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So much truth in this. It doesn’t matter what brand of clothes your kids are wearing, when they slept through the night, when they potty trained, when they start reading, how many words they know, what you do today and how many tantrums they have. What matters is that they are loved and accepted for who they are.....and that means starting with accepting yourself and all that you offer to them. Forget the superficial stuff and focus on the love 💕💕 . . . #gentleparenting #gentlediscipline #gentlesleep #positiveparenting #attachmentparenting #naturalparenting #bedsharing #cosleeping #unconditionalparenting #mindfulparenting #mindfulmotherhood #toddlercalm #babycalm #sarahockwellsmith #parentingtipsI came across a tweet by @neildegrassetyson this week, saying “Scientists are simply adults who retained and nurtured their native curiosity from childhood” and it reminded me of this picture of my daughter when she was a toddler. She had found a bottle of sun cream (a baby one, so that thick, sticky greasy white stuff) and tipped the whole lot out over herself and my rug. . My first instinct was to yell, angry that she’d wasted a whole bottle of expensive cream and ruined my rug too. Then I paused, she hadn’t been deliberately naughty. She was experimenting, being naturally curious about the properties of the cream and how she could manipulate it. She was actually being pretty darn clever. There was no malice or manipulation behind her actions, just curiosity. Now, 9 years on, she’s a fantastic scientist and still as curious as ever. . I could have shouted and chastised her on this day, but instead I decided to see the good in what she’d done. I snapped the picture for posterity, held my tongue while I spent *hours* cleaning her, her dress and the rug and learned that I needed to be cleverer about where I kept the sun cream in future 😉 . . . #gentlediscipline #gentleparenting #positiveparenting #positivediscipline #attachmentparenting #naturalparenting #mindfulparenting #mindfulmothering #toddlercalm #sarahockwellsmithWishing you all the strength you need to get through this week 😘 . . . #monslay #mondaymotivation #gentleparenting #attachmentparenting #positiveparenting #mindfulparenting #mindfulmotherhood #mindfulmothering #parentinginspirationA huge thank you to everyone who has shared photos of my #GentleParenting book on here - and to those who recommend it to others. I really appreciate your help in getting the gentle message out a little more into the mainstream 💕💕 . . . #gentleparentingbook #gentleparentingbooks #gentleparentinguk #gentleparentinglife #attachmentparenting #positiveparenting #mindfulparenting #unconditionalparenting #toddlercalm #babycalm #gentlediscipline #bedsharing #cosleeping #hypnobirthing #homebirth #breastfeeding #sarahockwellsmithTop Posts & Pages
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How to Calm a Crying Baby (and Get a Little More Sleep at Night)
Note: This is a collaborative post, please see author listing at the end. “My baby is only happy in my arms, the minute I put her down she cries.” “She wakes every hour throughout the night, every night, I’m exhausted.” … Continue reading →
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5 Reasons Why Your Birth Can Affect Your Baby and Your Parenting
When I meet a new mum, dad and baby for the first time at a consultation for colic and sleep I always start with the same question: “tell me about your birth” Mostly it’s met with confusion, wrinkled eyebrows and exchanged curious looks, very often … Continue reading →
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Tagged attachment parenting expert, baby sleep expert, BabyCalm, birth, birth trauma, Caesarean section, chiropractic treatment for babies, colic, cranial osteopathy for babies, crying baby, emergency C-Section, forceps, Michel Odent, reflux, Sarah Ockwell-Smith, toddler expert, traumatic birth, uk baby expert, uk parenting expert, ventouse
