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22Nov/18

The 10 principles of postpartum

22/11/2018postpartum, tipsDulce Piacentini

Postpartum is a special moment in the life of women who become mums! It’s intense, crazy and beautiful… all at the same time. If you follow the 10 principles of postpartum fromRead More…

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25Oct/18

15 ideas of gifts to give to a new mum

25/10/2018postpartum, tipsDulce Piacentini

Practically a cultural tradition, when a baby is born, one usually visits the family carrying a gift for the baby. In Brazil, for example, where I come from, people often feel obligedRead More…

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02Sep/18

11 tips for dads in the postpartum period

02/09/2018postpartum, tipsDulce Piacentini

The idea that the father doesn’t have much to do for a newborn is quite common. It’s said that baby in those first weeks needs only the mother to meet his/her needs.Read More…

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Instagram post 2182539422510146449_4777897251 One Motherly Hug, even more!! ♥️😉
Instagram post 2182340060882567252_4777897251 My holistic sleep consultancy service brings benefits to your family that go beyond sleep! <3 <3 <3 This is what happened to this family: "The one-month sleep consulting process with you was enriching, lovely and pleasant. Thank you, Dulce, for helping me rescue my relationship not only with my daughter, but also with my husband. We are a stronger and more united family after this experience. There’s nothing like a sensitive look from a professional who is passionate about her job. Congratulations for your beautiful work! With love, Julia Sabugosa (Photographer, mother of one, Wellington/NZ)
Instagram post 2180892572539575030_4777897251 Yes, your journey as a mother when you have your first child is just beginning and your identity does go through a profound change. You’re still not sure who this new woman is, now a mother, but time will allow you to rediscover and reconnect with yourself. This is an intense life-changing process, where you will find out new wants and priorities. It's part of it to feel lost at first, not knowing who you are right now. See it as a beautiful process of personal growth and rest assured that you will rediscover yourself!
Instagram post 2180175860978534696_4777897251 I looove working with toddlers as a sleep consultant! There are so many ways to communicate with them and to help them feel safe! One thing I usually recommend to families is to create a Bedtime Story book with photos of the steps of their bedtime routine. Children love helping create the book and seeing the photos of the family! This gives them predictability and a sense of security, what helps a lot with their sleep!
Instagram post 2179550226002579114_4777897251 Safe sleep is paramount at my work, both as a postpartum doula and as a holistic sleep consultant. Many clients ask about the risks of SUDI - sudden unexplained death in infancy. Now I have better and more precise knowledge to pass on to them!
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Instagram post 2177376143320038469_4777897251 It's been a pleasure to help this beautiful 20mo improve his sleep! Family is so much more rested and happy now! 😍👶🛌💤
Instagram post 2176675752752331157_4777897251 Quite the opposite. What I worry might create trauma is when parents simply read about a sleep training method and decide to apply it themselves without further assessing everything that can interfere with sleep. I participate in different groups about sleep on social media: groups that are blindly against any kind of sleep work, and groups that talk about behavioural methods as daily tools to be used to every sleep challenge (of course there are groups that go in between those two kinds). I’m not sure which profile of group concerns me more. The first one ends up normalising parents’ exhaustion with messages like: “It will pass. I’ve been there too”. While this kind of message may bring a short-term comfort, it also makes mums feel powerless, as if there was nothing they could do to avoid sleep deprivation but just deal with it. The second kind of group has so many recommendations of behavioural methods like it’s something super simple, that I worry about babies or toddlers that go through that when it wouldn’t actually be necessary; when what‘s on the way of a healthy sleep is not about being able to fall asleep independently or not. Working with a holistic sleep consultant is what is going to take you to the root of the sleep challenge, and behavioural methods (gentle ones) will only be applied after everything else that supports sleep is in place, which means the child will be ready physically and emotionally for whatever behavioural change that might be necessary, making all the process a lot smoother and cutting out any possibility of trauma. As in any profession, there are different styles of sleep consultants out there: many don’t work with CIO methods, some may work with gentle methods (when child is not left to cry alone) and there are some that don’t work with any methods at all. Here at Motherly Hug we like the middle way: while I prefer not to work with any method (what happens most of the times), I understand there are families to which a gentle method may work just fine. Want to improve your family's sleep but don't like sleep training? Get in touch!
Instagram post 2175016951850619303_4777897251 Yes, especially in the first two weeks, 70 - 80% of women have what is called baby blues. They are afflicted with sadness, mood swings, anxiety, to name a few symptoms. These feelings usually last for a few minutes or a few hours a day, and they should disappear within 15 days, sometimes a bit longer. If symptoms do not subside or remain after the first few weeks, talk to your doctor or midwife.
Instagram post 2172371188871955626_4777897251 Lovely mums and bubs group today! I always end up missing my babies! They're so big already (5 and 7)...!
Instagram post 2171543478058622734_4777897251 At first, this myth might seem out of the sleep scope. But truth is feeding and sleep walk together (and secure attachment and sleep too), so I thought I’d touch on the subject here. As we said before, every parent wants to have a secure attachment with their children, a strong relationship through which children feel safe and trust their parents, which makes children likely to become balanced adults who will have healthy relationships in the future too. If a family chooses and is able to breastfeed, that’s great as this is a wonderful way to nurture a strong emotional bond with you children! But it’s not the only path. Secure attachment is nurtured in many different ways: by talking to your baby eye to eye, by hugging and holding them, by playing with them, singing for them, by having a meal together, by being genuinely interested in them… by being attuned to them. The idea is that the main caregiver is focused on the baby’s needs, which is possible only if the caregivers themselves are well. No mum will be “less of a mum” for not breastfeeding, and there’s no reason for feeling guilty for not breastfeeding, as I’ve seen happening quite frequently out there. We may see secure-attached children in families that breastfeed and co-sleep, as we may see them in families that bottle feed and whose children sleep in their own cot. More important than that is maybe putting your mobile phone aside when you’re having time with your baby, toddler or older children. They will feel you’re there, totally available and attuned to them, what will forge the beautiful healthy attachment you want!
Instagram post 2170855756578957438_4777897251 #Repost @mother.ly • • • • • • Mama, being *all* the things to *all* the people *all* the time—it’s easy to let our own needs fall by the wayside. But when we take care of ourselves, we have more patience, energy, and passion to spread to our families. 💗 #TeamMotherly
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