Pinky McKay

Pinky McKay is an Internationally Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) and best-selling baby-care author of Sleeping Like a Baby and Parenting by Heart (Penguin Random House). ‘Sleeping Like a Baby’ FREE here

Crying More Than Your Baby? Could it be Postnatal Depression?

“I was incredibly stressed and I knew something was very wrong but I thought, I am a mum, I should be able to…

It is all too easy to feel overwhelmed by pressure to make this time special for everybody around you, often at the…

Parent preference is a normal stage of development for babies, toddlers and preschoolers and it isn’t just about…

"Postnatal depletion can happen whether this is your first baby or a subsequent child and this depletion can be an…

"I believe that with every baby that is comforted instead of abandoned to self-soothe, every toddler that is gently…

Mostly, night time breastfeeds feel precious and beautiful. You know in your heart that these sweet moonlight…

Around the middle of your baby’s first year, that is at about six months, your baby will start showing signs that…

If you are all played out, but your child isn’t, and you don’t want to resort to TV, it’s OK to cheat. If you are…

I'm not talking about exhausted parents, reaching out for help. Im talking here about rude, self entitled a'holes…

There is a lot of noise out there creating fears about a lot of perfectly normal baby behavior. However, when you…