioned pieces of advice that you may have heard yourself or from others in the course of your breast/chest feeding period sound like this?…
Carrying a baby under your heart is a gift and incredibly exciting. What will it look like? Will it have mum’s snub nose or rather dad’s straight nose? And how will you decorate the nursery? Yes, there are many things to think about during pregnancy (or before). But for some unknown reason (at least for…
Are you expecting a baby and want to breastfeed no matter what? Then this is the right article for you. Because many chest/breastfeeding problems in the early postpartum period can be avoided if you keep a few important things in mind. Since the first hour after birth is the most important foundation stone for a…
Happy Father’s Day to the new dads, the stay at home dad’s, the dads that miss things while they’re at work, the dads who have lost their loves, the dads reading this on the loo where they’re hiding, the dads absolutely crushing it, the dads barely holding it together, to anyone that considers themself a…