A big Welcome to
Niall in the Babyroom and his parents Claire and Gethin.
·
Nathan who was 3
·
Martha who was 4
·
Julia who was 2
·
Aine who was 3
·
Abigail who was 4
Huge thanks to all
parents, children and staff who have contributed to our Cake Sale for the
Cancer Units in Tallaght Hospital. It
was a real success with a contribution of 165 Euro.
Jessie has recently
completed an updated Two Day Paediatric First Aid. Denise and Siobhan have
updated their skills and knowledge in Occupational First Aid with a refresher
course by Berrick Resources.
Congratulations
to Ciara who just got engaged. We wish her a very happy future.
We are holding our
Pyjama Day on the 8th of March and we would like to remind all
parents to have the children wearing their Jammies on the day.
All children are
busy with activities for Mothers’ Day.
Montessori children
have been planting cress seeds for the promotion of safe food.
Spare clothes
Parents
are advised to label the children’s clothes centre to avoid confusion.
Collection Time
Parents,
relatives and childminders who are collecting their children between 12 pm and
2 pm, please be aware that the babies, toddlers and pre Montessori are sleeping
during these hours. It would be much appreciated if parents could be as quiet
as possible.
Afterschool Care
Any
parent who wants to avail for Afterschool care for September, please contact
Jessie or Teresa for further information.
Preparation for solving Sleep
Problem
Helping your child to sleep
Take a logical and structured approach to dealing with
your child's sleep problem - it works!
- Be clear
what problem you are dealing with.
- Consider
all the options and decide which one suits you best. Remember it will be
you who are carrying out the program and you are the expert on your
individual child and what suits them best. It might be that you could use
a mixture of the approaches discussed. Try to keep you plan simple though
as a complicated plan at 4 am.
- Keep a
sleep diary for at least a week before starting on the program. This will
help you clarify exactly what is happening with your child's sleep and you
can measure your successes by it.
- Plan when
to start on the program you have chosen. Don' t start on a program if you
know that there is some major change about to happen in your child's
routine e.g. move to new house, starting school, going on holidays etc.
When starting on a program you will need a few weeks of stability so that
your child will have the chance to adjust to any changes you are planning
to make.
- Be clear on
what you are doing - consider all the possible pitfalls and plan for
these. If you plan to take a gradual approach to the problem have all the
steps written out before you start. They are not set in stone and can be
changed as you go along but they do provide a good reference point.
- Continue to
keep a sleep diary as you are doing the program. Sometime a small change
might have happened that you could miss if you are not keeping the diary.
The diary also provides you with a means of keeping track of how the
program is going.
Mother Hubbards Childcare
19 Nephin Road
Dublin 7
Tel: 01 86 88 460
Email:
dublin7@motherhubbardschildcare.ie