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Ensure that you use the most gentle products on baby's skin and to care for clothes and bedding. The best care can be undone by using products that cause sensitivities or allergic reactions. Different products suit different skin types, but if there are allergies or eczema in the family, make sure you choose hypoallergenic products.
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Monday, 9th January 2012
Preview of the Sister Lilian Centre 2012 programme
To all our regular and new website visitors, a very happy, peaceful and successful new year! May pregnancy and parenting be significant and wonderful for you in 2012.
The new telephone number for the Sister Lilian Centre is 012 809 3342 and we look forward to being of service to you on this line or by email on info@sisterlilian.co.za. For speedy, professional, supportive and effective advice about all your pregnancy and parenting concerns in 2012, direct from Sister Lilian, email her on this address too.
Our exciting Saturday morning Sensitive Parenting with Sister Lilian workshop programme kicks off on 17 March 2012 in Bloemfontein. The first series we are making known is the life-changing Know Your Little One's Mind-Body-Heart Language. Sister Lilian will show you how essential baby and child communication signs can help you handle common problems easily and effectively, allowing you to parent like a pro! Further details will soon appear on our website and in the first newsletter later this month. This workshop will be fun, educational and most of all, change the face of your pregnancy and parenting experience for the better. Diarise the date of the workshop closest to you and book asap using the details in this newsflash - for just R150 per person and one Saturday morning of your time, you can change your and your little ones' lives for the better, forever!
Bloemfontein - 17 March 2012
Midrand - 5 May 2012
Durban - 21 July 2012
Somerset West - 8 September 2012
Port Elizabeth - 27 October 2012
Stay in touch with us - we are your lifeline to happier, kinder pregnancy and parenting!
Sister Lilian Remedies
Because a mother needs to be sure.
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Electronic Advice
If you have a pregnancy or parenting concern, email Sister Lilian on info@sisterlilian.co.za, courtesy of the generous partners of the Sister Lilian Centre.
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Our Baby Store Partner
The Sister Lilian Centre is delighted to announce an all-new partnership with Baby City, our preferred pregnancy and baby store.
Baby City helps ensure that many of our helpful initiatives are available to all moms and dads.
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Books
Sister Lilian's latest pregnancy and parenting books are stocked by all leading bookstores...
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Sensitive Midwifery
The Sensitive Midwifery Symposium strives to offer a mix of current ideas, updating of expertise and sensitive practices, to challenge non-defendable policies and to provide a forum of inspiration for our profession.
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Our Alliance Partners
Companies the Sister Lilian Centre™ partners with.
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Tuesday, 10th January 2012
Breastfeeding in the early days
One should put baby to the breast as soon as possible after birth as their instinct to feed and establish a good pattern at the breast is strongly developed at this stage. This applies to Caesar and natural birth. This might be easier after a normal delivery but if one makes one's doctor and midwife aware of one's desire to ease the process after Caesar, baby can be put to breast even in the operating theatre, unless baby's condition requires immediate medical assistance. The mother's distinctive smell helps cement the process too.
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