Kangaroo Mother Care | Spiritual Birth

Aware Parenting Babies and Children Breastfeeding Doula Homebirth Human Rights in Childbirth Kangaroo Mother Care Natural Birth Pregnancy and Birth Information Spiritual Midwife The Travelling Midwife May 25, 2019June 4, 2019 by Marianne Littlejohn

Second Hand Gran

Second Hand Gran is a new eco fashion and ethical project I have started on Instagram – @2ndhandgran – a page dedicated to recycling and reducing waste by encouraging creativity and reuse of clothing. Clothing is something that we are all consumers of. Second Hand Gran works two ways. Firstly I am an earth loving …

Babies and Children Kangaroo Mother Care March 23, 2018 by Marianne Littlejohn

Do Newborn Babies Have More than 5 Senses?

Pumla with her daughter and unborn baby 2018

Traditionally we have thought that babies had only 5 senses and that they only started learning after birth. Research is beginning to show that babies use many senses to gather information, even before birth.

Birth in South Africa Kangaroo Mother Care April 1, 2012April 1, 2012 by Marianne

The First Contact

The first contact a newborn baby has is usually with the midwife or obstetrician, as she catches the baby and ‘hands” the newborn to the mother or places the baby on her abdomen or chest.

Kangaroo Mother Care October 30, 2010October 9, 2011 by Marianne Littlejohn

Kangaroo Mother Care in Pregnancy, Birth and Early Parenthood – 2

Kangaroo Mother Care - skin to skin breastfeeding after a homebirth

Kangaroo Mother Care is the skin to skin attachment of the baby to the mother’s chest after birth to optimize the baby’s physiological growth and safety after birth

Kangaroo Mother Care October 29, 2010April 28, 2011 by Marianne Littlejohn

Kangaroo Mother Care in Birth and Early Parenthood – 1

Kangaroo Mother Care was initiated in Bogota, Colombia after a dying newborn premature baby was handed to her mother as a last resort. The mother placed the baby skin to skin on her chest to say her last goodbyes and the little one thrived and survived. Doctors observed the

Kangaroo Mother Care June 20, 2010June 20, 2010 by Marianne Littlejohn

Kangaroo Mother Care in the Post Partum Period

Kangaroo Mother care is highly beneficial for mother and Baby inthe postnatal period from birth onwards.