Pinky McKay

Making Breast Milk. Can Foods help when it isn’t enough? Where is the evidence?

Pinky McKay 1 Aug, 2021 0

Join our fascinating interview with Hilary Jacobson, Swiss-certified Holistic Lactation Consultant, Hypnotherapist, and author. Her books include Mother Food: A Breastfeeding Diet Guide with Lactogenic Food and Herbs; Healing Breastfeeding Grief: How mothers feel and heal when breastfeeding does not go as hoped, and A Mother's Garden of…

Podcast

Being Brought Up by Experts, Influences, Changes and Nurturing Your Babies your way.

Pinky McKay 1 Aug, 2021 0

Join guests, Erin Basile and Hayden Sears, daughters of the renowned William Sears – Dr Bill, US Paediatrician and his wife Martha Sears. Dr Bill is famous for his incredible number of books about babies, families, health and wellness – many co-authored by Martha. Dr Bill is perhaps most famous for creating the term ‘attachment parenting’.

Podcast

Tits Up Podcast Trailer

Pinky McKay 27 Jul, 2021 0

Welcome to ‘Tits Up’. When things go ‘tits up’, they are broken. ‘Tit’s up’ can also mean, ‘brave up and get on with it.’

Baby

Attachment Parenting – what does it really mean?

Pinky McKay 1 Jun, 2021 0

The essence of Attachment Parenting is about forming and nurturing strong connections between parents and their children through kindness, respect and dignity. Recommendations are based on the psychology of attachment theory and also recent brain research showing that early responsiveness to infant needs has positive lifelong effects on social and…

General

Mother’s Day, With Meaning

Pinky McKay 7 May, 2021 0

The ads are everywhere. You can’t miss them. No, I don’t want a soda stream or a steam mop for Mothers’ Day, thank-you very much, Mister Ad Man. What I would love is for all mothers to stand in your power and own your worth. Being a mother can have pretty low status. There are so many influences for this, but we can be our own worst…

Baby

Your Crying Baby’s Language

Pinky McKay 17 Apr, 2021 0

"I feel like a really bad mother," confided Sarah, mother of four month old Molly who, apart from an early bout of colic that was overcome with some simple changes to Sarah's own diet, has been an easy, happy baby who rarely cries. Sarah explained, "the other mothers at mums' group all talk about hungry cries, tired cries and angry cries and I am…

Motherhood

Are you a FUN mum or a frantic Mum?

Pinky McKay 30 Dec, 2020 0

Instead of adding more 'to dos' to your list, try this ‘health check’ of the ‘fun versus frantic’ factors in your life and see how to ditch the pressure and have more fun.

Sleep

Self-Settling – Why It’s Not the Holy Grail of Baby Sleep

Pinky McKay 2 Dec, 2020 0

We all have sleep associations, we don’t bat an eyelid about our own quirks or needs around what helps us sleep. Yet, with even a very young baby, there is pressure to ‘teach your baby to self-settle’ – to fall asleep without any help from you.

Baby

When It’s Your Baby, Not You Screwing Things Up.

Pinky McKay 28 Aug, 2020 0

Unrealistic expectations, pressure to be the perfect mum and too many ‘rules’ are making mums overthink – and blame themselves when they don’t have a ‘good’ baby.

Parenting

Is Your Toddler Ready for Toilet ‘Training’?

Pinky McKay 1 Jul, 2020 0

After two little boys who had been fairly easy to teach about using the toilet - boys can have so much fun peeing on rocks and trees in the garden as they learn how their bodies function - my daughter simply didn't give a damn about peeing in the toilet. Until today.

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Pinky McKay is one of Australia’s most recognised and respected breastfeeding experts. She’s an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC), and best-selling author of 4 titles including Parenting By Heart and Sleeping Like a Baby, (Penguin Random House). Pinky specializes in gentle parenting styles that honour mothers’ natural instincts to respond to their babies.

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