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Wait with weaning!
When there have been times of change or stress in the family, weaning is mostly far more tricky, due to the emotional value. Wait a while if possible and try a few weeks later.
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When there have been times of change or stress in the family, weaning is mostly far more tricky, due to the emotional value. Wait a while if possible and try a few weeks later.
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Introducing Sister Lilian
Sister Lilian did her original nursing degree through the University of Stellenbosch from 1975 to 1979 and trained as a midwife in Johannesburg in 1980. She is also a qualified reflexologist and has done a course in Ayurvedic Medicine. Sister Lilian's speciality since 1988 has been in the fields of pregnancy, birth, childcare and parenting although she has always retained an active interest in health generally. It was the realisation that to address the health challenges of older people, one needed to ideally start at the beginning and rather keep babies and children as well as possible, in as natural a way as possible, that led to her activities being centred on pregnancy, birth and children. When her own children were on the way, this added to her determination to find the gentlest yet most effective health and parenting options. Furthermore, Sister Lilian implicitly believes that involved parenting, core family values and quality emotional care of babies and children helps give birth to respectful, compassionate, considerate and successful communities and countries. Sister Lilian went into private nursing practice some years after qualifying, teaching antenatal classes and advising mothers after birth on all aspects about their babies and their own adjustment. She soon started practicing her midwifery skills in the field of natural birth. As the need arose amongst her clients, she developed a variety of courses like Home Emergency Care for Families, Nanny & Caregiver Training and Natural Health for the Whole Family.
Sister Lilian's preferred therapeutic system is Homeopathy, which she has self-studied, worked with and taught over many years. Sister Lilian adopts an approach of integrating conventional and complementary health throughout her activities and believes implicitly in empowering parents to become active partners in the health of their families and to rely more on instinct and commonsense during pregnancy, labour and while raising their children. She trains and presents workshops for health workers and the public about a workable, innovative approach to health, pregnancy, birth and parenting throughout South Africa. She has a further special interest in the field of women's health. In July 2009, a range of homeopathic remedies was launched under the brand name Sister Lilian Remedies to give life to Sister Lilian's dream of having totally safe, effective, self-help for common pregnancy, baby, child and family health problems.
Sister Lilian's professional activities developed into the Sister Lilian CentreTM which is situated in Pretoria. A wonderful team assists Sister Lilian with the day-to-day activities of the Centre. Sister Lilian served as one of the judges on the Health Panel of the Shoprite Checkers SABC 2 Women of the Year Award and she has become a well-known public figure in the pregnancy and parenting arena. She writes extensively for parenting magazines and is a popular speaker at reader workshops throughout South Africa. The Childcare Line on Radio 702 and Cape Talk was hosted by her for 13 years. While she has occasionally done television inserts and radio programmes related to her field over many years, 2009 saw the advent of The Toys R Us Baby Show, presented by Sister Lilian - a nine-episode reality format pregnancy and parenting advice programme on SABC2. This nine-episode show finished in October 2009 but plans for further reality TV parenting shows are afoot, so watch this space.....
Sister Lilian has written a number of books over the past 15 years, the current ones being Sister Lilian's Babycare Companion and Sister Lilian's Pregnancy and Birth Companion. These books are available in Afrikaans as well and were also published in Romania and Colombia in 2008.
Sister Lilian is married to Alan Paramor, who is also joint managing director of the Sister Lilian CentreTM. They reside in Pretoria and although the Centre is based there too, Sister Lilian and Centre consultants work throughout the country. She is the proud mother of two ‘big babies', a daughter and son both in the field of engineering and an ‘extra' daughter who works at the Centre too. Alan and Sister Lilian also have one delightful granddaughter. The Sister Lilian CentreTM has developed with her children and she feels exceptionally privileged that she could spend so much time with them as they grew up.
Sister Lilian did her original nursing degree through the University of Stellenbosch from 1975 to 1979 and trained as a midwife in Johannesburg in 1980. She is also a qualified reflexologist and has done a course in Ayurvedic Medicine. Sister Lilian's speciality since 1988 has been in the fields of pregnancy, birth, childcare and parenting although she has always retained an active interest in health generally. It was the realisation that to address the health challenges of older people, one needed to ideally start at the beginning and rather keep babies and children as well as possible, in as natural a way as possible, that led to her activities being centred on pregnancy, birth and children. When her own children were on the way, this added to her determination to find the gentlest yet most effective health and parenting options. Furthermore, Sister Lilian implicitly believes that involved parenting, core family values and quality emotional care of babies and children helps give birth to respectful, compassionate, considerate and successful communities and countries. Sister Lilian went into private nursing practice some years after qualifying, teaching antenatal classes and advising mothers after birth on all aspects about their babies and their own adjustment. She soon started practicing her midwifery skills in the field of natural birth. As the need arose amongst her clients, she developed a variety of courses like Home Emergency Care for Families, Nanny & Caregiver Training and Natural Health for the Whole Family.
Sister Lilian's preferred therapeutic system is Homeopathy, which she has self-studied, worked with and taught over many years. Sister Lilian adopts an approach of integrating conventional and complementary health throughout her activities and believes implicitly in empowering parents to become active partners in the health of their families and to rely more on instinct and commonsense during pregnancy, labour and while raising their children. She trains and presents workshops for health workers and the public about a workable, innovative approach to health, pregnancy, birth and parenting throughout South Africa. She has a further special interest in the field of women's health. In July 2009, a range of homeopathic remedies was launched under the brand name Sister Lilian Remedies to give life to Sister Lilian's dream of having totally safe, effective, self-help for common pregnancy, baby, child and family health problems.
Sister Lilian's professional activities developed into the Sister Lilian CentreTM which is situated in Pretoria. A wonderful team assists Sister Lilian with the day-to-day activities of the Centre. Sister Lilian served as one of the judges on the Health Panel of the Shoprite Checkers SABC 2 Women of the Year Award and she has become a well-known public figure in the pregnancy and parenting arena. She writes extensively for parenting magazines and is a popular speaker at reader workshops throughout South Africa. The Childcare Line on Radio 702 and Cape Talk was hosted by her for 13 years. While she has occasionally done television inserts and radio programmes related to her field over many years, 2009 saw the advent of The Toys R Us Baby Show, presented by Sister Lilian - a nine-episode reality format pregnancy and parenting advice programme on SABC2. This nine-episode show finished in October 2009 but plans for further reality TV parenting shows are afoot, so watch this space.....
Sister Lilian has written a number of books over the past 15 years, the current ones being Sister Lilian's Babycare Companion and Sister Lilian's Pregnancy and Birth Companion. These books are available in Afrikaans as well and were also published in Romania and Colombia in 2008.
Sister Lilian is married to Alan Paramor, who is also joint managing director of the Sister Lilian CentreTM. They reside in Pretoria and although the Centre is based there too, Sister Lilian and Centre consultants work throughout the country. She is the proud mother of two ‘big babies', a daughter and son both in the field of engineering and an ‘extra' daughter who works at the Centre too. Alan and Sister Lilian also have one delightful granddaughter. The Sister Lilian CentreTM has developed with her children and she feels exceptionally privileged that she could spend so much time with them as they grew up.