Johnsons Baby Sense Seminar

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A month or more back I entered a competition over on Kim Grays website to stand a chance to win a ticket to the Johnsons Baby Sense seminar which was taking place in Cape Town. I’m very unlucky with things like this and didn’t think twice about it again.

Then I won. What. This never happens.

So this past Saturday was the seminar and off I trekked from the North to beautiful Claremont.

I arrived 30min before and searched fpr parking. This was the challenge of the day for all who attended.

Upon registration I recieved 2 goodie bags and made my way into the venue. Jam packed was an understatement.

Once most of the Moms were settled the session began.

First off we heard from Meg Faure, she’s an Occupational Therapist who coauthored Baby Sense, Sleep Sense and Feeding Sense series. She founded the Baby Sense company in 2004 and runs a practice in Cape Town, seriously I could sit and listen to her for the entire day!

Megs topic was about Stimulating your baby and toddler.

She broke down what it is to develop your infant to facilitate success as follows:

1. Nuture a positive outlook
2. Enhance intelligence
3. Develop resilience
4. Develop emotional connection and empathy
5. Sustainable and conscious outlook

Check out Megs website and blog for more info : http:// www.megfaure.com

Next up was Dr. Claudia Gray.

Dr. Gray is a well known Paediatrician specializing in Allergology in Private Practise at Vincent Pallotti Hospital.

Dr. Gray addressed the following topics:

1. What is normal in the first few months?
2. Babies and beyond: Illnesses system by system
3. Allergy prevention strategies

For more about these topics please visit Dr. Grays practise website : http:// www.kidsallergy.co.za

Following all the scientific talks we had a brief session with Karen Hansen from Johnsons who discussed Touch and Massage during pregnancy and with babies.

We were also given a brief talk about Johnsons and their new Triple Baby Protection promise; To be SAFE, MILD and EFFECTIVE.

The last speaker of the morning was Sr Ann Richardson. She is also a coauthor or the Baby Sense, Sleep Sense and Toddler Sense books. She is a qualified Nurse and Midwife with her own Baby Clinic.

Sr Ann’s topic was one I learnt alot from, it was all about SLEEP. See more tips and information on http://www.toddlersense.co.za

She shared her wisdom in the following points :

1. Have reasonable expectations of sleep
2. Rule out illness
3. Ensure optimal digestive health in thr first 12 weeks of life
4. Create an optimal sleep zone
5. Instil a consistent bedtime routine
6. Watch awake times
7. Understand the effect of the sensory system on sleep
8. Introduce a security object
9. Deal with teething
10. Introduce mineral supplements
11. Teach your baby to use a dummy independently

All the sessions are available to download / listen to on the Baby Sense website. Do yourself a favour if you battle with any of these, GO LISTEN!

Thank you to Kim Gray http://www.kimgraypetite.com/ for running the competition once again. I enjoyed myself thoroughly, and I even won one of the prizes for one of my tweets.