'Suite 101' gives advice on looking after a new baby at home
'Suite 101' is an American online magazine but most of the ideas could be used whatever part of the world you live!
Welcoming a baby into the home is a happy and momentous occasion. It also turns life upside down. Some parents adjust with just a few bumps in the road. Others find the experience more than a little disconcerting. There are simple but important ways to care for the new parents and give the baby the best start.
- A room with a view - Surroundings
- Are you sitting comfortably - Physical comfort
- Cleanliness is next to godliness - hygeine
- Food glorious food - Appetising food
- Getting to know you - Communication
- It's childsplay - All about children
- Let me entertain you - Coping with boredom
- Pleased to meet you - The welcome
- Relatively speaking - Relatives and carers
- The waiting game - Waiting rooms
- There's no place like home - Going home
- Trumpet voluntary - All about volunteers
- A death in the family - Empathy and compassion
- Long Term Care - The long and winding road
- Mobility - Getting there