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  • How to support a breastfeeding woman so that toddler sleep isn't entirely up to her
  • Practice kind and empathic responses to your partner when your family is facing baby or toddler sleep problems
  • How a partner doing paid work from home can help meet the sensory motor needs of your baby or toddler
  • Supporting your partner when your toddler is bottle-fed and toddler sleep is a challenge
  • How to do evenings with a breastfed toddler when the breastfeeding mother is not available?
  • How to do toddler sleep when you've made the decision to wean from the breast?
  • What to do when it's time for another loving adult to take over caring for your breastfed toddler in the night?
  • If you're breastfeeding and in a toddler sleep emergency, consider asking another loving adult to take over for a time

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How a partner doing paid work from home can help meet the sensory motor needs of your baby or toddler

Dr Pamela Douglas23rd of Jul 202323rd of May 2024

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Sensory power interventions

Go outside if at all possible. It could even be that you and the primary carer arrange that by 11.00 a.m. exactly, she will have your toddler's coat, mittens and shoes on. You need only swoop through and gather your child up in your arms on the way out - for a power run, or a moment of vigorous exercise twirling the child around in the air, or making a dash for the park.

Selected research

Antonious E, Stamoulou P, Tzanoulinou M-D. Perinatal mental health, the role and the effect of the partner: a systematic review. Healthcare. 2021;9:1572.

Antoniou E, Tzanoulinou M-D, Stmoulou P. The important role of partner support in women's mental disorders during the perinatal period. A literature review. Meaedica a Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2022;17(1):194-200.

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Supporting your partner when your toddler is bottle-fed and toddler sleep is a challenge

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Even if you toddler takes milk from the bottle, much of his food intake will be from solid food now. You'll also be making sure there's plenty of water available. You can find out about toddlers and food starting here.

Here are things to consider once a small child who takes milk from the bottle is 12 months old.

  • If your toddler is waking excessively at night, it's typically due to disruptions of his body clock settings, not due to feeds or hunger. You can find out more here.

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